offgrid-curious

Another update! A week or so ago, I decided to temporarily assemble my battery at the cottage while I wait for my battery box to be...

Nothing to exciting, just getting the garden started. I've been expanding it every year. Had a pile of cinder blocks and pavers laying...

I don't think it matters -- unless your negative is grounded...

I had cropped the class T fuse out of my original picture. Here's a larger view of my inner battery box that includes it: My fuse is...

I'm using my excess power to heat water boiler, every single watt available, not more. But I'm on grid tied AC. Microcontroller reads...

@Skypower it was that picture of your BMS that inspired me to mount my BMS the way that I did! 🙏

Yes, that's exactly how I would do it.

I'm in a similar situation as OP and could also benefit from clarification (I'm shining the timselectric bat signal). I have an off...

Tiny zip tie around the wires, slide terminal on then snip the zip tie. Video (with obnoxious music)

I’m using ones similar to what you linked, with heat shrink. I bought a pack with various sizes, but I think those Wirefy ones should be...

Designing and building my solar system has pretty much been my primary focus for the past 6 months. I don't feel like I'm ripping...

Oh that's what those things are I keep seeing in people's builds. Zip tie mounts. Didn't know what they were. Looked for them at the...

I used zip tie mounts that are screwed into the top of the plywood box lid, like these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078P8TPPZ. It's nice...

I used two slightly different approaches (based on the lugs I had on hand at the time): on the B- side I crimped each wire to a lug, and...

If you're using Victron Venus OS and a software dev, I can imagine that you could build something quite elegant with the amount of data...

Is there some kind of forum award for this level of patience? Robbob and Hedges o7

I think you guys are overthinking this.

Finally after 18 month I've completed the installation of my DIY off-grid system. It was an incredible amount of work, much much more...

Stacked busbar is in parallel, decreases resistance. The second busbar has contact resistance in series, so maybe: 0.0001 ohm busbar ||...

You laugh but look at the number of posts in the Up in smoke section that are caused by bad connections!