Recent content by notarichman

i have the hyclat hydraulic crimper; used #70 on 4/0 stranded wire and it didn't clamp tight enough, even tried crimping twice, no go. i think they need a size 65 or 60 which they don't sell. so i just bought the old pound style crimper.

don't buy the hydraulic crimper from Hyclat for 4/0 lugs...the number size 70 doesn't crimp tight enough. wire comes right out. don't sell size 65 or 60.

connections to stranded wires will loosen over time, just re-tighten them. this is due to heating and cooling. or use terminal lugs if possible. maybe also check for corrosion once per month. bad connections act like resistors. so even though your battery charger puts out 14 or 15vdc, a bad...

eg4 6500 or sol-ark? eg4 makes an 8000w also, not sure about more powerful. i don't need that much. i do plan on getting another eg4 6500 for 240v split phase eventually...if i ever get and EV.

i'm not planning on using the cable to the batteries. both my charge controllers are 100a. so i presume if both are active for bulk charging; then they will both put out 100a x 2 = 200a. i have 4 each 100ah batteries, so that would be .5c or if only one is active; then .25c. that is fine with...

Storen is getting closer to actually selling their residential sized battery. they have to get them tested/approved for the U/L specs. so it could be a few months before they are ready to sell them. I'm going to bet that they want about $15,000 for their 30kwh battery. let's do some math-- sig...

I used 1" copper pipe with the next size smaller pipe inside it. flattened it out and drilled holes to make battery bus bars. a lot of work flattening the nested pipes, but looks good. I really tightened the terminals all along the bus bar and will go back to check the tightness after a few...

https://natron.energy/wp-content/uploads/natron_collateral_BR500_092822-1.pdf look at this pdf at the end of page 3, start of 4. with this module all the cells are wired in series and the best system use is for 500 volts out. look at how easy it would be to re-wire the ten cells in parallel for...

in the summer i would set it, priority wise to sun, grid, battery. in the winter i would set it grid, battery, generator, sun out of the last two weeks I've had sunshine for about 4 hours total.

thanks, now i understand mts...in fact my single 120vac ats also does manual transfers. however, i still have one question on both the ats and the eg4 6500 all in one inverter/charger...will it see a grid voltage drop and switch over? then switch back when grid is 120/240?

@OffGridInTheCity i like your setup, don't know what a MTS is, and am trying to install a similar system in the future. I have four 48v rack mount 100ah batteries, an mppt by victron, an inverter-charger by eg4, and my initial goal is to separate out some circuits for grid power outage for a...

i have 240vac in my house. right now i'm installing single phase 120vac system with solar and batteries. at least twice I have noticed grid power dropping voltage on at least one line and don't know what happened to the other line. Eventually the low voltage line cut off and I presume the...

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i'm not a vendor nor do i respresent a vendor. However, sometimes i come across a notice that a new battery, etc. or a notice that a company will be announcing a new product soon. is this all right?

despite the search for xdbatteries and no results...i posted this and then immediately a related post showed up. i do not represent any company at all for sales or promotions. i was just asking if anyone had dealings with the company. now i know not to deal with this company.