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So that DPDT switch is not normally open. And the arm has the plastic and backolight insulator behind the plastic sheet. Ul listed I use them on commercial boats for similar purposes. Thanks for the input. Better safe than the alternative.

Thought I would run this buy the collective see if anyone's WTF alarm goes off.

It was I closed it off with some repurposed steal from an old bulkhead and some 1/4-20 rivitnuts

your right on the ventilation i have 11" and 12" side to side the box kills the bottom venting 10" on the top. Manuel calls for 16" but it was that or in an unheated out building (i don't think the Big Battery is heated) or a vary wet crawl space or hot attic. great input thanks

your right on the inverter also

UL listed switch its secure but yes it looks flimsy.

if you could take the plastic sheet out. you cant without a large hammer. but if you could remove your point of focus there is NO conductive path. zoom in on the pic and you will see there is a non-conductive material between the poles and the activation arm. UL listed no gloves required you can...

So that DPDT switch is not normally open. And the arm has the plastic and backolight insulator behind the plastic sheet. Ul listed I use them on commercial boats for similar purposes. Thanks for the input. Better safe than the alternative

this is what the latest Luxpower manual shows so im lookind for keeping it between 250 and 500

thank you vary much Timselectric: i have tried to get that MPPT Parallel built in info from LUX for a month 3 calls and 4 emails. inerweb 4ums rull

i got the Ethos 15k with lux lxp-lb-us-12k still putting it together as a home UPS to start than plan on adding pv and gen at some point. so far BB.com customer service for me not to good tec support jest sends me links to the manual. and when looking for cables connectors they refer me to a...

i think you would feed other ac sources to the gen inputs

thanks for the info on the last one its not the conduit it a common steel bracket that all the devices share so there all bonded together through the steel bracket. I ended up running some 6AWG happens to be orange but i marked it at all the ends or points of attachment with green tape. some...

had another comms fail resulting in battery shut down that is dropping from over 90%SOC to 0% soc see report you can see the transition from com fail to low volt to battery open is instantaneous look at 10/24 and 12/25 not even one second so the battery in not dead but the system thinks it is...

I used a DPDT to select grid power or power out from the Hybrid inverter to my 100amp service panel or house supply. And 2 - 100amp breakers to ether power the inverter or send power to the DPDT. only way i could figure out to power isolate the inverter communes not switched. I should probably...

i do not have pv in place so i cant answer your question. all i can say is read the documentation for your equipment. I can telll u that when my Lux 12K is running off batterys as it dose for about 3-4 hr a day after charging i that it shows 0 power to or from the grid. I will say that i dont...

thanks for the info everyone gotta love the inter-web. im using a LUX hybrid 12k us so it has the RSD board and a set of Jumpers to connect an external RSD switch. and yes there's some limits on wire resistance to distance in order for it to work. so to @wpns thats the info needed hoppeing to...

thank you so much wish i had gotten it from EG4 instead of LUX

thanks Quattrohead & WPNS for the clarification, and Q-dog hoping to stay under the raider.

my bad its my fat fingers and the short bus

thanks for the info do you use Hot Dipped or jest the regular unistrut?

i finally ordered my PV panels. for my lux 12000K usa, with 15kw big battery ethos setup currently used as hole home backup. I went with a pallet 31 count or 13.6kw of Aptos DNA144 MF10-440 OCV 49.6v SCC 11.34A RV 41 RC 10.7 im thinking 8 panel strings. 2x8 for MPPT1, 8 MPPT2, then 7 for the...

thinking about isolation switch for my LUX12k its set up as hole home UPS i only have a 100amp service so no problem there. My concern is if i set up a bypass switch to transfer the 3 panel side leads from LUX load power out - to grid service in i will still have power going to the Grid line in...

seem to run normally for over a month since comms cable failure. I got help from BB leval2 support setting up as a hole home backup set to charge up to %100 then run off battery to %90 then hang at %90 for 6 to 12hr then repeat. NOW THIS TIME WHEN CYCLE STARTS the battery SOC is at %60 see...

your right its 2awg alu 600v not what i posted 3awg alu- edited thanks

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thanks for the reply Filterguy: i have the EG4 1800 manual and yes i found it more complicated but did not know why. i was not aware that lux is not UL listed. I used the schematic from the Lux 12k manual below that is from p.12 also posted above lower right in first post. the ac Breaker listed...

can you post a link to the "GE manual switch everyone is using" thanks im looking for a transfer switch for my LUX 12k same as EG41800 using it as a hole home UPS need a bypass switch

3 emails to tec support at LUX = 0 so im trying the collective. so far my best source for info on my LUX and Big Battery sys. not a good sign when the people I paid wont answer a simple question. (or maybe my question is so stupid it does not deserve an answer) I assume the red jumper wire...

@Q-Dog thx for that, im a little slow. hopefully we avoid that conversation. i dont know about down where you are but we are supposed to get a permit to fart in this state.

is this in the right place ie. should i move it to another section of the forum ?

thanks @MarkSolar the hot dipped looks like the way to go for me. SS and Al were big $ i gota get some prices on it and see if i can swing it.

enyone know im in Massachusetts there is a wire Chanel / box under my LOX12kw and im trying to figure out if i can run my battery 48v DC wire through the same in closer im using for AC. any input is appreciated.

my lux12kw /big battery 15kw set up have been up and running since the 8th with only one small problem a failed Rs486 bat. to inv. cable. that resulted in a dead battery. once i got to tear 2 tech support it went great,no comment on the first level. the tech helped me refine my settings i had...

the lux 12k same as EGA 18k the RSD has a jumper wire in it from the factory that you have to remove to put in a remote switch. if that helps determine tipe of switch.

Ground wire with green tape

My experience with support from LUX is not good. EG4 definitely has better support and there documentation is mutch more detailed. I downloaded the many from EG4 and it's denser then lux same unit better info and support from EG4 and I didn't buy it from them. Wish I had. Thanks the EG4 and this...

thanks Q-Dog

any concern for inverters or pv panels?

good point i have some stickers on the way. its only 100amp supply 2AWG direct barrel alum in to 100amp breaker then 3AWG thhn thwn-2 cu out to the inverter and to the DPDT bottom line leg, DPDT 3AWG ALU load to house 100amp panel and back to the inverter.

thanks for that - yes the metal boxes need ground

anyone know if this wire is to be removed. or only if im using a remote RSD switch

what size wire for grounds and can i pick the encloses up in sequence or different wire to earth for each

My first post, hope this is in the rite place, and yes i serched and have read a lot of vary helpfull posts. skill leval: im not an electrition, I am A 65yo comertial fisherman, and small Farmer. I wired my one house 35years ago with all inspections. I owne a cupple of comertial boats and have...

it would be nice if i could cycle the battery weekly or monthly jest to keep it healthy I wont have pv for 6 months or more. the level 2 tech set it up to cycle %100 to %90 once a day there 3 or 4 time choices but from what i can figure out its only daily be nice to have a weekly or monthly...

thanks this Forum rocks ! anyone know about this wire. take off now or only if manual RSD is installed?

mppt1 can except 2= strings that are facing the same direction. will the MPPT treat the 2 strings as parallel to use more of the 25amps? if not then couldn't you actually run 2-12 panel series paralleled to make 2 500v/22amp to each of the of the 2 in puts on MPPT1. or to ask it another way is...

solved buy @EG4TechSolutionsTeam Only remove that wire if you are hooking up an external RSD switch. Also be aware that there's a(n unknown) limit on the resistance of that wire, when I used a single pair of a CAT6 wire (50 feet long?) it thought it was an open circuit, but when I used all four...

as to grounding what size and stile of conductor would you recommend

anyone have an opinion about RSD location. i have one on the inverter and was planing on putting one outside where the service enters the house with a diagram at the meter showing the location of the RSD. someone recommended putting an RSD switch at the meeter my thinking is there confused ans...

thanks for the reply Roger, my setup is different. This is the LUX 12k first and EG4 schematic second. They are the same both made buy LUX from what I can decipher. My setup is the whole home backup connection p.12 bottom right with out - gen, buy pass and the 200 amp breaker, i have a...

A solenoid is how you shut off big cables from a distance. as i am sure others will have pointed out. try searching remote voltage ---dc battery disconnected on the web.

When I select "standby" on the inverter touchscreen under settings. See pic the cycling stops. I'm expecting the battery to self discharge over time to %90 then charge back up. Time will tell. My concern is that this might equate to long term storage at to high a SOC. And might not be good for...

Thanks to Robob and others that pointed out that I need bare copper for ground outside the conduit. I moved all the grounding/ bonding wires inside the conduit and or boxes. And picked up the earth PE connection on the LUX inverter with 6AWG THHN green wire to earth ground rod and the boxes.

several Forum members pointed out that I need to ground all the boxes and the inverter to earth. The power supply is 100amp and 8 AWG CU is what is called for to ground a 100amp service with 2 AL or3 CU supply. what i have is 6AWG CU insulated conductor that happens to be green THHN 19 strand...

maybe im missing something but its my understanding that the eg418k made buy luxpower and ALSO SOLD UNDER THE MAKERS BRAND LUXPOWER 12K ARE THE SAME. i use my lux12K as hole home ups using the pass through with no feedback and it sends no mensurable power back to the grid. in other words when i...