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Spent $610 each on the batteries.

It's been 3 months and thought I would add an update. The system is performing just as expected. However I had one unexpected "glitch". I never thought about the clock on my inverter when we changed to daylight savings time! I have not been able to find a setting in the software of the...

I have about 42KWh of battery capacity. Currently I use about 12% of the capacity daily. I expect the summer days to drain my batteries to near zero every day in June, July, and August. I'm looking at adding some solar panels to ensure I don't run out of power in the summer and as a backup...

That looks great!

I was able to buy a thermostat controlled outlet plug made by Inkbird. I turns on my heating pad inside the cabinet to keep my batteries warm and it has a cooling connection that I plan to use for the cooling control. The thermostat turns power on to the correct outlet based on the temp...

I had another idea that is kind of a modification of something I saw on a Youtube video. Some guy used an old freezer to keep his batteries warm in the winter by installing the battery and a light bulb in the freezer box. My thought is to purchase a medical freezer (Accucold) they used to...

I guess I wasn't clear on what I did, so I'll try to clear up some of the confusion. I am using about 10Kwh of battery daily but you can see it has been rising as the month of Feb goes on. My pay back calculations are based on my average power usage over the past 3 years 30,000Kwh - 33,000Kwh...

Yes, surprisingly accommodating! They were skeptical of me since I am not a licensed electrician. Once they saw the work they loved what I was doing. I have been fixing up houses for decades and never knew there was a "homestead permit". That makes it so the homeowner living in the home can...

Of course the batteries are not free initially. They will pay for themselves in about 3 years. At which point I will have recouped my cost and it will be totally free.

Yes I am monitoring the battery temps daily and expect to need to add fans for the summer or remove the insulated plywood panels completely during the summer months.

42kwh We are using about 10Kwh/day

In January I completed the installation of my EG4 18Kpv Inverter and 16 Li Time 12v 230Ah LiFeP04 batteries (grid tied) system. I signed up with a power company that offers completely free energy from 9pm to 9am. They don't even charge the delivery fee. I received my first bill which totaled...

I was able to clear the battery alarm by selecting lead acid battery type. Thanks

Last night I was thinking more about this and came up with that same solution to try today. The inverter can run with lead acid batteries so if I define the batteries as lead acid and use voltage monitoring it should clear the alarm. Thanks for your response!

I have just completed installation of my system and am struggling to get the inverter to "talk to the batteries". I have the EG4 18Kpv w/ Victron Shunt 1000 and 16 LiTime 12vdc LiFePO4 batteries in 4P4S. I think both the inverter and the Victron Lynx Shunt use CAN comms. I think the inverter...

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for the help!

In Will's installation video of the EG4 18Kpv inverter, I think he said to use 2/0 cable because the 4/0 was too big for the lugs. I found a trick that worked very well to make the 4/0 cables go into the Bat lugs with no problems! I stripped the insultation off the cable then put a zip tie...