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    Cooling battery cabinet in shed

    Also, I'm using this insulation for the ducts in the air loop - it took me a while to find something I like - in case anyone else wants to do something similar...
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    Cooling battery cabinet in shed

    The one I got is here: https://www.supplyhouse.com/Taco-007-F5-007-Cast-Iron-Circulator-1-25-HP-1983000-p I'll let you know how it works with the heat exchanger you sent me. Should know in the next day or two. . . . I know, it's 120V, and I could have superior efficiency going DC. However, I...
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    Cooling battery cabinet in shed

    So, I'm back at it now after a break to deal with other things. Here's a sketch of the plan I've settled on (described above) and some pics on progress so far. I've got the air loop roughed in and will be roughing in the water loop in the next day or so. Thanks much to @ Daddy Tanuki for sending...
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    Cooling battery cabinet in shed

    Ken, these are some awesome alternatives. Thanks for sharing and please everyone, keep any more ideas coming! Since there are so many different specific cases, like having cool air from under the container shop, having the battery box exposed so the heat chimney concept can work, etc., I think...
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    Cooling battery cabinet in shed

    Your setup sounds good. Unfortunately for me, my shed is done, slab and all, and I did not do this - never thought I'd want to insulate the whole shed. I'm hoping my 1' dia., ~4' deep well will work for the battery cabinet (16" x 3' x 4' - interior), but I guess I'll see. Yes, a heater core...
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    Cooling battery cabinet in shed

    Last time I checked, the well water is clear at the top, but a bit cloudy at the bottom - I covered the bottom end of the vertical 1' dia. tube with landscape fabric before submerging/burying it, so I'm not sure what's getting thru. I should take another look to be sure before proceeding, since...
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    Cooling battery cabinet in shed

    Thanks ACM, good suggestion. I take your point about over complicating the thing. In my application, the water table is really high, so even a 2' trench would put the air tubing under water half the time. This means it would take a beating through the freeze/thaw cycles in winter here - (our...
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    Cooling battery cabinet in shed

    Thanks for the suggestions, Filter Guy. Yes, I'm worried about condensation. The best solution I have so far is to put a pan under the radiator and run a drain hose out the side of the shed - just gravity-fed, similar to a heat pump drain tube. If I make a closed air loop, rather than just...
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    Cooling battery cabinet in shed

    I am in the later design stages of a small geothermal cooling loop for an insulated battery cabinet that is located in an outbuilding (shed). After reading through some other threads, I don't find one dedicated to the idea I have in mind, although curiouscarbon gives some pics that illustrate...
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    Safe Enclosure recommendations?

    Hey, similar concern here. I am on the tail end of building a custom fire resistant cabinet. I used a filing cabinet, modified it mostly by making custom doors. Then, I completely covered the thing with ceramic blanket. This stuff is toxic and you have to be *really* careful with the dust. i.e...
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    Adding Schneider XW Pro

    OK, understood. In that case, why not just run a test with a hose and hose clamp to see if you get any leaks? I like PVDude's suggestion of adding "one or two shallow grooves around the exterior of the pipe, so as to give the hose ID somehting mechanical to bite into." Do you have a spec for the...
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    Adding Schneider XW Pro

    I like the idea of having dedicated cooling. A couple questions for you how is the boss attached to the chiller (?) hiding underneath the black insulation? Also, am I right that this connection is for coolant rather than refrigerant - i.e. you won't have the refrigerant going through this...
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    Adding Schneider XW Pro

    I'm going to be storing my battery bank in an outbuilding and when making the building, came up with this, which may or may not be useful to you: I have a very high water table in my area, so easy access to at least modest geothermal cooling via the ground water. I put a 1' dia. pipe vertically...
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    Adding Schneider XW Pro

    Nice and clean. Like how you doubled up the buss. Have you had a chance to bench test the module yet? I'd be interested to know how this solution works.
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    Schneider XW Pro 6848 Accessories q.'s

    Thanks v. much everyone. This is really good confirmation. I'm going to pull the trigger on my inverter/charge controller order probably this week, so v. helpful to have feedback from all of you.
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