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    Solar dump to ground

    If you use Geothermal Heating, you can dig-up your garden e.g. 4-5m deep and at least 100m2 put a HDPE Pipe into which has a circulation pump and and In-Flow Heater and then back fill it 2,5-3m put another HDPE pipe in which you use to take out the Energy Insulate the top, put a drainage...
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    Store Excess Solar (and Wind) energy in the ground as heat

    Good day Off-Grider, I live in Estonia Off-the-Grid and I am co-owner of a small organic farm We have rough climate up to -40degC and last year, many of out pre-grown plants died in June (!!!) when we got MINUS Temperatures. My Farm was not the only one, because an apple farm with several ha...
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    Caution Before Purchasing Victron from XYZ Distributor!

    He is NOT the only one... If someone Off-the-Grid (in Estonia) invest 25.0000€ into Pylontech Batteries and then in the first winter (December 2023) the Pylontech failes... ...and in February (we got -30degC) it still does not work and the seller do not care! Pylontech can be happy, that it...
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    DIY Water-to-Water Heatpump

    35,2mm It is the standard low pressure HDPE piupe used for Earth-Water Heatpumps. Since with a bigger Heatpump e.G. NIBE (I think, it is Swedish) We getfrom the 2,4kW over 8kW out, but the inlet is only 8-10degC and there is 600m pipe in the ground. This is why I think, that with 200m pipe...
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    DIY Water-to-Water Heatpump

    Hi *, are there DIYer here which have build their own heatpump? I can get from my distributor a Danfoss BD350GH/Twin compressor for only 480€+VAT. It run from pure 24V and the power consumption is maximum 660W or 27A. I think, this is very acceptable. However I need two heat exchanger...
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    Circulation Pump between Pond and Artificial Creek

    Hello *, I plan to build a 1000m3 pond which is feed trough a 140m long DN100 PP Pipe which I got for free. They are 1,3m deep in the ground and will never see any frost. However, parallel is a HDPE Pipe PN8 40x2,4 with 140m and I want to pump roughly 10m3/h with maximum 8 bar trough it. Where...
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    Solarpanels for DIY EV

    Hi all, I am ongoing to start the rebuilding of a 3,0-3,5t Vehicule to an EV (max 90kmh) using a 48V 20kW GoldenMotor with a 62kWh LiFePO4 Pack. The Charger will be probably the MultiPlus-II 48/15000, which allow me charging the Batteries from a 230V 32A CEE Socket and also allow me to power...
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    Off-grid Victron Build Critique

    For 10% more on the Victron Purchase price you get a 10 years warranty
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    Solar dump load to heat water (off grid system) Victron

    Do you have the PV AC or DC coupled? I am Off-the-Grid and have (currently) a VictronMultiPlus-II 24/5000 running and use 3 SmartSolar to charge my Batteries However, I use also currently for testing a Fronius Primo 4-1 together with a Fronius Ohmpilot and the Fronius SmartMeter connected to...
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    Who here has the best dump load management system going on?

    Yeah, this was my first Idea, but I would use an ADC to get the Voltage and output it as 16 digits (4bit in and 16bit out). It should then work for example in a 24V System with an ABSORBION VOLTAGE of 29,6V, beginning with 28,0V every 0,1V the bits increase and ramp up a PWM controller for the...
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    Who here has the best dump load management system going on?

    Hi, I have recently started a Device which try to communicate with the Victron SmartSolar MPPT 250/100-Tr VE.Can and will have probably the same size of not even the same housing. It is connected directly to the Power Bus and the Output is a Heating element of up to 100A Load which is PWM...
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    Looking for 48v dc light switch

    Just my 2Cents: ANY Household Light Switches, which are made for 240V AC can switch at the same Ampere rating DC with 12V, 24V and 48V.
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    Victron is Over-priced Eurotrash. Why would anybody buy Victron over an AiO?

    Worse clones and overheating if under maximum load.
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    Victron is Over-priced Eurotrash. Why would anybody buy Victron over an AiO?

    If you buy it from "Brand Centric" or "XYZ" then they are your partner. However, if there is a problem with the reseller, you can contact Victron via a form on the Website and the fill the form and they will forward you to the Distributor in your country if ANY. Otherwise the my do exceptions...
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    207kWh System... In 12V??? 😬

    Another thing is cabling! If I need 1280kWh of usable energy, how do you make the Power rails? The biggest 16S BMS I found is 500A. 12 Quatro Inverter can produce a load of 3750A without using the overload capability. This mean I would need 8 BMS/BatterySets in parallel 11p16s? How you you...
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    207kWh System... In 12V??? 😬

    Forgot one thing: I bought my 48 SOPzS Cells in 2018 and have payed 8000€. LiFePO4 Cells where nearly 4 times more expensive. Currently the price for the 70,5kW is at 10500€ and they support without any problems a load of 1600A while the EVE cells have problems giving me 800A which I need for a...
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    207kWh System... In 12V??? 😬

    80€/kWh? plus shipping to Estonia result in 6400€ for the 62,kWh. (I bought them from the Netherlands because in Estonia they are 30€ more expensive)
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    207kWh System... In 12V??? 😬

    How do you use LiFePO4 Batteries in a country where temperatures can go down to -42C and your installed underfloor Heating System can not get it above -10C? ANY Lithium based Batteries can not be charged in MINUS temperatures. Also, how should I design a system, where I have a 12kW 24V Motor...
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    Caution Before Purchasing Victron from XYZ Distributor!

    Did you buy from an "authorized reseller" or a dumb "online shop"?
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    Caution Before Purchasing Victron from XYZ Distributor!

    It seems you misunderstand one thing: I Distributor is the one, who import the Victron items into his/her country and DISTRIBUTE it to the reseller where YOU buy it. Now there are two kind of reseller: 1) the bad ones, which sell 99% online and have no clue about what they are selling 2) the...
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    Victron is Over-priced Eurotrash. Why would anybody buy Victron over an AiO?

    All Victron Quatro can be use parallel. Only the MultiPlus 8/10/15kVA can not be parallelized (currently)
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    Victron is Over-priced Eurotrash. Why would anybody buy Victron over an AiO?

    You forget one thing: Victron has official reseller and certified installer (I am both in Estonia) and we went trough a huge set of training to get there. We, as reseller and installer are responsable to the customers. People want to buy always a cheap as possible and buy stuff wherever they...
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    Victron is Over-priced Eurotrash. Why would anybody buy Victron over an AiO?

    It seems, you have installed a random system without thinking, because I run even a heavy duty ESAB Welding machine on three Victron MultiPlus-II 24/5000/120-70, heat a 200l Boiler (if it is completely emptid and has only a temperature of 10C it requires roughly 15kWh) with a 2x500W/24V Heating...
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    Victron is Over-priced Eurotrash. Why would anybody buy Victron over an AiO?

    Here in Estonia it will, including the 24V/2940Ah SOPzS Battery and more, I can even heat my House electric being Off-the-Grid
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    207kWh System... In 12V??? 😬

    I just came across this thread and I must say: US-American prices. I am Victron/Fronius installer in Estonia and just wait for the outcome of a Lawsuit my (potential) customer filed against the Grid provider for fraud, because my customer has a Grid Connection 400V 3-Phase with 500A, but can...
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