Hay, you “go getters”!! Nothing brings me more joy than seeing young folk who are not afraid of physical labor!!!! Wow, your momma must be so proud!!!!! If not, yo aunt deb here in Oklahoma is!!!!!!! Wowww!!! You two gooooo!!! Hugs From Oklahoma
Also….if ever in Oklahoma and curious to experience the way us okies live. We already have hookups for travel homes. Have kin folk who come see us bringing theirs. Just a friendly invitation. We’re not weird just country who love people and life!! Hugs
Looking great!! I know that had to be exciting to have the first device be turned on and officially powered from the sun! You guys did an AMAZING job at this! It’s all so well put together and looks like it can handle anything! 😊 (Also that last line I heard has got me hyped too 😄)
Thanks guys! We’re so excited about it.. finally starting to feel like a functioning home! We’re getting pretty hyped too… plumbing is well on its way to being done 👀 then pretty much finishing touches
It's beautiful 🤩 Adam you did such a great job, I know how daunting the research and planning stages can be and it looks like it all paid off!! (Steph, you did an amazing job too ❤) Also the "we should be on the road shortly" at the end got me SO EXCITED. See you on the road soon!!!!!
Looks great! It's amazing that you guys are so professional, being that this is the first time doing this sort of thing! In my younger days I know I could have done this myself, but I'm older now and my brain doesn't grasp what it once did. You make it look so easy and I know it's not! Really nice job!
Hahaha yeah adam is kind of a freak when it comes to electrical! He’s obsessed!! It’s a good thing though and we are happy everything came together for us!
This system is never going to work!! There wasn’t a single red croc involved in the install, so there’s no way this can be right. Aside from that, great system!! Having a 240 volts available is going to be really sweet. It gives you way more options with way more efficiency. The 240 induction cooktop will be so much better. Way to figure it all out and get it done!! Hopefully the build has continued to move along and go smoothly for you. So looking forward to seeing this completed. Strong work guys!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hahah you gave me a heart attack with that first line there 😂 don’t worry the red crocs were there through it all! Thanks so much for watching! Can’t wait to show you a finished bus!
MMPT for a DCDC from a 48v system for start battery is a brilliant idea. The cable to the 450A fuse is that rated? Cable should be above all fuse ratings. Fuse blows not cable melts 🔥 🔥🔥
Nice job, this system will work great for you. I would suggest you consider an active balancer for those cells that you can either manually or automatically setup for the occasional (or daily) top balance, Daly are not the best BMS for balancing these cells, having only a small passive balance current.
Great suggestion! I had no idea prior to using this BMS how bad passive balancing is. It does practically nothing lol. definitely adding an active balancer in the near future.
@@AdamandAtlas Check out Andy’s Off Grid Garage Australia YT channel, he gets very in-depth with testing & balancing of these cells, & all things solar, I think u will find a lot of great info there. Cheers
Any chance you did a capacity test on those cells? Or have done a load test to see the voltage drop? I'm just curious because the AC IR reading seems a tad high....most of the Grade A 280 cells come in around 0.12 to 0.14mΩ. Since you're using your cells for energy storage its probably not a big deal as long as you stay under 0.5C discharge rate which is the case because of your inverter
Awesome setup, you have made me a 48 V believer😊. Had one question about the victron NPP controller you use to charge your starting battery, how did you hook that up?
Im glad you are now a believer! The Victron charge controller is hooked up “pv + and -“ to the house 48v battery, and the “battery + and -“ to the vehicle battery
Hey! Absolutely! It’s so powerful for the price! And it makes our system so much simpler because it handles the job of so many components. Definitely recommend!
It depends on the solar panels and charge controller you have. When you wire panels in series, you increase voltage. When you wire in parallel, you increase amperage. It is more efficient to run higher voltages but you can only go so high in voltage until you exceed what your charge controller can handle. I did 2 sets of panels in series to increase voltage and then paralleled those sets together which increased amperage and so I only had 1 set of wires coming into the charge controller. I Hope this helps! :)
The fuse can be found on Amazon the ones I have for my Victron set up are Blue Sea Systems MEGA/ AMG Fuses literally cut and paste that on Amazon and they should come up. 100% will work.
Hey! I have a link to the cells and everything used in our electrical system in the description! Reach out to us on instagram if you’d like more info! Purchasing on Alibaba can be hit and miss
Does this inverter allow for simultaneous 120V and 240V? I’d love to run my mini split off 240 and other appliances off 120.. or would I just do some sort of a step down?
It does do both! It produces AC power thats identical to what you would find in a home electrical panel. It gives you 2 hot wires and 1 neutral wire. If you measure across both hot wires you have 240v, and if you measure hot to neutral you get 120.
Holy smokin catfish you guys are really turning up the polish. I find electric stuff to be scary AF and what you guys did looks store bought, very professional. I’ve relocated to Illinois so I guess I’m about to see what really cold means. Awesome job you guys…
Thanks so much! Adam did such a great job.. he’s been looking forward to building this electrical system for so long!! Illinois eh! Not too too far! We’ll be heading to southern Ontario in the new year!
Please add some wire connector for cables entry in your electrical panel. Sheating oh the wires and cables will be slowly damaged bu friction while driving. There is a lot of vibrations on the road.
The 12v system does not effect the 48v ground strap. It’s just a grounding point. Also, Nothing is flowing thru the chassis on the 48v side. Its just there for safety.
In terms of loudness, the all-in-one has a small fan that runs on low all the time but its barely audible. It does rev up a but when I’m pulling a lot of power but i actually like that it makes more noise. Keeps me aware that I’m drawing a lot of power
Yes, There are 16 cells acting as 1 large battery. The battery is 280ah at 48v. This gives a total of 13500 watts. How long it lasts depends on what you’re using. you could leave all the lights on in the bus for roughly 2 weeks until the batteries are dead. Thats with no solar. It takes the solar panels 3 days with full sun to recharge from empty. The whole system including solar panels cost us about 7000CAD.
We are using 2/0 (double aught) wire as our main wire from the batteries to the inverter. Too small of wire can cause a fire so Its important to size your wire based on what your system needs.
Are the wires coming from ur linx distributor the same size the neg? And the positive? 2/0 I’m kinda a blonde for this type as u can see and also wat are the big wires for coming out the linx to the inverter or are they just extensions of the battery
Do you have any way planned to charge if you only have a 30a rv plug or 20a house outlet available? I think this inverter only charges with 240v in. Nice install btw!
Yes, a simple adapter will allow us to plug in a 30 amp hook-up. I believe the inverter can charge with 120v as well, being that there is a neutral terminal which would be useless in a strictly 240v circuit. Thanks!
Did you actually find a kill switch that will work for a 48 volt battery? Everyone I have seen that is 48 volts does not work for a 48 volt battery because the max battery voltage is in the 50s . it may seem irrelevant, but breaking a DC arc is much harder than an AC arc. Have you tried using the kill-switch under load? There's a possibility it will catch on fire if it can't break the arc.
The kill switch I’m using is rated to 52v DC. My system at fully charged is around 54v so i don’t think its a huge deal. A bit of an exaggerated issue i think. Tho theres definitely a need for higher voltage rated dc disconnects.
Hay, you “go getters”!! Nothing brings me more joy than seeing young folk who are not afraid of physical labor!!!! Wow, your momma must be so proud!!!!! If not, yo aunt deb here in Oklahoma is!!!!!!! Wowww!!!
You two gooooo!!!
Hugs
From Oklahoma
Aww you’re sooo sweet! Thank you so much! We appreciate you watching our videos! 🥰
Also….if ever in Oklahoma and curious to experience the way us okies live. We already have hookups for travel homes. Have kin folk who come see us bringing theirs.
Just a friendly invitation. We’re not weird just country who love people and life!!
Hugs
@@auntdebbie8995 that’s amazing!! Thank you so much!!!
Looking great!! I know that had to be exciting to have the first device be turned on and officially powered from the sun!
You guys did an AMAZING job at this! It’s all so well put together and looks like it can handle anything! 😊
(Also that last line I heard has got me hyped too 😄)
Thanks guys! We’re so excited about it.. finally starting to feel like a functioning home! We’re getting pretty hyped too… plumbing is well on its way to being done 👀 then pretty much finishing touches
It's beautiful 🤩 Adam you did such a great job, I know how daunting the research and planning stages can be and it looks like it all paid off!! (Steph, you did an amazing job too ❤) Also the "we should be on the road shortly" at the end got me SO EXCITED. See you on the road soon!!!!!
Fingers are crossed!!! Can’t wait to be on the road with u guys!
Looks great! It's amazing that you guys are so professional, being that this is the first time doing this sort of thing! In my younger days I know I could have done this myself, but I'm older now and my brain doesn't grasp what it once did. You make it look so easy and I know it's not! Really nice job!
Hahaha yeah adam is kind of a freak when it comes to electrical! He’s obsessed!! It’s a good thing though and we are happy everything came together for us!
This system is never going to work!! There wasn’t a single red croc involved in the install, so there’s no way this can be right.
Aside from that, great system!! Having a 240 volts available is going to be really sweet. It gives you way more options with way more efficiency. The 240 induction cooktop will be so much better.
Way to figure it all out and get it done!! Hopefully the build has continued to move along and go smoothly for you. So looking forward to seeing this completed. Strong work guys!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hahah you gave me a heart attack with that first line there 😂 don’t worry the red crocs were there through it all! Thanks so much for watching! Can’t wait to show you a finished bus!
@@AdamandAtlas I never saw red crocs, only black sandals. Not even close to same thing.
Awesome light switches! You can also add a dimmer switch.
Thats neat Adam. I like it.
Wow, that's alot to figure out. Looks like you'll have enough power. Cool how you built your desk around the system.
Nicely done!
Very clean install !!
Thank you!
Great content!
MMPT for a DCDC from a 48v system for start battery is a brilliant idea. The cable to the 450A fuse is that rated? Cable should be above all fuse ratings. Fuse blows not cable melts 🔥 🔥🔥
Need to put some form of fire resistant material over the battery bus bars. Any luck finding the MEGA fuses that fit in the Victron distro correctly?
Nice job, this system will work great for you. I would suggest you consider an active balancer for those cells that you can either manually or automatically setup for the occasional (or daily) top balance, Daly are not the best BMS for balancing these cells, having only a small passive balance current.
Great suggestion! I had no idea prior to using this BMS how bad passive balancing is. It does practically nothing lol. definitely adding an active balancer in the near future.
@@AdamandAtlas Check out Andy’s Off Grid Garage Australia YT channel, he gets very in-depth with testing & balancing of these cells, & all things solar, I think u will find a lot of great info there. Cheers
Any chance you did a capacity test on those cells? Or have done a load test to see the voltage drop? I'm just curious because the AC IR reading seems a tad high....most of the Grade A 280 cells come in around 0.12 to 0.14mΩ. Since you're using your cells for energy storage its probably not a big deal as long as you stay under 0.5C discharge rate which is the case because of your inverter
Awesome setup, you have made me a 48 V believer😊. Had one question about the victron NPP controller you use to charge your starting battery, how did you hook that up?
Im glad you are now a believer! The Victron charge controller is hooked up “pv + and -“ to the house 48v battery, and the “battery + and -“ to the vehicle battery
Hey guy's thanks for the vids. Do you guys like that mpp inverter? If you did it over would you use it again?
Hey! Absolutely! It’s so powerful for the price! And it makes our system so much simpler because it handles the job of so many components. Definitely recommend!
When do I want to wire solar panels in series vs in parallel? I know you did a mix of the two
It depends on the solar panels and charge controller you have. When you wire panels in series, you increase voltage. When you wire in parallel, you increase amperage. It is more efficient to run higher voltages but you can only go so high in voltage until you exceed what your charge controller can handle. I did 2 sets of panels in series to increase voltage and then paralleled those sets together which increased amperage and so I only had 1 set of wires coming into the charge controller.
I Hope this helps! :)
The fuse can be found on Amazon the ones I have for my Victron set up are Blue Sea Systems MEGA/ AMG Fuses literally cut and paste that on Amazon and they should come up. 100% will work.
Thanks for the info! I’ll try that out! Im not thrilled with my current setup lol
Adam, did you mention where you got your batteries from? I love the less expensive route you're taking, so I'd love to follow it for our build.
Hey! I have a link to the cells and everything used in our electrical system in the description! Reach out to us on instagram if you’d like more info! Purchasing on Alibaba can be hit and miss
@@AdamandAtlas Thank you! I feel like an idiot and didn't look lol. In my defense, I was watching on my TV, so there's that, lol.
Does this inverter allow for simultaneous 120V and 240V? I’d love to run my mini split off 240 and other appliances off 120.. or would I just do some sort of a step down?
It does do both! It produces AC power thats identical to what you would find in a home electrical panel. It gives you 2 hot wires and 1 neutral wire. If you measure across both hot wires you have 240v, and if you measure hot to neutral you get 120.
Holy smokin catfish you guys are really turning up the polish. I find electric stuff to be scary AF and what you guys did looks store bought, very professional. I’ve relocated to Illinois so I guess I’m about to see what really cold means. Awesome job you guys…
Thanks so much! Adam did such a great job.. he’s been looking forward to building this electrical system for so long!! Illinois eh! Not too too far! We’ll be heading to southern Ontario in the new year!
Please add some wire connector for cables entry in your electrical panel. Sheating oh the wires and cables will be slowly damaged bu friction while driving. There is a lot of vibrations on the road.
Thanks for the tip!
Hi! Not judging, but trying to learn. Why does the 48v negative go to the chassis that I assume is strapped with 12v from your bus?
The 12v system does not effect the 48v ground strap. It’s just a grounding point. Also, Nothing is flowing thru the chassis on the 48v side. Its just there for safety.
Also, do you find the system too loud? I’ve been looking at something similar for a while.
In terms of loudness, the all-in-one has a small fan that runs on low all the time but its barely audible. It does rev up a but when I’m pulling a lot of power but i actually like that it makes more noise. Keeps me aware that I’m drawing a lot of power
With everything combined I see you have 16 batteries how much was your system in total. And how long does a full charge last.
Yes, There are 16 cells acting as 1 large battery. The battery is 280ah at 48v. This gives a total of 13500 watts. How long it lasts depends on what you’re using. you could leave all the lights on in the bus for roughly 2 weeks until the batteries are dead. Thats with no solar. It takes the solar panels 3 days with full sun to recharge from empty. The whole system including solar panels cost us about 7000CAD.
@@AdamandAtlas you're awesome you're giving us serious consideration. Thanks
Thank you your vid’s are so helpful.. What size wire gauge are u using for the batteries positive and negative
We are using 2/0 (double aught) wire as our main wire from the batteries to the inverter. Too small of wire can cause a fire so Its important to size your wire based on what your system needs.
Are the wires coming from ur linx distributor the same size the neg? And the positive? 2/0 I’m kinda a blonde for this type as u can see and also wat are the big wires for coming out the linx to the inverter or are they just extensions of the battery
i can give you a more though walk-thru of the wire sizing in our system if you DM us on instagram.
Okay
Do you have any way planned to charge if you only have a 30a rv plug or 20a house outlet available? I think this inverter only charges with 240v in. Nice install btw!
Yes, a simple adapter will allow us to plug in a 30 amp hook-up. I believe the inverter can charge with 120v as well, being that there is a neutral terminal which would be useless in a strictly 240v circuit. Thanks!
@@AdamandAtlas your right. I was thinking of the lvx model.
The units are so close, its easy to get them confused. I even did when talking about it in the intro 😅
Did you actually find a kill switch that will work for a 48 volt battery? Everyone I have seen that is 48 volts does not work for a 48 volt battery because the max battery voltage is in the 50s . it may seem irrelevant, but breaking a DC arc is much harder than an AC arc. Have you tried using the kill-switch under load? There's a possibility it will catch on fire if it can't break the arc.
The kill switch I’m using is rated to 52v DC. My system at fully charged is around 54v so i don’t think its a huge deal. A bit of an exaggerated issue i think. Tho theres definitely a need for higher voltage rated dc disconnects.
@@AdamandAtlas Thank you for the reply
16 of them is 64 your adding is off
64 of what? Im not sure the context.