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It's portable! It's modular! It seemed like a good idea at the time...
DC crate has 2 Lion Energy Safari UT 1200 LFP batteries in parallel. (I made it 12V so it could be used to extend my Goal Zero Yeti 1250.) It can be a stand-alone DC power station, extend the GZ, and used in conjunction with the PVAC blue crate. Output is via an Anderson SB175 connector. There's a Blue Sea MRBF terminal fuse block hiding under the main positive terminal cover. The DC outputs are individually fused using inline AGC fuses. I've used terminal and component covers everywhere, and there's a clear polycarbonate barrier around the sides up near all the battery terminals and a lid for when the crate is used on its own.
PVAC crate has a scratch-and-dent used Renogy Rover 30A SCC and a little baby Samlex SSW-1000 inverter. PV input is via Anderson Powerpole connector. The Blue Sea switch on the front controls power to the whole crate. There's a Blue Sea common source surface mount fuse block holding fuses for the SCC and inverter. I made a lid out of an HDPE sheet.
Final PV system testing "action" shot. Renogy and HQST haters, avert your eyes...
2 100W HQST mono panels in series generating 181W on a clear 34F (1C) day (ignore temp in app, the sensor wasn't connected).
Milk crates - all the ventilation you would ever need with almost nowhere to mount stuff!
DC crate has 2 Lion Energy Safari UT 1200 LFP batteries in parallel. (I made it 12V so it could be used to extend my Goal Zero Yeti 1250.) It can be a stand-alone DC power station, extend the GZ, and used in conjunction with the PVAC blue crate. Output is via an Anderson SB175 connector. There's a Blue Sea MRBF terminal fuse block hiding under the main positive terminal cover. The DC outputs are individually fused using inline AGC fuses. I've used terminal and component covers everywhere, and there's a clear polycarbonate barrier around the sides up near all the battery terminals and a lid for when the crate is used on its own.
PVAC crate has a scratch-and-dent used Renogy Rover 30A SCC and a little baby Samlex SSW-1000 inverter. PV input is via Anderson Powerpole connector. The Blue Sea switch on the front controls power to the whole crate. There's a Blue Sea common source surface mount fuse block holding fuses for the SCC and inverter. I made a lid out of an HDPE sheet.
Final PV system testing "action" shot. Renogy and HQST haters, avert your eyes...
2 100W HQST mono panels in series generating 181W on a clear 34F (1C) day (ignore temp in app, the sensor wasn't connected).
Milk crates - all the ventilation you would ever need with almost nowhere to mount stuff!
