Dustyjeansranch
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I had made a post in new comers but that project has been put on hold and this project was pushed to the front after we lost power for a day. We have 6 egg incubators that run on 120 volts 60 hz and draws 400 watts continously. On start up they use 1,100 watts. Spoke to the manufacturer and they are shipping us a wiring kit for each incubator that will allow the secondary heating element to be wired separately and once up to temperature and humidity it can be unplugged. That element is only needed on startup and when we set the eggs for about 4 hours each.
Today we installed the EG4 6000 xp. We are mostly using this as an UPS for now. We will add PV later and better batteries. For now grid pass through and generator back up will have to do.
Started with 3/4 plywood mounted to the wall and 1/2 concrete backer board over that. Wiring is all 4 gauge on the AC side from inverter to panels, and 1/0 wire tieing batteries in series and to bus bar. 00 wire from bus bar to to inverter.
Might have been overkill using two boxes, one as combiner for future inverters and another for main panel but had them laying around from an auction so used them. For grid power I moved the 50 amp outlet that we use for the arc welder to the inverter location. It has L1, L2, and neutral. No ground. So I ran a 6 gauge ground from the PE in the inverter, you a ground bar in the combiner box that goes to the main panel. From the main panel I have a green ground wire I ran to the grid main panel and connected to the bus bar that goes to the ground rod in the earth. Not sure this will work, if not I will run a dedicated 3 wire with ground from grid panel to the inverter. I have not powered anything on yet. I keep checking and double checking everything. Pictures will be attached showing the steps I took. Be brutally honest if I made a mistake. Would rather fix it now then fry the inverter.
Today we installed the EG4 6000 xp. We are mostly using this as an UPS for now. We will add PV later and better batteries. For now grid pass through and generator back up will have to do.
Started with 3/4 plywood mounted to the wall and 1/2 concrete backer board over that. Wiring is all 4 gauge on the AC side from inverter to panels, and 1/0 wire tieing batteries in series and to bus bar. 00 wire from bus bar to to inverter.
Might have been overkill using two boxes, one as combiner for future inverters and another for main panel but had them laying around from an auction so used them. For grid power I moved the 50 amp outlet that we use for the arc welder to the inverter location. It has L1, L2, and neutral. No ground. So I ran a 6 gauge ground from the PE in the inverter, you a ground bar in the combiner box that goes to the main panel. From the main panel I have a green ground wire I ran to the grid main panel and connected to the bus bar that goes to the ground rod in the earth. Not sure this will work, if not I will run a dedicated 3 wire with ground from grid panel to the inverter. I have not powered anything on yet. I keep checking and double checking everything. Pictures will be attached showing the steps I took. Be brutally honest if I made a mistake. Would rather fix it now then fry the inverter.
