Recent content by Manooti

Haha steep learning curve. Learned a lot but still looks like I need to study more. Permanent panels to be mounted outside. 220 or 230 watt have to look at specs again but I got 4 used panels. Going to bury cable with conduit and pass through to basement. Batteries are diy. 8s 24v @100ah...

This is crazy. Didn’t know about the lightning arrestor. I’m just keeping batteries at 24v so I could use the Ac-dc charger which is 12v/24v. So pretty much just use the lightning arrestor and not ground anything to make this mppt work?

Wish I saved that site earlier that showed what you can and can’t do but not sure how it would of mattered. Have to look for it again. It said don’t (positive) ground both the batteries and pv. Only one. We get a lot of lightning and storms here. I’d have to ground. We had 2 trees get hit my...

I ordered the positive ground mppt a while back before I even started setting anything up. I assumed it was all negative ground as that is/should be the standard but unfortunately i was wrong again. Missed the fine bold print lol I saw some manufacturers suggest grounding the positive from the...

lol thanks im trying not to overthink it or overcomplicate it. is the overkill bms any good? the batteries has a bunch of cells and i think the one they offered had 4- and 4+ so they would connect to the terminals already crimped there

Ah i see now, same Wh. So the same in 48v @100ah, 4800wh? But the voltage difference from 120 is 2.5 so less draw on batteries? Dont know the correct terminology on that. Bluetooth would be very beneficial without a computer. Going to be powering some lights, laptops, modem, router, tool...

Im trying to find a correct bms for my set up. Not sure if its to BMS each 4 cells or bms all the cells? Using the battery hookup 3.2 cell packs. charging them now cautiously without a bms in parallel to 3.6-3.65 and then switch them to series. 3.25 currently while charging. Im aiming for 4...

A 250 and 3 100ah in series parallel. Attached pic but those are 6v. It I ordered a couple of the diy kits to play with.

i try but i end up using it :/ i just ordered the batteryhookup diy kit. if i can get those to work with my face in place i might buy 6 more for 48v 200ah.

Yup that’s it. Trying to see if I can run 200+100+100+100 without a facial explosion lol i got no gasoline storage lol. No shed either. I just had to take a propane tank out of garage because it leaked. Thought someone was using bleach…nope.

Damn I should of asked. I ordered the zooms 12v200ah battery. Not finding a definitive answer on google. Can I run those in series parallel if I get 3 more but the 12v100 and get 48v 300?

All good info here guys thank you. I was actually looking into those things also. Converting the big generator to use both gas and propane. Also looking into adding that switch or temp control to one of the freezers and maybe just run that one freezer a few hours a day. I did see the zooms...

Im thinking he can use the portable o2 machine that uses really next to nothing in power during power outages. the stationary unit is the one that draws crazy power and the only difference is its a constant flow vs the inhale sensor on the portable. if you stop breathing it beeps lol. aside...

Yeah I understand. Crappy situation. Dad has copd from construction. Doing whatever I can however I can. The portable ones are awesome. They gave dad some tanks but the tanks ran out before we left the doctors office. At least with portable unit can use dc or A.C. it just isn’t a constant flow...

No stickers on units but I ran the meter. Stationary one is between 280-390 watts. The portable one is not bad at 25-45 watts