Glad you went with 12V instead of 48V like I did. I did the EG4 battery and inverter on a hand truck deal that I saw on the tube and quite frankly disappointing for my needs. The idle consumption on the inverter is massive. I connected it to a residential fridge and it only ran it for 37 hours. The inverter consumed 2.7KW and the fridge 2.4. To make matters worse if you don't have a minimum of 120V of solar panels the inverter won't charge. Kind of new to all of this but am enjoying it. What I have done is use the battery to extend the run time of my EcoFlow by directly connecting to the solar charging port using battery cables and an xt60 plug. My next project will be a 12V system with a 460ah battery like power queen, or LiTime, or Epoch with the 2000 watt Renogy inverter as it will be more efficient than the EG4 3kw. Another thing, while you have not finished the cart, I would consider wrapping the whole cart with a copper screen mesh, making you whole cart basically a faraday cage protecting everything inside from an empty or a coronal event. Loved the cart and video. Good job.
@@shelley131 I’ve had people telling me I should have gone 48v! What do you plan on running with your 2000w renogy inverter? I’m thinking I would go any less than 3000w if I were to start over.
@@zak_collings_offgrid Basically just my fridge during outages. 48V systems are great for larger loads but not great for my usage. What I have done is use it now to power my 13,500 BTU A/C on my RV when parked in the driveway. The 48V system inverter will not be as efficient as your 2000W renogy. But if you have a large compressor or well pump my EG4 inverter will run it. Eventually I have the option to expand it.
@@pincopallinojoe9296 It probably would tip if I mounted panels on top 😂 would be easy to make it wider with some 2x6’s. I’ll have 600w pole mounted to the ground, then I’ll have maybe 300w of portable panels.
@@zak_collings_offgrid copper clad is nothing but aluminum wire coated wth copper it will not carry a big load it will begin to get hot an pull a lot of amps an depending of how big a load put on them wired they can get hit enough to melt the coating an set the whole place on fire not to mention it hard on ur batteries it will kill them eventually
@@zak_collings_offgrid alot of companies are selling fake copper wire coat the outsourcing a aluminum wire with copper an sake it as copper cut the end off of a piece see if it's copper ends if the fresh ends u just cut off look like the outside opoe color ur probably okay but if it's a silverfish wite it's aluminum I just bought two 24 inch long 1 awg that stands for American wire guage an two sections at 24 inches long 1 awg costed me 50 dollars most big 1 awg to 4 awg wire is sold by the foot an will run u anywhere from 5 50 a foot to 8 dollar a foot if u bought say like 25 ft of black an 25 ft of red 4 guage or even 2 guage an didn't pay way over 100.00 for it then u judt bought copper clad aluminum which is nothing more than aluminum wire coated wth copper ask any older person why they stopped using aluminum in mobile homed in late 60s an esrily 60s an see whst u get told it will make u go buy new wire immediately midt all mobile hime fired back in old dsys was electrical fired they used aluminum back then noy judt in mobile homes it was in everything back in 30s 40s 5s an 60s an in earily 70s they realized aluminum was not a good wire fir heavy loads they hest uo because they pull wsy too many amps an eventually led to house an mobile hime fired the early 70s when they discovered copper was the best fir heavy load carrying wire
@zak_collings_offgrid yes tgats exactly why pulling way too many amps an check tge lugs u crimped on each wire end maje possttgey are not loose in any way
That looks awesome! Can't wait to see the next episode!
Glad you went with 12V instead of 48V like I did. I did the EG4 battery and inverter on a hand truck deal that I saw on the tube and quite frankly disappointing for my needs. The idle consumption on the inverter is massive. I connected it to a residential fridge and it only ran it for 37 hours. The inverter consumed 2.7KW and the fridge 2.4. To make matters worse if you don't have a minimum of 120V of solar panels the inverter won't charge. Kind of new to all of this but am enjoying it. What I have done is use the battery to extend the run time of my EcoFlow by directly connecting to the solar charging port using battery cables and an xt60 plug. My next project will be a 12V system with a 460ah battery like power queen, or LiTime, or Epoch with the 2000 watt Renogy inverter as it will be more efficient than the EG4 3kw. Another thing, while you have not finished the cart, I would consider wrapping the whole cart with a copper screen mesh, making you whole cart basically a faraday cage protecting everything inside from an empty or a coronal event. Loved the cart and video. Good job.
@@shelley131 I’ve had people telling me I should have gone 48v! What do you plan on running with your 2000w renogy inverter? I’m thinking I would go any less than 3000w if I were to start over.
@@zak_collings_offgrid Basically just my fridge during outages. 48V systems are great for larger loads but not great for my usage. What I have done is use it now to power my 13,500 BTU A/C on my RV when parked in the driveway. The 48V system inverter will not be as efficient as your 2000W renogy. But if you have a large compressor or well pump my EG4 inverter will run it. Eventually I have the option to expand it.
Excellent portable solar build. Love your cat/assistant. Love your Honda trail bike. Greetings from Jamaica.
@@lawrencedavidson6195 Thank you! 🙏 🖤🇯🇲
looks good leaving room for more batteries is good
@@lazytimez20 could end up being a pretty heavy payload 😬
Nice work Zak! It's coming along great!
@@NeuroDAVErgent Thanks man! Going together better than I anticipated 😮💨
That looks great, the only thing I would change is the width, seems it might tip over with solar panels on top.
@@pincopallinojoe9296 It probably would tip if I mounted panels on top 😂 would be easy to make it wider with some 2x6’s. I’ll have 600w pole mounted to the ground, then I’ll have maybe 300w of portable panels.
Did you verify the wire you used was copper an not copper clad aluminum
@@loydhicks3413 I did not. What happens if it’s copper clad?
@@zak_collings_offgrid copper clad is nothing but aluminum wire coated wth copper it will not carry a big load it will begin to get hot an pull a lot of amps an depending of how big a load put on them wired they can get hit enough to melt the coating an set the whole place on fire not to mention it hard on ur batteries it will kill them eventually
@@zak_collings_offgrid alot of companies are selling fake copper wire coat the outsourcing a aluminum wire with copper an sake it as copper cut the end off of a piece see if it's copper ends if the fresh ends u just cut off look like the outside opoe color ur probably okay but if it's a silverfish wite it's aluminum I just bought two 24 inch long 1 awg that stands for American wire guage an two sections at 24 inches long 1 awg costed me 50 dollars most big 1 awg to 4 awg wire is sold by the foot an will run u anywhere from 5 50 a foot to 8 dollar a foot if u bought say like 25 ft of black an 25 ft of red 4 guage or even 2 guage an didn't pay way over 100.00 for it then u judt bought copper clad aluminum which is nothing more than aluminum wire coated wth copper ask any older person why they stopped using aluminum in mobile homed in late 60s an esrily 60s an see whst u get told it will make u go buy new wire immediately midt all mobile hime fired back in old dsys was electrical fired they used aluminum back then noy judt in mobile homes it was in everything back in 30s 40s 5s an 60s an in earily 70s they realized aluminum was not a good wire fir heavy loads they hest uo because they pull wsy too many amps an eventually led to house an mobile hime fired the early 70s when they discovered copper was the best fir heavy load carrying wire
@@loydhicks3413 I wonder if that’s why my fuse at the inverter pops at 1000w load instead of 2000+ watts.
@zak_collings_offgrid yes tgats exactly why pulling way too many amps an check tge lugs u crimped on each wire end maje possttgey are not loose in any way