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Post Battery Bank and Inverter! (pictures only)

I see other's mostly pristine and clean setups and I present you my mostly 'unclean' setup :LOL:
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This is what one year of almost outdoors looks like.
Also spot the ESP32 and CANBus transceivers surviving on the lower right.
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The 12V battery that I built just few days ago and the innards of a DUMB 12V AC Charger/Inverter.
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Sonoma County, California with PG&E
This is my garage wall with the inverter and subpanels on the inside and on the same wall on the exterior side is the Main service panel and my exterior cabinet of Pytes V5 batteries as approved by my AHJ. Not show is an additional 15 kWh of Pytes V5 battereis below the inverter in an interior enclosure which were added later.
 

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My main setup:
MUST PH18-PLUS 3k 24v, 2 x 8s 105Ah Lifepo4 DIY batteries (JK BMS) 5.2kwh total, 1.7kwp Solar
(With newest addition: 7inch HDMI screen for SolarAssistant):

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Some of my other portable setups:
1. 1500w 1.2kwh Lifepo4 (DIY, JBD BMS) 12v Portable solar generator with integrated boombox:
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2. SRNE 3kw AIO w/ 2kwh Lifepo4 (DIY JK BMS) Portable solar generator (for my Dad, w/ SolarAssistant):
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3. WIP: Toolbox portable solar generator: 1800w FCHAO inverter, 24v 50Ah DIY Lifepo4 (JK BMS, Using 2p x 8s Topband 25Ah cells)
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DIY 3KVA Inverter still running since 2018 on outside wall of the house mainly to power a 1.5hp pool pump.
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Batteries upgraded from AGM to LIFEPO4.
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WIP: 6KVA cabinet (DIY inverter, DIY monitor controller, DIY PV combiner monitor, DIY Automatic Pre-Charge, COTS SCC)
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Edit: Added WIP: 7 home runs PV fuse/disconnect box.7 PV Disconnect2.jpg6 PV Disconnect1.jpg
 

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