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I received word back from the AHJ in my area and they won’t accept the Victron ISO listings. Washington State L&I who administers electrical permits and inspections maintains a list of acceptable testing agencies. And the agency who did the testing for the Victrons is not accepted. As of now...

Here is a link to the page on L&I's website listing the approved testing laboritories. https://lni.wa.gov/licensing-permits/electrical/electrical-installation-information/electrical-product-testing-and-engineering-evaluation#accredited-product-testing-laboratories

New to the forum and glad I have found this useful resource. I am going to begin building an off-grid home this summer and am having trouble deciding on which inverter(s) to base my off-grid system on. Some background. Located in Eastern Washington. Family of 5 with one more on the way...

I have been talking with Backwoods and they have recommended the Midnite Solar Rosie and have discouraged me from the Sol Ark for an off-grid application. My hesitation with the MN Rosie is its a fairly new inverter to the market so it doesn't have a long track record (although I have read...

I think the UL listed Victron units are only 12V and 24V on the DC input side. I’m planning my system for 48V. The larger Victron units do carry IEC listings. I have reached out to the AHJ to see if they will accept the IEC listings in a stand alone system.

That Kubota generator does look pretty nice, but spendy. I was just looking at the Champion 100520. I have a Champion 3500 open frame inverter that I have been using for our RV and it works well.

Thank you BentleyJ. I didn’t think about the charge controllers being separate should something need fixed/replaced. I like that. As far as features go, I would rather have something that took some time in the beginning to program and setup if it will save having to manually do things and...

I need help with figuring out a generator selection for my upcoming off-grid home build. Quick details: Planning on two Schneider XW Pro+ Inverters and two Conext MPPT-80A or 100A, 18-22 kW PV array, ~50kWh LiFePO4 battery bank (to be expanded later). Location is Eastern Washington, where snow...