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Scott Thomas
Приєднався 27 жов 2019
I’m a DIYer keeping my head above water…most of the time!
Stihl 2 in 1 Best Chainsaw sharpener!
This Stihl 2 in 1 filing guide tool is great for honing your chainsaw chains back to sharp in 5 minutes. Great buy!
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Simple Sturdy Solar Mount
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Please note a more permanent solution would be burying the 4x4 posts below the frost line with concrete surrounding! Thanks for watching.
Eg4 6000xp Connected to Grid (How To)
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This is the basic hook up of the EG four 6000 XP to a grid panel, you should always ensure that your panel is configured in such a way that this is appropriate. I attached this to my main grid panel in which my neutrals and grounds were essentially tied, there is a separate procedure to doing this if you were adding to a sub panel please do your own homework. Thanks for watching. 
Fixed EG4 6000xp Battery Communications
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EG4 6000xp Battery Communications Fix Reference video…much better explanation than I am capable of ua-cam.com/video/cVCyWXGqgr8/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
EG4 6000xp with Server Rack Batteries
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This is how I received my EG4 set up from Signature Solar. Initial out of the box overview. Thanks for watching. Also I am a complete novice on this solar stuff so bear with me and we can learn together!
Importance of Wind Bracing and Bridging
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I have a lot of projects going rn but this one I finished up about a month ago and got around to posting. My garage no longer creaks and shakes with strong winds after this. Thanks for watching.
Tips for Hanging Interior OSB
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Quick video on how I threw my OSB on the ceiling. I will add a drywall lift has been critical as well especially when working independently. Thanks for watching and God Bless.
Finishing Intersecting Roof Lines
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Quick overview of how I completed the intersecting areas of the roof, this was quite awhile ago but came across it and realized I did not share and a couple of you had questions so here you go!
24x30 Garage Addition (Passed inspection)
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My 24x30ft garage addition is complete. I started mid September of last year and took about 5 months to complete essentially by myself to this point. Thanks for watching and following along.
Bluetti EB3A Stress Test, Does it work?
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Bluetti EB3A Stress Test, Does it work?
Properly connect two buildings together
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Properly connect two buildings together
Drip edge installation, Sheathing, Underlayment
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Drip edge installation, Sheathing, Underlayment
OSB sheathing in the weather! How does it hold up?
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OSB sheathing in the weather! How does it hold up?
My electrician has never done an inverter before so i sent him this video😂 thanks
Haha, good luck!
Im planning on installing one today but it doesnt have the battery percentage, just reads the volts. At 50% battery life would it read 24 volts?
24v golf cart? Should be 36 or 48 more commonly. I forget what the exact voltage reading is for 36 vs 48v but can quickly google it. You can also check each battery independently to see what it’s voltages fully charged and compare that to what a standard battery of that capacity Would be most typically 8v batteries hooked in series 8.4v or higher for each individual battery
It’s a 48v golf cart. The part I got I thought had percentage on it but it doesn’t. I googled though and answered my question but really appreciate you getting back to me so fast. I could decipher it myself while riding but the kids might not be able to so I’m just gonna get one that reads percentage 😅
Thank you!!
I have a single 100amp service panel for my small home, a 6000xp and would like to do what you did here but do I need sub panel in between my main panel and the 6000xp?
No, you do not need a sub panel between, that’s just how my scenario is. You can connect to your inverter without that, just make sure if you are going to back feed your panel you put a dead man switch in so your not back feeding to the grid.
@ScottieBMan Thanks. I had my my uncle look at it, he been an electrician in Colorado for 50 years, he said it's super easy. Just add a 50 amp breaker to my main service panel (had to make room by stacking another low amp circuit to one that could handle a little more current) feed the 50 amp breaker with 6 gauge wire to the 6000xp's grid input..simple. I thought I would have to upgrade my entire service panel but he pointed out that once my solar is running and supplying power from either the batterys or panels, it will be powering a good portion of my electric needs..off grid, so it will be just fine. And yes, the transfer switch I wired to my service panel is a reliance pro Trans 2 (it can run 6 circuits) and takes each circuit over once manually selected, off grid. So there is no backfeed
@@A.C.71correct. You will have to run a circuit from the inverters LOAD back to the panel on a separate run however. But yes that is correct.
Great setup, Scott! I wasn't able to find any contact information on your UA-cam channel, so I wanted to hop in your comments here. Signature Solar works hard to get our products in the hands of technically competent individuals that have a passion for DIY projects, such as yourself. I would love to get connected so that we could discuss any future projects you may have, as we may have a good opportunity for you!
@@SignatureSolarEthan thanks for reaching out, my email is scottthomaspro1@gmail.com take care
I want to take a moment to say THANK YOU. I have been for 2 days trying to figure this battery communication issue and I follow your steps, and mt 2 EG4LL batteries are communicating with the Inverter Now! Again THANK You!
Glad to help! Yes this was very frustrating!
Thanks for the short video explaining how these work. It was helpful.
I had mine set to RS485 and eg4 until I saw your video. Switched to CAN and lux, problem solved. Thanks for the video.
Glad it helped, thanks for watching!
Thank you for showing this, haven't found something about siding in this context in terms of what to use for the edges of the siding (J Channel btw)
I used what I had at hand, Sometimes you have to get creative! Glad it helped
Watch "6000xp is not UL9540 certified. YOU CANNOT LEGALLY install in the US along with solar panels" on UA-cam to learn why you might want to reconsider buying this inverter.
Not too concerned about that vid…considering there are thousands out there working well 👍
At 2:38, you were talking about outlookers, not purlins.
Stupid question. How does this tie into the grid and provide power to all the circuits?
Yes, it can power a small panel such as a sub panel. The way I showed was how to connect power from the grid to inverter. You can “back feed” a panel in a similar fashion just not the way I showed.
@@ScottieBMan thank you for the rapid reply. I'd want it to back feed and power up my house when grid goes offline....
Im watching this 4 months after you posted so things may have changed. I got the 6000xp a few days ago and did not need dongle to get 220v out. One thing I noticed you need to turn on battery breaker on 6000xp before you power your battery so the battery boot can give the pre-charge system to charge the caps in the 6000xp. Look forward to more videos on the setup.
I had to switch on the EPS switch lol! Thanks for watching
My lazy Susan is wobbling really bad.
Mine has no charge. I'm trying to charge it
Should me able to just plug in the cord provided
I have owned this trailer for a number of years. Solid build quality. I have replaced the wood decking once. When I did I sprayed the frame with black rustoleum paint . I also added grease cups with zerk fittings to keep the bearings alive. It sits outside all the time in rain and snow uncovered. Would buy another one.
With a few years under my belt, agreed!
You are a moron.
Not level plumb you goon
Scott, I APPRECIATE this video!!! Without a doubt this IS the best method of making a "structural sound" 'ladder' type/outrigger type' of 'extended gable ends'. Simply, each chord of the truss is SIMPLY made 3 1/2" 'vertical height' less than the other trusses...as you state. I've watched several 'ladder' nail-ons, and they aren't anywhere the strength of these. There should be a chapter in the 'how to frame' book of how to do this... You just shown how to do it correctly. And in retaliation for wasting my time reading his arrogant comments, namely 'Billy SmackDownTexasTurkey',,,I'm gonna drop my chords 11 1/2" on my gable ends. I'm going to extend the peak purlins out 4'-5' made from 2x12's just to pis'd off 'BillySmakTxTurdkey'. I'm gonna make my rake angle back to 1 1/2' out at the lower end, so the whole shebang will be angled. Like the old barns that had the hay hook and loft above. And I'll make my walls 'vertical level',,,or plumb...just 'cause I can talk that way and know vertical from hostility. "what did he say?". Thanks for your efforts. Hey World, this is how to make a correct 'ladder', 'outrigger', 'extended gable end', or whatever you wanna call it. Thanks Scott Thomas for your engineering and efforts.
Yes I did quite a bit of research on that! I didn’t have building plans to follow. Glad this helped you! Thank you for sharing and good luck with your build sir!
That is absolutely the wrong nozzle for painting cabinets. That is only good for staining a fence or painting stucco.
Worked good for me
I am in the same boat as you, I got the 6000xp have it up and running but can't get it to charge, I am only using 120 for the grid in, no solar at this time, yes the manual is worthless unless you are a inverter engineer and understand it, sort of wish I went with the plug and play inverters like BLUETTI AC300 at this point, I too am waiting for a response from Signature Solar, I will be waiting for your next video to see how you got it to work. So far my inverter and EG4 14.3 power wall is just hanging on the wall but can't use it, afraid to get solar and wonder if I can figure out it charges.
I was able to get it to charge with the “quick charge” functional through the app, I put 1600 work of solar out and can charge my two batteries rather quickly, I would just go with that. If you get the wireless dongle set up through the app SS can remote in and change the settings. Nice choice on the power wall!
@@ScottieBMan I bought the AIM's battery charger to charge my EG4 power wall for now till I get solar panels, trying to get the 120 volts to charge batts thru the grid in on inverter is not working and I am not that techy to try and get it working on the iPhone or laptop, when I get the solar panels I won't need the AIM's charger very much after that, when hooking up solar I hope it's a plug and play and not a bunch of programming to get it to work, was not aware of the programing on the 6000xp before I bought it, maybe someday I will learn, will be setting up iPhone to dongle soon. I have heard on other videos that charging the batts with 120 volts does not work well, most say you need 240 in to get it to work.
Ok I hope this answer helps you and many others.. Just 3 people that are doing videos on these 6000xp inverters and helping install and use. DIY solar fun with Ray Loveless, Rodney Hunt, and Will Prowse. Search those 3 individuals but there are many more but these 3 will answer enough questions to get you going. Nothing worse than having all the equipment and it not being utilized. Good luck all.
Eg4-6000 will NOT accept 120v on a single line input for grid or generator input..they MUST BE 240v or it will not recognize the input. Not really clearly indicated in the manual but several minor comments to such.
Thank you for your posting. I am new to solar and always wanted to supplement some solar to my grid. I just want to do right around 6k solar system with grid-tie and maybe adding a battery for later. Here are my questions: 1. is EG4 6000xp usable as grid tied/hybrid? 2. If I don't use more electricity than what panels produce, can inverter charge battery instead back feeding? 3. I will start without battery first, can EG4 600xp be used as grid tied inverter without battery? Sorry for too basic questions. I am trying learn about solar system and DIY later, but so many info out there. Thank you!
Yes u can use as grid tied inverter it is capable of passing grid power through the inverter to power loads without solar input. You will need a battery to use with this inverter. If you produce more solar power than what is required for your panel loads it will charge the batteries yes. I would look at the eg4 wall mount indoor battery that just came out…looks better than server rack batteries.
Ok I hope this answer helps you and many others.. Just 3 people that are doing videos on these 6000xp inverters and helping install and use. DIY solar fun with Ray Loveless, Rodney Hunt, and Will Prowse. Search those 3 individuals but there are many more but these 3 will answer enough questions to get you going. Nothing worse than having all the equipment and it not being utilized. Good luck all.
I am new as well and am still learning, but to be clear, this inverter will NOT backfeed the grid. You can pull power from the grid to run your home and charge batteries, but you will not be able to send excess power back to the grid for credit from your utility company. You woul need the EG4 18K to do that.
@@robertbrownell3918100% correct
For only $519 for 8 100Ah grade A cells and $100 for a JK Smart BMS with active balance and Bluetooth you can DIY a better battery pack.
Interesting, what kind of container would uou use to house it? I’m interested in that. Thanks!
Hi Scott - Thanks for posting your whole process here. I've been thinking about an addition off the back of the garage but I'm a "youtube DIYer" who NEEDS to see someone do it first. It has been hard to find a video for it though so thank you for sharing the detail of your addition!
Absolutely! My advice, go for it and don’t be afraid of investing in good tools along the way too! Also, know your limits, I hired out the shingle work for the roof, as well as the concrete only because I am not at that level!
If i ever need a dighouse i wont let u do it
So what?
This is the info I needed. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I have that sprayer and the instructions indicate you'll get a finer smoother spray with the other gun with the blue nozzle. And my results with that unit are smooth and much less splatter than what you're showing. Why did you use the wall/area spray gun instead of the fine cabinet gun?
I left the nozzle out overnight and the tips dried overnight as I recall, initially it was spraying ok…the job turned out really nice the paint laid down…watch the end, that’s for watching
This is BS
Thanks for sharing
Looking good. You're going to be making electric soon. I work in the freight industry. When a pallet is is flat it's more likely to get damaged. Keeping the solar panels upright and support them with 2x4 would be better when shipping them freight.
The second set I got came on their side like that…not a scratch on them.
@@ScottieBMan Nice! They should always ship them that way.
we you able to buy 5 panels or did they just ship them 5 at a time? I like the panel mount quick and easy.
I just bought 5 with special request even though it says 10 minimum on SignatureS website. They don’t ship them well in that scenario, I bought 10 more and was much better packaging then
asi si funciona all 100%
It works now yes, no issues!
Thin the paint down...can't rely on the paint to lay down.
Nobody but newbies buys light duty, high frequency, transformerless inverter chargers anymore.
Well that is me…what’s wrong with that?
I bet you can't start and run a 6kW inductive load with this, high frequency inverter.
Thanks for sharing
Can you show us how to hook the solar panels together? And, how you hook it to the boxes of what your showing and the sub panel? Thanks, TT04, 3/6/2024
Will do! Thanks for watching.
Is your Subpanel still connected to the main panel...or is it "off-grid" ? Thinking of getting this exact same system and trying to decide how best to integrate into my home.
My sub panel is tied into the main box, I would look into getting a transfer switch…Reliance makes a nice one
Thanks for the quick response...I just hit the subscribe button ! The reliance transfer switch is exactly what I've been thinking too ! Thanks again. @@ScottieBMan
If u have adjustable shocks stiffen your suspension the front of you machine won’t drop so much
The inverter is literally the most important component in a solar system and high frequency inverters are the cheapest form of inverter technology on the market, which explains why no American inverter manufacturer on the market uses high frequency inverter tech in their designs. They only use low frequency transformer based inverter designs.
Thanks for sharing.
So the wire you ran will power whats in your 200 amp box? Or just as much as it is able, and the gird will make up the rest? This has been by the far the best video i have seen.
The wire from the grid power will power the Eg4 inverter in the absence of solar and or battery power. Thanks for watching.
@@ScottieBMan What are you powering with the inverter?
@@ScottieBMan That make since, but for say i want to power certain things in my 200 amp box, how do i do that?
@@Valor4Christ you need to remove all circuits from the main panel that you want to run from the 6000xp and connect them to a separate sub panel. the circuit he showed in this video powers them if the battery and solar are not sufficient to do so. Also charges the batteries when there is not enough solar.
Good review, hit all he high points and no nonsense.
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I have a feeling this is going to help me greatly when mine get here. waiting is the hardest part. Thanks for the video.
Use some thick wall tubing to take up the space on the u bolt
Tv with the series x
U might want to weld a couple plates on the bottom of ur skids if not they won’t last long
Yes agree, luckily haven’t had to use it much but definitely plows are not easy in these machines
Glad you’re exercising your 2a rights though bro!
Get a holster homie. Safer, more secure, and faster to draw if you train dry fires.
I use a Tulster
So, is this grid tied or off grid? My electrician put in two double 50 amp breakers and used six gauge wire. Also, I had an interconnect switch put in, so there’s no backfeeding to the grid!
Good set up, as for breakers I can not comment on but i would go with him! Mine is any grid tied for I sufficient solar production bc im still in process of getting that up and running, but it can be completely off grid so long as your generator or solar is supplying power. Does not have to be grid tied.
@@ScottieBMan Ok I hope this answer helps you and many others.. Just 3 people that are doing videos on these 6000xp inverters and helping install and use. DIY solar fun with Ray Loveless, Rodney Hunt, and Will Prowse. Search those 3 individuals but there are many more but these 3 will answer enough questions to get you going. Nothing worse than having all the equipment and it not being utilized. Good luck all.
The 6000XP is an off grid inverter, the grid connection is pass through only. It will not back feed through that breaker.
I just did all Of this solo and yes it sucks and at 16 tall is a little scary too.
16ft is a long way down! I was only 10ft lol, nice to sit back and enjoy the work u completed for a moment isn’t it?!
Great video! I have a question, connected the way that you have, does the 6000xp backfeed the grid at all? If not, how does it accomplish this? Does it sense the load and only output as necessary, or is there some “zero export” setting in the 6000xp menu?
Hey there is no way to sell back power with 6000xp but if you are to backfeed your panel you would have to do this hooked up to the “Load” output on the Inverter. Which is different than the “Grid” input breaker. Thanks for watching!
Ok I hope this answer helps you and many others.. Just 3 people that are doing videos on these 6000xp inverters and helping install and use. DIY solar fun with Ray Loveless, Rodney Hunt, and Will Prowse. Search those 3 individuals but there are many more but these 3 will answer enough questions to get you going. Nothing worse than having all the equipment and it not being utilized. Good luck all.
@@ScottieBMan you should not feed your main panel from the 6000xp unless the MAIN breaker is off. Also any loads the 6000xp cant handle.
@@user-tv8ey6qy9j I’m powering a sub panel, it is protected with circuit interlock kit, thanks