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    4Sale XHHW-6 6 Gauge XHHW Wire - Copper Conductor

    1 each red/black roll of 1k feet of XHHW-6 $1,500. Will consider custom lengths, if there is enough short piece interest Home Depot is $1+ per foot plus taxes. Located in Tampa Bay. May consider delivery for both rolls. 200 miles or less. From the manufactures page Specifications Amps 75...
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    Why is this a bad idea?

    I have 4-6volt deep cycle gold cart batteries(GC2-6v 105 min @ 75 amps) wired in series for 24vdc to match the input of my 3-270w 24v panels. I have a GIANDEL 4kw 12v inverter. I see that picking up the postive and negative of each 2 pack of batteries is 12vdc. If I run leads from both 2 packs...
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    Epever controller

    Hello I have a 4215BN, 4 - 6v gcart batteries and 3 - 270w 39v 15a solar panels 3p. A 2000w inverter with two 120v. 1 showing 100v the other 110v The Charge controller shows 40v but never above 3amps, full dun shade, clouds... 3 panels in parallel should be close to 30amps. The panels are...
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    A19 Edison screw base

    Living off grid in the city, is living large(I hope). Today I had the utility company literally cut the power. Turns out they have been over billing for years. I have moved my previous system across country to enjoy off grid in the city. Today's adventure. I would like to hook the panels...
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    24v series single battery 12v

    I have a 12 volt peltier cooler I would like to connect to a single 12v battery. The load is minimal but continuous. I would expect the system would balance itself considering the large cables connecting the two in series. For small load circuits I do not see a problem. Please enlighten me...
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    Large 3 phase capacitor

    I have 3 used GE P/N65L815TA1 25 KVR 480v 3 phase capacitors. They are in my collection. I would like to incorporate them into my off grid solar array to some advantage like the initial powering up refrigerators/freezers taking the load off my Gander 4000/8000 watt 12v inverter. It may be best...
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    Gov surplus

    Good morning all. In keeping with low cost alternatives I happened on a lot of electrical panels and parts. The item of interest today is: General Electric 65L812TQ2 17.5 kVAR Enclosed Indoor NEMA12 Dustproof and Outdoor NEMA 3 Weatherproof 240 Volt 60 Hz Pow... As an Electrically Challenged, I...
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    Phone wire

    As part of the electrically challenged, I have on hand 1000s of feet of 6 strand copper wire phone cable. I assume it is 18 Guage, it is heavy and difficult to bend short sections with my fingers. If I strip the ends and twist them together on each end would they effectually become 12 Guage? If...
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