Recent content by Robert Ibe

I'm making up 5 - 16 cell eve lf280k v3 batteries and will be putting the A6T fuses as close to the + side of each bank as I can and a JK-B2A20S20P BMS off the - side , then the + from the fuse and - from the BMS on each bank will be going to a 2 pole 200A breaker(for shutdown and isolation of...

Ok so they call those bullet breakers , I have seen those in my parts searching . I am using something similar but a little bigger for disconnects on my DIY battery builds , 2 pole F series Carling Technologies DC breakers rated at 50,000 AIC DC along with A6T fuses rated at 100,000 AIC DC .

Could someone translate this please.

I sent a message to alte on their facebook page April 22 and I just received a reply this morning. "Hi , I'm so sorry, but altE was abruptly shutdown. Fortunately, the company's assets have been acquired by a very capable renewable energy product and service company, GoGreenSolar. We expect the...

I sent a message to alte on their facebook page April 22 and I just received a reply this morning. "Hi , I'm so sorry, but altE was abruptly shutdown. Fortunately, the company's assets have been acquired by a very capable renewable energy product and service company, GoGreenSolar. We expect the...

I have/had 8 (7 now , 1 went bad about 3 years ago) 4/2005 dated C&D Technologies UPS12-475FR rechargeable sealed lead acid battery's I bought new from a canceled job in the fall of 2005 that I use for backup for my pantry fridge and 3 chest freezers when the power goes out. They only get used a...

So lets see if I am understanding this correctly. In the video it shows the scc is using 14 awg wire for the PV imput and eg4 thinks that is OK(because they are selling them in that configuration) for the rated 22 amps PV imput limit of the scc. While I see the wire is rated at 105c I would...

Thanks I did not know that.

The 200k AIC at 300v in the specs for that fuse is AC not DC. https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/skuPage.JJN-350.pdf In the spec sheet linked above it just shows 300 v (V what , why do they always have typos in the spec sheets???) but if you look farther down on the second page under (Electrical...

You got a linkor part number to the connectors you use??

Has anyone ever wondered why Surprise Valley Electric in far NE California and Trinity PUD in trinity county California can charge on average just about 1/3rd to 1/2 the cost for their electric service (Overall , connection charge + electric + delivery) compared to the rest of California. And...

“income-graduated” fixed charge. Oooh that sounds so much better than Gibsmedat

Looks like I missed a thread already started on the 16th about alte. https://diysolarforum.com/threads/alte-out-of-business.82455/#post-1073083

Tried to order some parts last week and their online ordering does not work , have been trying to contact them for a week by phone and email with no luck. Someone posted on the alte store facebook page they were told by another vender that alte store shut down / bankrupt. Anyone know anything...

Here is some help. Don't waste any money or time on the wind , unless its blowing 20mph most of the time you will get more power production out of a (1) 100w solar panel than those 2 400w wind machines combined + they are noisy and high maintenance compared to photovoltaic's