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I ran my exhaust on my generator through my garage wall so that I did not need to keep moving it outside. I needed to wrap the pipe to keep the outside of the pipe cooler. I would suggest wrapping yours as well. It keeps the temperatures manageable...

I totally disagree. The Cells have a negative and a positive. If the negatives are not connected because of the BMS's disconnecting them, then there is no current path between the positive and negative, so there is no way to dump the energy from a bad cell to the rest of the Cells. It is like...

@Zwy thanks for sharing your knowledge. After going through the explanations of the Batrium and Blockmon, I am still confused. I guess I like simplicity and that just does not seem to be simple to me. Attaching a PCB to each cell, just does not sound simple. He does mention a shunt trip...

The only answer that makes sense to me is that one of his LFP banks had a defective Cell. The result would be that all of the other LFP banks would start to dump their power into the bank. I can think of no other reason for a fuse to arc. The current needs to go somewhere.

I guess for my own ability to be able to sleep and not be concerned about the LFP Cells catching the house on fire, I would hope to believe that with OP's setup then if he would have used the class T fuses, then the fuse would have opened and that would be the end of the story.

The official report from the fire inspector was not an issue with the Cells catching fire but it was the fuse arcing that created the fire. If a Cell shorted then I am hoping that it does not catch on fire. Is there any evidence that LFP cells catch fire? I watched the video on one guy...

My apologies it should read a metal shelf, not a metal box. I will edit it.

This is my summary of the fire. The Cells are arranged in 16s x 6 with fuses between each bank. After the fuses the banks are then connected together with a copper busbar. In order for one of the fuses to blow, then there would need to be current flow of in excess of 200 amps. The fuses were not...

I sympathize with you. Your build looked to be a professional build looking at your previous post. When fuses blow, then there is a root cause for the fuse to blow as I found out with my 93 Dodge Ram truck when one of the fusible links blew and the mechanic changed out the link without...

First question No. The inverter has a 68 Volt maximum limit and two more batteries would push it over the limit and also your generator is setup for a 48 volt battery. Second question No. The inverter has a 50 volt minium limit and your generator is setup for a 48 volt battery. You are running...

I upgraded mine to Victron and it was one of the best decisions. I love the bluetooth and they do not have the noisy fan. In fact I am sitting on my couch now and looking at how my system is doing this morning at 9am. I am generating at this very moment, 9.3kw of power and 7.6kw is going into...

That is exactly what I thought when I purchased a flexible dryer hose. I put a match to it and it burst into flames. I replaced my dryer vent with a solid metal dryer vent because I did not want my house to go up in flames. I suggest the OP test a piece of the vent hose with a lighter to check...

The dielectric grease will prevent it. Undo all of your connections and clean them up. Apply the dielectric grease to the exterior surfaces and no more rust. If air cannot get to the metal then it prevents rust from forming.

If those ducts above your eg4's are what I think they are then they are highly flammable. They look like metal but they are really just plastic. You can tell how flammable they are by just taking a lighter to a piece of one and see if it catches on fire easily.

Rust is caused by metal being exposed to air. If you cover up the metal with a dielectric synthetic grease like super lube then it should prevent the corrosion.