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great! thanks for the clarification. Having the ground on the neutral, will it induce hum when using hi-fi audio equipment? Or will it be ok?

I'm in Taiwan. This is early. I am planning to get containers set up on this land. The local power company came to install a meter and the breakers. It is set up for a farm land, with farm equipment ranging from 110V to 220V. I plan to have AC hooked to the 220V, and the rest of appliances on...

I have the local electric provider that installed my meter last week, and I am not very good when it comes to wiring everything up. I'm curious why the return of the 110V is going through a breaker, and is it common practice to put the ground on the same with the return? Here is a picture of...

I just got the thing about the flow. If I had put the cable that comes from my solar panels, I would have gotten in and out current flow. I didn't include it, as I already have that data from the Victron unit. Thanks! I think I got it set up right.

Thanks! yep, just trying to see what the AC draws, mostly. It also has an alarm for low voltage, which could come in handy when running the AC on a warm night. The 12V stuff is just LEDs and fans. Not much pull from there.

I got one of those coulomb meter that is an inductor with battery cable going through it. Since I have two cables, one going to my 12V system, and one going to my 110V inverter, is it possible to put the two cables going through the inductor and get the ready from either or both cables, or does...

Sounds like a sweet system!

It is a HUGE problem in Japan right now. They even have a new word for it over there. Sorry, I forgot it! Kids, who come back to parental home after their studies, and do not want to enter the workforce. They shack themselves in their room, eating instant noodles every day, and spend all...

Yes, I believe it is part of the problem. I am a teacher, and I get parents come to me saying, "I can't get them off their smartphone, my kids get angry at me and I don't know how to handle them... can you take their phone away for me?" Also, when I grew up, we would have to do something...

Thing is, so many just want to be spoon-fed everything. Nobody wants to do research. They are quite happy when someone tells them what to do, even though the advice might be totally wrong. And this is not limited to the USA. It is happening around the world. I see a lot of new college kids...

I remember watching a YT video where the guy said he was coming up with a system that could extract a few gallons a day. From the very quick glimpse (he was looking at marketing the product), it looked like a big metal pan, probably cooled down in some way, to have condensation and collect it.

Thanks! I just use the bluetooth app. I would love to get more solar, but that's all the space I have on the roof!

Lots of graphics seen, and read through the Victron manual, but I'm still not really getting it. I have 400w solar, hooked to the Victron 100/30, and a 400AH Lithium battery. What I want is the battery to reach 14.4V, then settle down to 13.3V (which is the battery resting state if left alone...

Thank you! Very much appreciated. Winters never dip under 10C, and usually hovers around 15C, so, no freezing temps around here. It also tends to be cloudy/rainy in winter. Thanks again!

My box is already at the highest legally possible, so, adding a tilt mechanism would make it too tall. Also, it's almost perpetual summer here. 25C for about 8 months of the year, and above 30C for some 6 months out of them! We got 38C today.... Here's a capture of the panels I am looking...