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  • Post in thread: Modular 5KWH Milk Crate System

    Saw how small the LiTime Minis were and thought I could make a modular milk crate system. Turns out they are just the right size to be able to stuff them in a milk crate and still have room to grab the handles to lug them around. The crates are each 42.5 pounds and the inverter section is 29...
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    Mine is an 8 year old gas furnace. It takes 500W to run the blower on 'low' and 800W on 'high'. The furnace itself decides if it's going to do low or high. I think it depends on how far away it is from the target temperature (but I'm sure it's more complicated than this).
  • Post in thread: Modular 5KWH Milk Crate System

    I tested it out during a cold snap (the hottest it got was -6F and coldest a little under -22F). It ran the blower on my gas furnace for 21 hours, so not quite a day in the worst circumstances.
  • Post in thread: Modular 5KWH Milk Crate System

    4AWG on SB120s along with a 120A circuit breaker coming from each crate. The inverter is using 1 AWG lugs going to +/- terminals, each with two, 4-AWG cable ends inserted into them, crimped, (for parallel connection) with SB120's at the other end. Running at max sustained load on the 2400W...
  • Post in thread: Modular 5KWH Milk Crate System

    Another thing to note is my particular inverter does not have a ground/neutral bond. When passing utility power, the ground/neutral bond at main panel is detected and used, but when it cuts over to battery that goes away. For the furnace to work (as almost all gas furnaces will not work with...
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