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Mostly the fit/finish, though I admit that that won't necessarily affect their function. Also, I think that you get more bussbar (ampacity) for the money with the Blue Sea bars. Something else to note: it took quite a while for the Explorist.Life bars to ship and I had to reach out to Nate to...

I took a few more pics... The Blue Sea bars are twice as heavy, but are a good bit larger too. I didn't get a side profile shot, but they are the same thickness.

Well this little project has grown into something else completely…

I am piecing together a "solar generator" with which I intend on running two deep freezers (one with a defrost cycle), one full size fridge/freezer, and one small dorm-sized fridge. We live in the suburbs and are on the grid, so this will be for power outages only. I have a Kill-a-Watt and was...

An update: Just about got everything wired up. Ended up returning the Multiplus 2 2x120, due to shipping damages. Decided to go with 24 volts instead of 12 when I ordered the replacement, which is a Multiplus 1. I guess Victron hasn’t released the MP-2 24 volt version in the US yet. I still...

Welp, crap. I really thought I was ordering the Smart Solar model and not the Blue Solar one. Going to swap it out... I cannot believe I missed that when ordering.

I bought some of these and wasn't impressed. I recommend the Blue Sea Link Bus bars: Link Note: although Amazon lists them for 250 A continuous, Blue Sea has them listed for 500 A continuous.

I think we are missing each other here… Yes, I know that you need fuse holders for MRBFs (see pic). At 24 volts, I’m estimating the AIC to be around 7-8K amps. My question was do people normally use CLASS T fuses on each and every battery in their battery bank. Seems excessive, but I could...

I bought the battery terminal mounts for the MRBF fuses, so the fuse is as close to the battery positive as possible. I have really gone back and forth with the class T fuse and where it should go. I'm seriously thinking about modifying the Lynx Shunt fuse holder to work with class T fuses and...

But that is what the MRBFs are for, no?

I think you are correct in that the SCC and the Multiplus should be mounted vertically for proper cooling. I also think that Victron says as much. My thoughts are that this thing is going to be used strictly to keep my fridge and freezers running during power outages and will be stored with...

Appreciate the tips! I'll address the ones I got ideas for... - I am planning on attaching some blocking on the bottom of the plywood mounting board, so that I can set it on the top of the cart and have it be flush with the top edge. - I will look into the main breaker thing. I also bought...