Recent content by dixonge

Are you sure it wasn't *this* incident? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Damascus_Titan_missile_explosion

We go an amazing amount of places in our 32 foot-er Class C. There are limits, though. Spent four solid months boondocking this year with no shore hookups. This sounds like Mary Poppins' bag! Got any pics?

managed to find yet another creative way to release some magic smoke this morning. Evidently connecting one end of a grounding cable to the inverter case and the other to a battery positive terminal is not good. No big sparks, just a small amount of smoke. Still not sure why this would happen ?‍♂️

I'm just surprised to find this thread on a forum full of off-gridders! Maybe solar increases one's respect for the sun's role in all this? lol

So around $2000 or so for the inverter, batteries and soft starts? What will power your DC circuits, fridge, CO detector, device charging, etc.? Do you have a separate battery bank for this?

also 3 of the chassis need grounding, when I install the ground bar. Maybe in the morning before we head out...

ok, 98% complete. Still didn't get the one scc temp sensor taped to a battery, might need a few more cable hold-downs, but at least it's not *quite* a rat's nest, and I did save lots of cable length. Some of the odd angles make it look like some sort of weird electronics art project LOL Also...

That's a baby fiver! Can't imagine doing this in our dinette area. Could barely get the batteries in there, much less the other devices!

I had an existing cable that allowed me to move the negative cable > shunt connection to 'most negative' - this is how I had everything connected previously. I never thought about letting the ANL fuse dangle though. Will keep that in mind.

I have a small exhaust fan to remove any hydrogen aerosol, but will also be inserting a shelf between the batteries and the electronics mounted on the wall.

Looks skinnier, but can only be the insulation. All cables on batteries are 2AWG. I went with this particular wiring strategy mainly to keep connections short and even. https://www.batteriesinaflash.com/wiring-your-battery-bank-in-series-parallel (scroll down, top left diagram) Can you point...

Here's a good guide. https://tinylivinglife.com/2020/07/yes-you-can-have-ac-on-an-off-grid-solar-system/

Had a good day of reorganizing, resizing cables. Did eight cable ends' worth of cutting, stripping, crimping and heat-shrinking. Came out nice, if I don't say so myself. Seems like most of my lug rings are slightly too big, but that's what they make washers for, right? :rolleyes: I really love...

Crimping will be performed!

24,000 customers. Good for them, but... I mean, that article just keeps going and going. Hundreds of millions of dollars being paid by citizens through increased rates. This is in addition to the people on a variable plan w/ a 3rd party. I'm very glad your rates weren't impacted, but...