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Post Battery Bank and Inverter! (pictures only)

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Thick white wire on the right is just being "stored" there. Thick black wire coming out of the wall on the bottom right is "spare" at the moment.
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In the midst of an upgrade... Only one battery attached, 2 are being charged for top balancing by the inverter on the floor. The black case used as a table is the "old" 24V battery (to be reused later).

Two more inverters will be installed on the wall on the left. I have plenty of space thank you very much 🤣

I had everything nice and neat and then I decided 11kW of power and 21kWh of storage is far too little. So I'm upgrading to 32kW and 55kWh.
 
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Solar Build on my Jayco Greyhawk Class-C RV.
Growatt 3000 24v
600ah total so far of Zooms batteries
1500 watts of residential panels
Also installed a 120v 9000btu Mini-Split system.

Shore, on-board generator and solar panels feed directly into the Growatt, then from Growatt out to the RV’s 30amp main panel. With good sun, I can get a full weekend camping trip without needing to plug in.

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Great idea, @Will Prowse ! Everyone's systems look great! I'll go on your Snipe Hunt.

100% off grid gazebo on a lake. Big system in the storm shelter provides 4,400W of 240VAC for deep well and mini split in gazebo. Little system in gazebo (not shown) is 12VDC 24/7 for a fan in the composting toilet plus DC lighting, etc. Big system battery is 230Ah 16S2P (24kWh storage), little system battery is 230Ah 4S (3kWh). Yes, I'm under paneled since I only need power for a weekend, then it has five days to recharge. Racking is elevation adjustable in ten degree increments.

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Let's try this out. Take a quick picture or 5 of your current battery and system and share it here!

Let's keep all posts focused on pictures only. If you like a system, give it a thumbs up but don't reply!

Let's see if we can pull this off!
 

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Oh gosh... These setups are truly awesome...very jealous but this hobby is dang expensive...
I just finished my box. I need 1 more 100ah battery to complete my 4kw build. Just a small little backup incase we lose power.
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Mppt controller has a 120mm fan and I only have 600w of solar. At around 500w the solar charge controller gets upto around 55c which is way too hot for my liking. The fan brings it down to 30c.

I have a 150A MRCB breaker that I still need to wire on the positive line from the battery...
 
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