B-ManFX4
Solar Enthusiast
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2022
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If you are reading this - thank you !!! I'm looking for feedback on my system design / plan. I have thick skin - give it to me straight.
I am a visual person and I like to have clear documentation of anything I build - it helps me understand what is happening where and is a massive aid for troubleshooting. I apologize for the drawing of the breaker panels and such but it also serves as a "map" for wifey when I am on the phone with her and she is attending to an issue.
Basically, I want to add a breaker panel to my home. I will move everything I want to power during a grid outage to the new panel. I want to include a transfer switch so that if I am working on the Victron gear I can throw the switch and not interrupt power to the sub panel.
My plan is to use two Victron MP-II's in a split-phase configuration. I have two - 304AH, 51.2VDC LiFePO4 batteries built for this system. I will be adding solar to this system, but it will be after I get this initial re-wire and backup sorted out and installed. I may go for a 15KVA Quattro for the 240VAC stuff at some point in the future, if that matters for this discussion.
FWIW - the labels on the sub panel breakers are stupid because the idiots that labeled it made them like that. I will be re-labeling everything properly as I get each circuit identified. For the purposes of this review they should work OK. Nobody lives downstairs so the only thing actually drawing power down there continuously is the refrigerator. All lighting in the house has been converted to LED.
Thanks in advance to anyone that comments in a constructive-criticism manner. It is very much appreciated.
I am a visual person and I like to have clear documentation of anything I build - it helps me understand what is happening where and is a massive aid for troubleshooting. I apologize for the drawing of the breaker panels and such but it also serves as a "map" for wifey when I am on the phone with her and she is attending to an issue.
Basically, I want to add a breaker panel to my home. I will move everything I want to power during a grid outage to the new panel. I want to include a transfer switch so that if I am working on the Victron gear I can throw the switch and not interrupt power to the sub panel.
My plan is to use two Victron MP-II's in a split-phase configuration. I have two - 304AH, 51.2VDC LiFePO4 batteries built for this system. I will be adding solar to this system, but it will be after I get this initial re-wire and backup sorted out and installed. I may go for a 15KVA Quattro for the 240VAC stuff at some point in the future, if that matters for this discussion.
FWIW - the labels on the sub panel breakers are stupid because the idiots that labeled it made them like that. I will be re-labeling everything properly as I get each circuit identified. For the purposes of this review they should work OK. Nobody lives downstairs so the only thing actually drawing power down there continuously is the refrigerator. All lighting in the house has been converted to LED.
Thanks in advance to anyone that comments in a constructive-criticism manner. It is very much appreciated.