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You make a good point. I love the idea of being off-grid, but unlike many here on this forum, for me while I love the idea of it and the fun of setting up the systems, it is not by choice. This house is on an island that has no utilities at all. No electric, water, no NG, etc. Only "delivered"...

I am new to the off-grid world. We are in the process of purchasing a home that is completely off the grid. Solar power. Cistern water. Propane. The system that is coming with the house is just a couple of years old and consists of the following: Solar Panels Capacity: (20 panels x 100...

I would be fine with a sleeping bag and candle, my wife on the other hand, won't remain my wife if we live that way in the second home :LOL: My question is really for, say 3 days, could the current system manage the following: Current - 25 LED bulbs Hot water heater Water pump Full sized fridge...

Had the opportunity to go to the house today and go over the system with the current owner. Hopefully closing within a few weeks. Some things he clarified were: 1. The owner installed the whole system himself. He went with the Battle Born 12v batteries wired into 48v instead of the big 48v...

Doy that was simple not sure how I missed that. Was set at 30A. Figure since my generator max wattage on propane is 3000w, I just changed it to 20A which should come in will under my generator max load. Will test it out in the morning!

The BB set and the EG4 set should have the same kwh so I should be able to switch one off to modify or repair while the other one runs fine. I'm really ramping up the storage for the addition of W/D, Dishwasher, and AC so won't need that much storage all the time.

So I just purchased an off-grid home that is a summer home. It has a really nice current solar powered system, which I plan on upgrading. Want to be able to add a W/D, Air conditioning, and more lights and 120v outlets in the house. Here is the current system and my upgrade plans. Please advise...

I have seen some specifically for off-grid but non with multiple zones, usually just single zone. I am sure a split unit expert could advise. That what the consensus seems to be, that what I have now is adequate for everything I want minus multi-room AC. If I want that, it's either adding to...

I believe that's on the he battery monitor. Presumably I could do a busbar and then to the monitor?

I'm going to connect the 4 BB 2/0 neg cables and the 4/0 EG4 neg cable to a bus bar, then a copper busbar like those from the neg busbar to the shunt. Should be very fancy

I updated them before hooking them up ;)

Has anyone figured out a way to disable the heater element of a dishwasher so it can be fed directly with a propane hot water heater, this saving energy?

Considering we have propane and I have some things that can't run off that, seems logical to just run the hot water heater and dryer on the propane and save the solar for electric only applications no?

This is good news! I think I'll do this. Buy 4 server rack 48v 100ah batteries, parallel them to my current system, and see how it works out. The cables from each battery to the bus bar need to be the same length correct? So that's going to take a little playing with, but besides that should be...

Hooked up the EG4 communication hub and it's reading the batteries properly. Is there any way to hook that hub up to my Victron Venus GX so I can read the data remotely? Any way to have the Victron Quattro communicate with both the BBs and the EG4 hub?

I ordered this one, will see how it performs. Figure it's only in use for what, 5-10mins MAX a day? https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00785MVRA?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image

Have a line on someone selling new in box EG4 48v 100ah V1s for $1200 per. He bought them but didn't use them for a project. Have been sitting for a year or so. Can get 5 of them. Would save almost $1500 between shipping and tax over ordering online. And yes, my mistake, have them in parallel...

So I would basically hook up an identical system to my first system, with a separate (can be a different brand) battery bank, a solar away, charger, etc into a Victron 5000w inverter. Then that inverter would plug into my current inverter as a passthrough with a total of 10kw output? If so, the...

Are they pre charged? I asked the install tech re MrCool and he said they are terrible. But he is biased of course

Also, besides being able to lift Battleborn 12v batteries myself, which is definitely a big advantage, is there any reason, if/when expanding my battery system, to not use 48v batteries like SOK or E4G server racks? I could get 4 of those for ~20kwh for around $5k rather than 16 Battle Born 12v...

Wow amazing info, I need to start learning about these systems in more depth. What is the advantage of having 240v available? Why do I need split phase? I do not believe there is an GX device attached. I am hopefully meeting with the prior owner in the next week or so and he will give me all...

Were you able to install those Pinnacle units yourself like the Mr Cool ones or you need to have specialized equipment?

Thanks! That's why I don't want to start pulling it apart! But I do want to increase storage and output thus the EG4 rack batteries and thoughts of adding a second inverter

I'm going to be out there Saturday and ask the current owner some of these questions. I'm surprised considering how advanced he went on the system, that he didn't get 48v rack batteries and didn't get a balancer. Re the generator, seems like whether I up the solar or not, I should have one...

One of the reasons the current owner said he used the 12volt ones is for easy transport. The home is on an island only accessible by small boat and then the house is up about 50 feet of stairs and dirt path. He did the install himself and wanted flexability to move the system himself if need be...

I'm bringing a generator to the island tomorrow to charge the batteries which hopefully syncs them all up. The EG4s are still basically showing full and the BBs around 65% according to the shunt. In other news, I created some custom busbar protectors that turned out nicely. For grounding...

Thanks for the help Adam! So now I have 40kwh of battery capacity. However I only have 16x 100w panels. I have a feeling they are going to struggle keeping the batteries full. Am going to measure today to see how much free roof real estate I have for additional panels. I believe I'm limited...

Also do you have the DIY EG4 units in stock?

Hooked them up! No explosions. I do have to figure out the grounding. Once the EG4 rack comes those will go in the rack, and will run the POS from the rack as it runs now. The NEG will run to a busbar with all of the other negatives and then copper from the busbar to the SmartShunt.

Thanks! Can I use Rs485 cables to the EG4 communication hub so I can see the battery status but not hook the hub up to the Victron?