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As my old gaffer once said. Theres no such thing as scrap steel. With the addition of a cheap welder mask and rods there is nothing that cant be made. Nice job.
Hi. Could I possibly have a chat by phone regarding a home brew battery hybrid idea? Im aTV engineer so I have the electronics but I am just testing the water when it comes to solar inverters. Thanks
Ok. I want to get 10x lead acid batteries in series and charge them directly from my panels. When desired float voltage is reached I'll open a relay and return the panels to the inverter. In the evening I want to connect the batteries to the spare input of my inverter to use when it's dark. Now. I have no reason to not do it this way. I'm a diesel generator engineer and I have batteries available cheaply. It's only viable if it's cheap and off the shelf systems are not. The 2 issues I face are, my solar panels have a maximum capable current of 16 amps. The batteries have a potential current of 1000 amps, is this an issue or should the inverter only draw up to its designed capability? And issue 2 I need a grid tie inverter with a CT that can regulate well a maximum draw from the mains of a low watts, say 10 or 20 watts draw and, or , limit a maximum export to the grid of a maximum low watts so I don't discharge my batteries into the grid as export. I want to stay grid connect and do not want an off grid system. I presently have a solis S5 gr1 p3.6k and it won't even see the CT unless it has 500 watts going passed it. That's to high.
@@rushymoto Good question, what happens if you wire a grid inverter to 1000Ah @ 120v, blue smoke dragon or self regulating? Also the issue of capping export is vital. A way of creating this is to use a Victron multi plus and an ESS system. That will do power sharing. Cheers
I don't see the point. Trailers are cheap or free and it appears you have a scrapyard close to you. Your design is good for demonstration but two axles welded together and some scaffolding would be quicker and you would be able to remove a wheel for tyre repair easier.
Good project .
Cheers
Well done Andy !
Thanks
Thanks, very useful example.
Cheers, more later
750w is nothing to be sniffed at, good work and gives us not-yet-solared up folks a bit more incentive.
Ian, exactly, would keep with general daytime consumption, and be the start of an expending system, cheers
Only 612 kwh on the inverter, bargain! an S5, it'll run for years. I like the wheel bearings, perfectly adequate!
Owen, should do as it will be running at 60% max. Yes those steel on steel bearing surfaces, only 2 points of contact, cheers
Do you still use the sawmill driven by tractor?
Hi, no longer, it's moved on as I wasn't using it, cheers
As my old gaffer once said. Theres no such thing as scrap steel. With the addition of a cheap welder mask and rods there is nothing that cant be made. Nice job.
No point buying steel when you can make the design to suit the stock, cheers
Hi. Could I possibly have a chat by phone regarding a home brew battery hybrid idea? Im aTV engineer so I have the electronics but I am just testing the water when it comes to solar inverters. Thanks
Hi, you can chat with questions here, cheers
Ok. I want to get 10x lead acid batteries in series and charge them directly from my panels. When desired float voltage is reached I'll open a relay and return the panels to the inverter. In the evening I want to connect the batteries to the spare input of my inverter to use when it's dark. Now. I have no reason to not do it this way. I'm a diesel generator engineer and I have batteries available cheaply. It's only viable if it's cheap and off the shelf systems are not. The 2 issues I face are, my solar panels have a maximum capable current of 16 amps. The batteries have a potential current of 1000 amps, is this an issue or should the inverter only draw up to its designed capability? And issue 2 I need a grid tie inverter with a CT that can regulate well a maximum draw from the mains of a low watts, say 10 or 20 watts draw and, or , limit a maximum export to the grid of a maximum low watts so I don't discharge my batteries into the grid as export. I want to stay grid connect and do not want an off grid system. I presently have a solis S5 gr1 p3.6k and it won't even see the CT unless it has 500 watts going passed it. That's to high.
@@rushymoto Good question, what happens if you wire a grid inverter to 1000Ah @ 120v, blue smoke dragon or self regulating? Also the issue of capping export is vital. A way of creating this is to use a Victron multi plus and an ESS system. That will do power sharing. Cheers
I don't see the point. Trailers are cheap or free and it appears you have a scrapyard close to you. Your design is good for demonstration but two axles welded together and some scaffolding would be quicker and you would be able to remove a wheel for tyre repair easier.
Not round here, they're not, besides this is about sharing ideas and concepts, cheers