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  1. Kameljoe21

    Using PV to power imbedded concrete slab 24v heating elements.

    Yeah this would be a direct solar connection with a shut off. Of some of the wire I have looked at which is rated for about 5 watts at 48v (which I think that all the wires are the same, yet I could be wrong?) Yet they require short is runs. Which means that I would need to have a lot of...
  2. Kameljoe21

    Using PV to power imbedded concrete slab 24v heating elements.

    Yes that would work. You can google more about in floor electric heating. I was reading a thread from uk maybe where they just install wire cable and use AC to heat up the loop. The resisient of the wire dictates how much energy it will consume. The person who was writing about it or another...
  3. Kameljoe21

    Assuming you pay $0.12/KWh, can you ever come out ahead going full offgrid?

    Our electric prices used to be 11 cents per kwh and now they are around 17 cents due to rising costs. Really depends on how you build solar and how you use it for a ROI. Example: Solar panels degrade over time so if you think you need 1 unit of solar then you add 2 or 3 units of solar. This...
  4. Kameljoe21

    Using PV to power imbedded concrete slab 24v heating elements.

    Bruce did you ever come up with anything? Clearly some people can not read which is why they all keep pushing these "other' Ideas. For those who did not read. The house is going to be empty most of the time and this solar to in floor heating is going to be used to keep the house mostly warm...
  5. Kameljoe21

    EG4 Inverter directly above server rack cart?

    Bias maybe. yet you do bring up one point that this unit is going to be those who do not care if they drop 50k and then pay a monthly service fee or a fee to have someone come out and take care of it while they forget they even have the system only to find out they are paying more out of pocket...
  6. Kameljoe21

    EG4 Inverter directly above server rack cart?

    I agree with that. Power walls have problems that a custom stacked system does not. If one power inverter fails on a large system you can just pull that one and run at reduced loads till its replaced. Which is why a small room in a house/garage/basement is ideal for server racks. Power walls...
  7. Kameljoe21

    EG4 Inverter directly above server rack cart?

    i understand what a power wall is. A power wall is the same as an all in one inverter which has its own batteries. They take up far more wall space for a large system. To have bigger systems you need more power walls which require more wall space. Tell me there is a powerwall that has 100kwh...
  8. Kameljoe21

    EG4 Inverter directly above server rack cart?

    Powerwalls are very limited in what they can do and take up so much wall space. Racks are far better and can scale up. If they custom build the racks so that everything is just plug and play it would make for building out racks quick and easy. Racks can hold batteries and all in one inverters...
  9. Kameljoe21

    EG4 Inverter directly above server rack cart?

    I seen will mount one on the server rack once before. Why cant they just make a server rack all in one inverter. I would rather have the cabinet full of all of that gear and then have 2 connection points one for the solar plug and one for the AC in and out power and the last to connect other...
  10. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    right that is how they would work when in parallel. When you have a single unit and only solar hooked up 6kw of solar and no battery and no grid you can only run loads that peak to just under the amount of incoming solar. So for example a mini split which lets just say peaks at 2kw on start up...
  11. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    With a battery and parallel they work right? On solar only/battery less they will work provided that the peak is not more than the solar incoming right?
  12. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    I am not sure how people are testing. Standby is just power on and no inverter. When the inverter is turned on it will likely draw more power. Standby is desgined just to keep the battery charged and that requires enough power which I am guessing is the 29 to 36 watts. Once the inverter is on I...
  13. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Though it has been proven to work over and over. There are people here who have tested it and there are also other videos that have shown them working. Provided the loads are less than 6kw. To run parallel one needs to be able to buffer the loads either by a small battery bank or if testing...
  14. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Yeah that goal here is to be able to have a totally off grid system that does not cost a lot of money. This all in one allows you to use solar along with the grid which is fine when we have the grid. I want to run parallel yet I do not want to spend a huge amount of money on a battery system...
  15. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    So pretty much a battery with say around 500 watts would charge in moments once the sun starts to rise. Then as the sun comes up more the loads can be applied based on incoming watts, Well there really will not be incoming watts because nothing will be charging. So one would just have to turn on...
  16. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    that is a bummer that the lowest voltage is 46. Is it possible when in parallel to set the on and off voltage of the battery so that it only uses a small amount? Also is there a auto shut off. Pretty much can one set the voltage to x amount and have the inverter shut off and then restart once...
  17. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    So what you think would be the lowest amount of battery one might need to run parallel? The goal is to hook up enough of these to provide all of the power for the home yet with out the cost of the battery. The grid can back all of the night time or day time loads that exceed the solar. The only...
  18. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    You only have one unit right? If so for anyone else who has a parallel system how does the unit function after the battery dies? I was wondering if it would be possible to buy say 16 18650s or something along that line to use as a battery and this should allow the grid and the solar to work...
  19. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    CTs? I do not understand this?
  20. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Yeah that is the goal of this inverter. Which is super cool because one can be connected to the grid and provided that you have some solar it will share the load with the grid. Solar is first then battery and then grid. That is how I understand it. For myself I will have to rebuild my entire...
  21. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Yeah the mini splits or the inverter type ac units or the one that will uses in his bedroom is a inverter type ac unit witch draws small amounts during start up. Those ones would be better. The video I talked about for the euro version was a mini split. This is that video. He also has a couple...
  22. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Ah yeah the 10k AC unit would have the highest start up amps and would need to be the first thing loaded. More panels or maxing out to the 6kw solar limit is a fix to this. If you look in to the car audio stuff you should be able to find a 12v capacitors batteries. Now I am not sure if you can...
  23. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Sweet. That is awesome. About what time did you test this and for how long? 3kw of solar and you were still able to run all of that. Did you ever get a number on the watts you were producing and consuming? Also what was your panel voltage in series?
  24. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    I have seen videos of the older 5048 euro version that has run ac unit with just the solar. I am guessing that this one can do the same to a point. Though I would assume that with grid connection and solar connection one could pull the max or right about the max just fine, like around 5.5kw just...
  25. Kameljoe21

    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Is anyone running one of these with just solar only or solar and grid connection. No batteries. I do not care about the batteries. Are you running 220v or 120v? What is your consumption and solar/grid input? What is the max load that one can run while being 100% on solar only or the max that...
  26. Kameljoe21

    Battery-less 120v all in one units

    I want to reopen this thread to show that there is now a battery less split phase all in one inverter for the US market. Mpp Solar LVX6048 I do not know when it came out. yet there is one now. https://www.mppsolar.com/v3/lvx6048/
  27. Kameljoe21

    Battery-less 120v all in one units

    I would call the company, That is really the only way to figuar it out. Since I do not have one of these I would not be able to tell you the functions.
  28. Kameljoe21

    Battery-less backup with Grid-Tie

    Edit looks like you can find them for around 1k to 1.5k give or take. Yet that is for only 2kw of power.
  29. Kameljoe21

    Battery-less backup with Grid-Tie

    Yeah those sunny boys would work if their cost was way cheaper, Last I looked they were like 2k or there about.
  30. Kameljoe21

    Battery-less backup with Grid-Tie

    The concept of batteryless is that large banks cost tons of money. While many want grid tied inverters yet they offer no backup when the power goes out. The sunny boy inverter may be great yet they lack the ability to offer more than 2kw of power from if I recall 10kw inverter. I am looking for...
  31. Kameljoe21

    Battery-less 120v all in one units

    It looks like you should be able too. Provided you have more than enough incoming power, Solar output should be well over 1kw to support 1kw load, Ideal 20% more to avoid any small fluctuation. If that is not the problem and you have 2kw of incoming power then there should be a setting that is...
  32. Kameljoe21

    FOUR VOLT BATTERY SCAM $379

    They removed all of the contact information after I contacted them and told them that they were a scam, They are not legit at all, They claimed to be a German company yet can not provide any related information to prove that they are. The phone number they listed was a cell phone and the address...
  33. Kameljoe21

    FOUR VOLT BATTERY SCAM $379

    Yeah still can not find their company. Even my old llc is still found on the national corporation directory. https://corporation.directory/quicksearch/company SEC has nothing on record either. https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html This is not a legit company, Their web site...
  34. Kameljoe21

    I want to build a solar only Fan.

    Radiator fans will be more cost effective. Yet I have seen computer fans used in a large number of projects.
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