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  • Post in thread: Harbor Freight Drummond Brand Shallow Well Pump. Anyone have experience? Startup current draw? (rated 10A @ 120vac)

    Sorry if somebody has posted this already. I contacted harbor freight because I bought the same pump and I was looking for amperage or wattage information. They sent me the following in response. Below are the specs you requested. Current Draw (Amps): Start Up: 28 A (3360 watts) Max Flow...
  • Post in thread: Tesla module charge profile for EPEver Tracer series.

    I've been following Will's youtube channel for a long time, and I finally got around to buying a Tesla battery module for my off-grid project. The DIY tesla video has a segment on the charge profile for that charger, and there's a spot he glossed over, saying it didn't matter too much, but with...
  • Post in thread: Best solar panels for PNW winters.

    I was looking into this recently myself. I'm in Eastern WA, and get plenty of sun, most days in the summer, but some of the land is deep woods, so I was also looking into lower light efficiency options. When I first got started, I read that mono cells were the most efficient, and MPPT charging...
  • Post in thread: Cold Weather Cabin

    I'm contemplating a similar conundrum myself. I'm toying with the idea of leaving the batteries in place in the winter, and when they're not in use, using a well insulated water tank as a thermal dump load when the batteries are full, and hoping that the thermal energy from the tank, positioned...
  • Post in thread: 24v tesla

    Did you already post about this in a new thread? I would be very interested in using a similar setup. I currently have 2 tesla modules in parallel, bulk charging without a bms or cell balancer, and just setting my max charge to 24.3 volts. I was looking at throwing on an active cell balancer...
  • Post in thread: Harbor Freight Drummond Brand Shallow Well Pump. Anyone have experience? Startup current draw? (rated 10A @ 120vac)

    I ended up returning mine because of the current draw and it was overkill for what I needed. I ended up getting a seaflow 12 volt DC pump with pressure tank. Similar function, but a bit smaller and no need for an inverter. I determined that unless I had basically a whole house inverter at maybe...
  • Post in thread: Harbor Freight Drummond Brand Shallow Well Pump. Anyone have experience? Startup current draw? (rated 10A @ 120vac)

    This is what I went with SEAFLO 55-Series Water Pump and Accumulator Tank System - 12V DC, 5.5 GPM, 60 PSI, 2 Gallon Tank https://a.co/d/hobFJVc
  • Post in thread: Tesla module charge profile for EPEver Tracer series.

    Thank you
  • Post in thread: Will's new video on cell balancing.....discuss

    I would also love to know where one might procure or how to make that capacity tester Will was using in the video. I've been using a sad kill-a-watt meter from Harbor Freight attached to my inverter, and then adding on the likely losses associated with the inverter. I'd love to have a more...
  • Post in thread: Will's new video on cell balancing.....discuss

    I think I found the capacity tester on Amazon. It seems it's only capable of drawing 150 watts, so it may be a slow test run unless they make higher amp versions. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F3NHHST/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_DW6nEbQNT7KAF
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