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DIY solar will never be possible for the vast majority of people who are not trained electricians. This is incredibly dangerous.

• CamperBob2 6y ago
  No, it is not "incredibly dangerous." Perhaps there are other sites where your position will fit in better. This one is called Hacker News.
  • aphextron 6y ago
    Hacking with low voltage electronics is one thing. But a 3.5kWh lithium ion battery pack is not something you ever want to "hack". It has enough energy to burn down a house in minutes. Designing your own solar at the component level is fine. But no amateur should ever attempt to build a battery pack of that size any more than they should attempt to build a bomb.
    • CamperBob2 6y ago
      It has enough energy to burn down a house in minutes. Meh, so does every electrical outlet, matchbook, and cigarette lighter in your house. Unless and until I start to hear a lot of horror stories about people who burn down their houses with homebrew lithium battery packs, I'll refrain from clutching my pearls. What does seem to happen frequently are fires caused by sketchy prefabricated battery packs that are commercially available but probably shouldn't be. I'll put my soldering, electronic assembly, and spot-welding skills up against some random Chinese wage slaves any day.