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I agree. Tire warmers (had to google them, had no idea), must they be run all weekend, or for like two hours before you start racing, and then between runs? Maybe you need them for like a total of 5 hours per day at 2Kw/pair (10KwH production)? And only during daylight, when no one would...

I see you're a brand new member. Watch a bunch of Will Prowse's YouTube videos. You can build a substantial system within your budget. PM me if you like, and I'll help you with defining your requirements and determining your parts required. You need not buy the highest quality everything...

No desert camping experience but a lot at 10,000+ feet elevation. Same thing - 95 during the day, 40 or less at night. Even got snowed in on 4th of July one year. I've winter camped in my trailer, and found this little guy, run an hour or so before bedtime is enough...

Gotcha, generator much after 6:00 p.m. is not very neighborly. For heat, you might look at a good old RV propane furnace. It would cost a whole lot less than the battery capacity you'd need to run even the smallest space heater. Same for your water heater - those electric ones are energy...

As a cybersecurity professional, I can assure you there is nothing paranoid about knowing (not worrying if) your data is being collected by foreign agents. We've tested network interface cards and found some beaconing to Chinese registered IP addresses before the servers containing them even...

First I salute you for hiring a pro to do your high voltage installs. Solar is new to many at this time, so you may have to look around. A step in your process is to insulate the heck out of your trailer. I had this done on the 8.5x24 I bought a couple years ago, and it was well worth the...

"I guess i can contact bluetti but it seems like nothing less than a 1 star amazon review gets a response from companies like this" Let's have a "come to Jesus (or your favorite rabbi)" talk. First, most of us have found Bluetti to be very responsive on the rare occasion we have needed support...

That would work. It would be a long drive to fully charge the thing, but it would work. There's also the cigarette lighter option with the AC200P, but that gives you only approx. 100 watts.

"It worked until it broke". VOC is 21.69 volts, with ISC of 5.71 amps, so 2 in parallel give you 21.69 VOC and 11.42 amps ISC. The ampacity of that connector is probably 10 amps max. You overloaded the port, plain and simple. Can it be repaired? Yes, in several different ways. Get in touch...

I hate WIW posts in For Sale sections, so I'll ask here. 4 y/o EB-150, works fine. Cycled maybe 6 times. I want something bigger, like the AC200, but don't want to give this thing away either.

I often get full rated capacity from 2x cheesy Harbor Freight panels. Clean panels, no clouds, and proper angle seem to be the ticket.

Looking at a few different manufacturers some of this cable is rated to 150 volts and 40 amps for 8/2. Don’t know about your 20 kw system but should be fine for my small system.

I thought about conduit. Would have to price it out, but then I could use cheaper wire than the landscaping stuff. I'll have to price compare.

Zoning is A4 (that's 'Merican for down on the farm for our non-USA members), and can do almost anything without inspections since it's an offgrid Ag building (shipping container, actually), and yeah, I'd stick to 50ish VOC and 30 amps, so 8 gauge is good. Inverter inside the shipping container...

So if I'm going to parallel two SCCs to get the charge rate I want, I'd need two separate strings wouldn't I?

If wire is not a consideration, any combination of the panels can be doen at either end. Ultimately, they'll be charging a 400 AH 12v battery bank. I can get Renogy 60 MPPT controllers very cheap, so was thinking maybe a pair of them, unless I can find a singe charge controller than can take...

I need to run about 100' from my shed to a ground mounted solar array. 10/2 and 8/2 low voltage outdoor lighting cable is attractive as it is rated for direct burial, and I have access to some. 8/2 has an ampacity of 40 amps at 12 volts, and 10/2 is 30 amps at 12 volts. I'm looking at 4...

I get it, and will add more vents, but on the other hand, I've been storing tractors and OPE full of fuel in a barely ventilated "Amish" shed for the last 30 years...

I went ahead with mostly what was in the video, and all is well. I did not use any screws through the side. Since the ceiling cross members won't ever hold anything besides 2lb light fixtures I am not worried about load. I will use a more substantial framing method across the back of the...

Interesting. I haven't checked my app in a while but this is good to know. And it adds a bit of security to your network as well as giving your internet junkies a reason to go to bed. I turn of my access point already.

Looking forward to seeing what you end up with. BTW, there was a fellow from Ukraine made a post here, saying how his little solar hobby his wife would complain about is now providing them lights in the house during blackout periods. You never know, and are better off for your venture.

OK, so there's a lot to your situation. - San Francisco, totally flat mounted panels, 4.9 peak sun hours, 4x200watt panels, 3.92KW/hr per day (but let's call it 4.5 since you do make juice during non-peak hours too). You can't fill your 4.8KW/hr battery bank from total depletion in one day...

Well, let's consider that the 4 corner vents on every conex managed to keep the container pretty well vented going across a salty ocean several times in the heat or cold. My container first saw use in 2004 as far as I can tell, and has no rust on the interior, so it seems they don't work too...

You win! I'm a freaking idiot. Ok? Now back under the bridge troll.

Not frustrated, just looking at how to best, and most inexpensively do some framing of a conex to be used for equipment storage. And asking for an evaluation of the particular Youtuber's method. Posts like the one you made remind me of the old joke about post soviet Russians. Vlad: Hey...

4.8KW/hr for a portable system? With good solar exposure? Wondering what you're doing out there in the desert that would need even that much. Off-grid welding shop? LOL My kids' 1600 sq/ft townhouse uses like 10-15KW/hr/day (including the heat pump).

So irrelevant to my post. No desire to insulate, and I'm not spending over $100 on all the 2x4s I'll rip to do it. You work for these people?

I kinda/sorta do this already, though on a smaller scale, and it is darn handy to be able to wheel some juice out into the woods when I need it. My panels however, are not permanently mounted to a trailer, rather they go on my truck's ladder rack then I need to use them. The only criticism of...

Depends on how small a quantity and what type. Two 100w HF panels from the Fredericksburg VA store takes care of my needs. They only had two in stock the day I bought mine, but the manager apologetically said one had a bent frame and he couldn't sell it. So I offered to buy the one and haul...

Most of us who have purchased a shipping container as storage/lab/workshop did so because they are cheaper per sq/ft and more secure than an "Amish" shed. I have a shed and it happens to be a Roman Catholic shed (as if the religion of the builders matter), but the shipping container is where...

Something like that would work for me if I cleared a few more trees on my south-side. Also like that you get a little sun protected outdoor storage out of it. Thanks for the idea!

That's true enough in my case, in my state and my county. I need to reserve 20 acres for forestry land use. No idea what that equates to in the OPs county, in Florida.

Must be an Englishman. Read "earth" and took it literally.

Cesspools in Long Guyland? And from you sir, I shall hear no jokes about the south!

Thanks for the clarification. My dad once drove us from Pensacola to Sopchoppy just to do some fishing. 7 people in a VW Bug. No one can deny Florida has some of the coolest town names in the country. Anyway, looking at your list (and certainly not to make light of your aggravations): -...