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  1. Q-Dog

    Building a power cart, need some GFCI clarification

    tl;dr: Is GFCI wanted or needed on a power cart used outdoors and indoors? I have most of the components to put together a power cart but I have questions about GFCI. Is it necessary? We plan to drag this thing around the property and even into the shed for portable power. Here is the...
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    Backup power and grid power in same outlet box. Any issues?

    I have run some new circuits and outlets for backup power in the house. No issues there. But I have one outlet in a weird spot so instead of adding a new box and outlet I ran the new backup romex into the existing box and capped and taped off the old wire. Then I started wondering can I...
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    400 watts in panels make 480+ watts of power. Can you explain that?

    I have 4 X "100 watt Windy Nation slim panels" and Victron MPPT that I have observed several times now to put out a fair bit over 400 watts. Highest ever was 485 watts and many times over 460 watts. 2S2P configuration into a 100/20 MPPT on a 24 volt system. My best solar day so far is...
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    Powered up backup system for the first time

    24 volt, 200 ah for now, with space for more batteries. So far so good and now have the refrigerator running on it full time. This may not be the final location.
  5. Q-Dog

    Another new guy, building a home battery backup system.

    Hello. Last year we had about 3 weeks worth of power outages due to hurricanes, the longest being 6 days, so I decided to make some changes to how we do backup power. We have a small inverter generator that can handle our basic needs, but we need to move it around and run extension cords...
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