Recent content by dopeassjackson

I have a 4500w champion inverter, remote start. With a remote start and transfer switch all your generators power is at the flip of a switch. So things like running the microwave pumping water or other short duration high draw item isnt as taxing on solar and isnt a big production to get done.

I have narrowed the failure down to the inverter. With no load on the AC side it will still randomly throw this AC overload fault. Yes the fans are running. I reset to factory default settings and disconnected the inverter from the batteries with no luck. I have a new/used xantrax x1200...

Buy a backup generator. 18hr extra isnt much.

I was looking for a 20' in the end of 2019' they where $2300 delivered. (Central NY). I saw them as high as $4500 and a few months ago down to about $3200. To the OP. I would weld the unistrut directly on to the container and not think twice about it. I believe there about 3,000lbs empty.

Exactly!

I dont use conduit either. Direct burial for me. If you really want to future proof something like this just use MHF wire. It's way bigger for the same cost as UF-B 8ga. Conduit is far from cheap to throw at "maybe" far down the line type of modification. I have also not seen direct burial...

You should be useing the breaker pannel bonding screw because your useing it on the main pannel. On a sub pannel the ground would be carried back in the ground wire to the main pannel. The ground on the inverter outlet should be grounded all the way to the ground rod..which is what I...

The GPM you see listed with most of these pumps is the 0' rise/head pressure. That means it will pump XX gpm with no rise. A typical shower head is about 2gpm and 6-7' high. I have a 3.5gpm 12v pump and find that it's hardly adequate for a shower. Il be looking for a 5.5-7gpm 120v pump...

You could say that but I have seen conduit fail making the "future proofing" a total failure.

How deep is the pump set to? A 2hp pump is freaking huge.

National wire on Amazon sells PV wire made in NYS for just about as cheap as the chinese junk. https://www.national-wire.com/product-page/awg10-250-ft-pv-wire-solar-professional

I have had a xantrax x1200 (1200w) running a appartment sized fridge for a few years. It also runs lights, small power tools and charges milwaukee M18 batteries just fine. I even run a 700w microwave on it and dont even think about what the fridge is doing at the time.

I have 2 QO main and sub pannels in my house and there 14yrs old. I dont recall them being a copper buss bar. Recently I got a homeline from HD for a cabin. I dont see it as inferior of a product. At my local HD they have HL and QO pannels and breakers of all sizes. The cost for A QO setup...

I would just direct burry wire and avoid conduit if you can. With no junctions underground and short of the wire not going under a driveway you shouldnt have a problem. If you do have a problem then the conduit could also be compromised rendering your "future proofing" useless. I have MHF...

Never saw a CC that regulates the input. If they did there wouldnt be a spec for voltage input. They regulate output only.