Simpleone71
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Here is the system I am looking to build, and I would appreciate everyone letting me know of any wrongs or better methods to do things. I will be mounting it on a piece of oak plywood that has been covered with ceramic paper that is rated at 2300 F. I am also going to use a raspberry pi 4 / touchscreen with VenusOS to monitor it with a USB to VE.Can cable and USB to VE.direct cable for the inverter and MPPT.
A couple of questions I already have in mind would I benefit any from using a battery shunt for monitoring also? I am looking to use the BMS on the EG4 batteries to communicate with the Venus OS, so I felt it was unnecessary to buy the Victron shunt.
Also, If I added one more battery to the EG4 cabinet, would everything be the same? In other words, have I allowed for a little bit of future growth in this setup?
Here is what I am after mostly a backup power source for near (or direct) hurricanes and summer thunderstorms to run a few switches/wi-fi, etc. and my freezer and fridge. I calculated needing around 8.5 kwh a day. I would keep the computer stuff plugged in directly to it, but would need to manually plug in the freezer and fridge.
A couple of questions I already have in mind would I benefit any from using a battery shunt for monitoring also? I am looking to use the BMS on the EG4 batteries to communicate with the Venus OS, so I felt it was unnecessary to buy the Victron shunt.
Also, If I added one more battery to the EG4 cabinet, would everything be the same? In other words, have I allowed for a little bit of future growth in this setup?
Here is what I am after mostly a backup power source for near (or direct) hurricanes and summer thunderstorms to run a few switches/wi-fi, etc. and my freezer and fridge. I calculated needing around 8.5 kwh a day. I would keep the computer stuff plugged in directly to it, but would need to manually plug in the freezer and fridge.
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