it was a battle....

[100kwh-hunter]

In one corner at 66 kilo the blue challenger for the title true dead weight....



You will laugh your behind off......

You fat bast**** I won.....

 

[100kwh-hunter]

Now i must figure out how to communicate and program the beast.
first out of three.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

woof thats a porker of an inverter... not super knowledgable about victron how many watts is that monster? is it a LW with a large transformer built in?

 

[Hedges]

Two straps. Why didn't I think of that?
I used single strap to lift a 140# Sunny Boy 15" high onto a pole. Using a block to support while unwinding strap ratchet for next part of lift.
Next time I did it I walked the thing up a ramp, only used strap last couple of inches.
One strap good, two straps better.

 

[100kwh-hunter]

woof thats a porker of an inverter... not super knowledgable about victron how many watts is that monster? is it a LW with a large transformer built in?

12000 watt 15000va

 

[100kwh-hunter]

One strap good, two straps better.

i used 4 basically.
2 big ones for faster lifting, than a small one to bring it more to the wall, a second small one to release the two big ones.
Now the tricky part.....
They can only go up, so the last centimeter i had to do it myself, before releasing.
It fitted like a glove.......
To get the tension off those straps i used a extra rope, going round the beam once.
tension a bit, release straps.
release rope a bit.
Grab a beer out of the cooler and make yourself a smoke.....enjoy.

Now my hard work is just starting.
A 3200 euro costing beast must be programmed, they really could not find a way to integrate something?!?!?nope you must buy a mk3 thingy.....

The MP15kva is working btw, still no grounding, attached to 360kw lifepo and feeding only a lifepo4 tester that consumes at the most 200w

isnt there a way around to avoid the mk3?

 

[robby]

Brilliant work my friend.

 

[100kwh-hunter]

"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of the low price is forgotten." Benjamin Franklin

Brilliant work my friend.

brilliant signature!!!!!!!true and i second that!

 

[seneysolar]

Heres what i do:
1. Mount inverter on board.
2. Give board removable legs (2×4's) of desired height.
3. Stand it up against the wall.
4. Screw board to wall. Unscrew the legs.

 

[jorby]

I used an engine hoist on my 18kpv.....

 

[HighDesertOffgrid]

For those of you yet to attempt this feat, allow me to introduce this ancient technology called a block and tackle to your toolbox. You may thank me later.

 

[teal95]

I had to resort to building an A frame gantry and using block and tackle to pull the wires running to my barn.

 

[Brett V]

My Growatt 12k weighs 75 kg. I finally bought an engine hoist to lift it up. I have it up high, that didn't help make it any easier.

 

[S Davis]

Block and tackle still works well but I finally got a lift that makes things so much easier especially when working with equipment in the hundreds of pounds.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

telling you friends are a boon, just promise them a BBQ and some beer and you get all of the mobile lifting power you need...

 

[Kornbread]

In one corner at 66 kilo the blue challenger for the title true dead weight....



You will laugh your behind off......

You fat bast**** I won.....

Not the first to do something like that, nor the last ...

This was just a lowly 6k growatt @115lbs. When it's you, only you, and it has to get done.

 

[OhYou_]

I should have grabbed a few pics of when I had to move my ~400lb inverter
craned it off the deck of my old place using a forklift and some straps, what made it jank was the lift was at the bottom of 8 steps with the mast leaning way too far forward to do it.

having lift points above your wall mount equipment is a nice touch to any install. Definitely +1 to block and tackle. ratchet straps have no safe down direction, block n tackle gives you far better control

 

[kc130up]

Big AIO install is best enjoyed with friends...haha

 

[Kornbread]

Big AIO install is best enjoyed with friends...haha

... and you can then spread the addiction.

 

[J.H.]

woof thats a porker of an inverter... not super knowledgable about victron how many watts is that monster? is it a LW with a large transformer built in?

Sometimes ya gota show em whose boss to get to do their job……yea…!

 

[Osmethne]

I just roll the dice and hope I don't get a hernia.

Haven't fumbled yet. It's a foolproof plan.

 

[J.H.]

I just roll the dice and hope I don't get a hernia.

Haven't fumbled yet. It's a foolproof plan.

Well I gota hernia crimping some big lugs last year… thst why I went to a hydraulic one and won’t use the the other I have anymore… nope….I’m taking the easy way out for now… hernias are awfull to get over. Expensive and life disrupting…
Been there , done that…

No more..

 

[timselectric]

Weight was a priority in my system planning.
The heaviest part of my system is the solar panels, at 50 lbs.
And I don't plan on picking them up, ever again.

 

[J.H.]

telling you friends are a boon, just promise them a BBQ and some beer and you get all of the mobile lifting power you need...

Big Strong friends will do alot when you offers them beer and BBQ…and if they owe you some money it’s even better

They are good people to know… especially if a fight breaks out.

 

[Osmethne]

Weight was a priority in my system planning.
The heaviest part of my system is the solar panels, at 50 lbs.
And I don't plan on picking them up, ever again.

I have some massive bifacial panels I put up last year on a pergola. Those were miserable to deal with. On top of the weight the size of them made them sort of floppy. I ended up rigging an electric host to a nearby tree.

I've really got to detail that build so you all can make fun of me for my terrible carpentry skills.