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Ok, got out to the camper today. Replaced the type T fuse with a brand new Buss from Blue Sea Systems. No sign of corrosion when I removed the old one. Cleaned the fuse and fuse holder anyway with deoxit then emory paper. Installed new fuse and ran another load test. Original test: 71 deg...

Get rid of that cheap piece of crap disconnect and get a real one. Victron gear should not be associating with cheap kit. Blue Victron + Blue Sea Systems = Bluey goodness...

Blue Sea Systems bought direct from Blue Sea Systems.

I wish I had gotten the 54" Ego. 54" is the perfect size I think. My yard is only 1/2 acre so it was hard enough justifying the Ego to my wife. I only have one gas powered non car left: the big pressure washer. Still can't beat a giant gas pressure washer even with a plug in pressure washer...

That's a great price for a lithium ZTR. I paid $5k for my Ego 42". It is fantastic but that Ryobi is $2000 less. The problem with a 30" deck is trying to get close enough to things to cut without requiring weed whacker follow up. My neighbor had a 30" ZTR and got rid of it because of that...

The simplicity of this sure makes it appealing. Ima gonna abort for now.

Ok, got it to what I think is a good spot. 5' from all fresh air intakes, 3' from gas meters and the exhaust points away from the house. Gonna just take the wheels off and skip the log chain.

The more I think about this, the more irritated I get with myself. I spent $1900 on the big genset and a soft start. Just to be able to have air conditioning. If I just remove the heat pump from the sub panel, I can power all the sub panel loads easily with just my 2500W Champion inverter...

Here's a really dumb question: what happens if the power goes out while the heat pump is on, then the 120V inverter takes over and only supplies power to one leg of the heat pump? I'm thinking I could just turn off the heat pump breaker before I manually transfer to the inverter which works...

What would happen if I leave the aircon Not sure. I am not smart unless it's an RV. Whatever a simple Victron inverter/charger takes I can provide from the monster outside.

The easy start tells me the locked rotor amps after install. Sticker on heat pump said 78A factory LRA. Easy Start is reporting 25A after install. Now that I am looking at my outage profile of 10 outages a year for 2-6 hours, why not just move the aircon back to the mains panel and use the...

Just in exploration phase. I have a full Victron setup in my 5er that I wish I had in my house. But I don't. House has 200A mains service with a 50A subpanel for the generator hookup. Manual interference switch from mains to genset. The genset is a Westinghouse 9500W/12000W (surge) 240V/50A...

True dat. I know how that works. Wife proofing has cost me a fortune.

Wouldn't it be easier to just install a SPST neutral-ground bond switch on the genset?

No clue, don't care.

Voltage in the form of potential energy. But not power.

Nah, it's real easy just to move it left another 10 ft. And I like the idea of the exhaust pointing away from the house.

I did not. It's been installed in a different location for nearly three years now. But I never checked it's temp much before and don't remember what the findings were.

Could install one of these on the dryer vent. The genset is 4 ft from the dryer vent and the requirement is 5 ft. But the exhaust points right at the dryer vent...

True story. Happened 10 minutes ago. Me: Hon, I am going to move our Sonos Arc Dolby Atmos 7.1 surround sound system we have in the den down in the basement and move the Roku Ultra 5.1 Dolby system up here in the den since we always watch movies in the basement with the giant tv and there is...

Ok. I guess I'll just put the damn thing in the neighbor's driveway.

Yes. It's a 50 ft run to the other side of the house where the dyer is.

Eves are 23 ft up. There are two small windows to the left about 10 ft that do not open. No other windows on that side.

It came with the house when I built it so I'm sure it was affordable.

Yikes!

I removed all the Rube Goldberg exhaust stuff. Back to stock now.

I have battery backup for the sump pump

I already solved the problem by moving the genset. All is good now. Except for @Browse is now going to cost me a lot of money. My RV setup could handle everything with aplomb.

Hmmmm.... I see planning project in my future.

PV panels produce nothing without a load. No current = no power.

Google says three feet

That's just mean. I have a Nest cam pointed right at it so at least I can watch someone steal it.

I'm counting on the 230 lbs and a big hill to keep folks away.

I use an IR thermometer. Hard to isolate the type T from the holder, but the 4/0 wire connected to the type T holder is ambient. So is everything in the Lynx that the type T holder is attached to. I'd bet a dime on a donut when I plop the new fuse in there that everything stays cool.

Dang, 400A type T fuses have gone up 24% in 30 months. I hate inflation.