Recent content by SomebodyInGNV

Your problems with the relay notwithstanding, have you confirmed that breaking the green wire shuts down the inverter?

Thanks for the update. I'll see if I can take advantage of it. If successful, I'll report results.

I had considered SuperStrut as a way to make the panel brackets easily removable, but only considered whole struts. I like your idea of (apparently) cutting them into pieces. It's much less cost and weight and makes access to all margins easier. Positioning becomes less flexible but, in reality...

I actually never got it working, not because I failed, but because I got distracted with other stuff and never got back to it. Let us now how it goes.

I bought this 2KW inverter directly from Renogy. It's enough for a microwave oven but I don't know if a couple of gel batteries can discharge fast enough to feed that demand. I have 2 SOK 12V LFP batteries in parallel, which can, but I get the impression LFP batteries aren't in your budget. That...

I have one and used to consider it a better use of money, but being wireless is a significant advantage for the Victron. If you have other Victron components and/or have lead-acid batteries though, the Victron Smartshunt provides even more advantage. That said, I use the Aili/(QWork) monitor on...

I have no comments as to your reasoning but question why you have 4ga from the Renogy to the battery pos and 4ga from the battery neg to a common negative terminal, but only 6ga from the common negative terminal to the battery. Should the 6ga leg to the Renogy neg not be 4ga?

Hmm... I looked at regular slot because it was cheaper but I had to buy 8, making the total purchase more costly and wasteful. The long slotted type costs more but is sold individually. I'll reconsider.

I checked out Zoro. Unfortunately, I can't buy qty 4 of 10' aluminum, which is what I need if I adopt the strut approach. Minimum purchase is qty 8.

How much do they weigh?

Thanks. If I ever have 4 batteries, I'll know what to do.

Very late entry on this but in the schematic, two of the battery wires are longer that the other four. Is that just a result of the drawing, and they're actually all matched in length? Or is there a length difference? (I suspect not.)

You won't be paying a little more for quality, you'll be paying a LOT more. I'm not dissing LFP batteries. I own two. But I intend to boondock with them and keep them for a long time. You can buy quality FLA or AGM batteries, treat them well, and they'll last for a very long time.

If you're using it only in transit, why pay for Lithium? It seems to me that a single quality group 24 deep cycle (not dual purpose) would suffice and would be much cheaper.

TEMCo sells refurbished crimpers on ebay for less. I assume they're returned items. I bought a TH0006 there and it looked like new. In retrospect, it would have been cheaper and less frustrating (crimping hassles) for me to use a hammer crimper on smaller gauge wire and buy custom cables for...