I installed my inverter and batteries Monday afternoon and stayed up all night wiring everything up. Tues. afternoon double checked my work and fired it up no solar yet lots of settings different com cables and I'm not great with reading compression then the double wouldn't connect with the...
The point of no return!
First project back up generator this will eventually go in the rv.
This works great used it to back feed my panel when I cut in the feeder taps.
Next the electrical plan
The neighbor came by and helped me hang the inverter and place the batteries Monday afternoon I was...
Eg4 18kpv luxpower, 2 wall mount batts 280ahr+ 4 eg4 lifepower4 server rack batteries, 2solar arrays 6 panel series and 12 panel series fed into #2 and #3 inputs 370w panels
Running off grid for over a week no problem 4500w water heater, 4000w+ well pump, and 4ton ac intermittently as a load...
Wondering where would be the best place to connect "siemens fsd-100 serge protector" to "whole house backup with supply side tap"
Normally this would be to the main panel where "earth ground neutral bond" is located but this does not protect the inverter from grid L1,L2, serges witch is one of...
Has an experiment to see if my AC was a good candidate for soft start I bypassed the ac disconnect whip cable with 14awg solid Cu free air conductor
Definitely less grunt at startup I do not have an interest meter to test that
But I'm sure the small size of The Wire would have to limit the in...
Had some crazy idea about making server rack batteries and inverters quick connect to switch between house rv and mobile workshop
Also want to be able to easily pair inverters for 240v in mobile workshop for welding.
Let the fun begin!
Had a strange occurrence today storms rolled in and it got really dark I was checking something on my 18k pv inverter and noticed my #3 string producing 20-25%more power than #1 now were only talking 60w to 75w witch is nothing but got me thinking.
18k nppt inputs 1-2 bridged 25a inputs 3 and...