Off Electrical Grid Workshop upgrade: 12v LiFePo4, inverter, solar charge controller
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- Hi folks, I am upgrading my solar workshop with a new inverter and off grid power system. Including new 100ah LiFePo4 lithium ion batteries provided by WattCycle and a new charge controller. The Makeskyblue 60a charge controller does not accept large gauge power cables, so a new method was tested to attach large cables securely. There is footage of the equipment being mounted on the power along with associated commentary. A GoPro camera provides some POV footage along the way.
The goal is provide off electrical grid power for air conditioning, a video processing computer shop tools and appliances. The system will be further upgraded and expanded in the future. I hope you enjoy this episode, thanks for watching!
🟢 All Related Videos In This Series are here:
• My Solar Workshop - of...
I'm still working on completing this installation, and all future videos will be in a single playlist, linked down below. Thanks for watching, and hope to see you next time!
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🟢 Off Electrical Grid Solar Workshop playlist
• My Solar Workshop - of...
(Also includes "solar power equipment board" series)
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You have a lot of great, very useful, money saving ideas. I look forward to watching all your videos, and future content.
@douglasarnoldakers Many thanks :) glad you are here, hope to have a couple more uploads soon
Thanks for the video. I'm still collecting parts. This has been a long process for me ,trying to not over do it working in this California heat. I started the concrete for the solar equipment room about the middle of May. I should do a video I guess . Lol
@ww321 Appreciate the view :D that's awesome to have a whole room for solar, right on. I need to drag myself out to make concrete footers for shop solar, once I recover from various physical issues. It certainly isn't happening now, in this oven out here. Probably not as bad as CA. If you make a video about it I'll be sure to watch, but no pressure lol
@solarpoweredge Great videos. I wanted to throw an idea at you. You can make plywood fire proof by painting a homemade mixture on it. The mixture is just water and borax.
@rclewis01 Thank you... I am nervous about the fire risk. Thanks for sharing the knowledge... I've literally never heard of this before. I have some plasterboard but it looks terrible and weighs a ton
I've heard one politician said what's gonna happen when " a super hail storm hits us, all those panels will be gone!" Yeah, and one day a Sun will burn out for sure but till then stop breathing on our neck, I'm sick and tired of the elite class! Otherwise nice install, i just had to throw in my thought cycle😊!
@ferencszabo3504 Thanks :) I hope people will keep a couple of spare panels indoors just in case, it's good for preparedness
I love your setup and would very much like to use the same setup but I have one question. That is very important to me how do you stop an EMP for ruining everything?
@RolandVanTassel Glad you like it :) basically we need to put everything in a Faraday cage. The metal building itself can become one but it's a lot of work. I hope to get there someday :)
I think the highest efficiency 5000 btu window air conditioner has a 12 ER rating. On really hot days , my HAER 5000 btu unit draws around 580-600 watts but if its only 90 degrees or less outside, it only pulls around 480-500 watts. It would be nice to find a unit that only pulls a max of 450 watts on high setting.
@davehimlin2374 Wow that's very high, this particular window unit (it's a GE) has never hit close to 600. I believe the max I ever saw was ~480 (this is not including Inverter wasted power) but only when it's very hot outside
Thanks for the install walkthrough. Is that Solar Charger making the fan noise at the end or inverter? Working on a small wind generator at the moment.
@MrRoboto2338 Welcome, It's mostly the solar charger, I am working on a modification right now to quiet it down! Will post video asap
@@solarpoweredge I mostly use Victron products but do have an EPever 40A that can't seem to find a project home. I am thinking of using it to power my Barn cameras and WiFi with a 100 watt solar and 100A lithium battery.
@MrRoboto2338 Sounds like a good idea!!
Another good video. Do you find that the MPPT you are using is showing higher battery charging current on the display than it actually is when checked with the DC Clamp-on meter?
@budmartin3344 Thank you :) Not much, it's very close, less than an amp difference and varies a little bit
PS love the cat avatar, I have all rescued / stray cats as well. I greatly appreciate those who adopt and help cats (or any animal). Subbed to your channel
@@solarpoweredge I love cats, I do volunteer work for Marin Friends of Ferals trapping and neuter/spay cats, the bad part is that I end up keeping them! I have 7 former feral cats right now that decide to be friendly and live with me, It took about a year but they are now happy cats.
@budmartin3344 It's very hard to resist another cat!! Just want to keep them all :)
I have a quick question: Does your inverter's cooling fan run continuously, even when the batteries are fully charged and there's no load? In my case, the fan runs at a low speed but becomes louder when the load increases
@ferdm9646 Yes it runs low speed all the time. This is to prevent hot air from building up over time. If I plug something in that uses higher wattage, I can hear the fan spin up a lot. Although I don't want to listen to a fan, I'd rather keep the inverter cool and functional :)
Thanks for quick response, My small laser printer works fine, but the inverter connected to it makes a loud noise when I print. The fan kicks in for a few seconds and then quiets down, which sounds a bit alarming. They should have set a delay or made it adjust based on temperature
@ferdm9646 Welcome. That sounds a bit alarming. If you hear a hissing or high pitched buzzing sound when a load kicks on, that's the inverter electronics and transformer doing their work. It is hard on the inverter, the smaller it is. Mine does the same thing. Fan ramps up in response to the load (surge draw) - this is normal. So far mine has been able to run most loads, even a small vacuum pump and 5K AC
No hissing so far. I'm aware of those sounds, but the fan kicks in and makes a loud noise for a second or two, then goes back to normal as the printing finishes in just a couple of seconds.its just fan noise . Each time I print it does that again and again which is annoying by the way .
@ferdm9646 Yep it can be very annoying with variable loads. I mod the fans on a lot of the inverters and charge controllers here. Might have to do that mod to the Ampinvt inverter soon. If so, I'll probably record it for the benefit of those interested.
Just use a short peice o1/2 inch copper pipe instead of cable
@douglaswindsor120 Good idea