One of our group member's setups....

Hi guys,
Just thought id share my solar setup as i saw a few chatting about it , ive been off grid 14 years ,
I love this battery box,
Custom made to how i wanted , 100ah lithium,
All heavy duty wiring inside,
3 anderson ports for fridge , 2 x 180 solar panels with built in regulator,
Then 3, 12v ports on front where i plug in 600w inverter , and also an additional usb port,
It does everything i need , lights , charge accessories, fridge, run small appliances,
Nice and compact if you hit the road too

How to deal with gassy baby....

Something to consider.... If you need to interlock your HVAC system you don't need to interrupt power to it, you only need to interrupt the thermostat wire. This might save you money on large contactors.

Let's say you have two heatpumps but can only run one at a time. You use the compressor wire (Y) for one to pull in a relay so the other one can't run. (interupt the R wire).

If you do one relay then one unit is primary and the other is always 2nd fiddle. BUT if you cross connect them, then the first one to run gets to run and the other has to wait. There is no dominant unit.

As silly as it looks this has lots of applications…. Handy bit of kit.

Somewhere in America today there is a person who doesn't yet know this is their last day with all 10 fingers.

Keep your rifle by your side!

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born into a matrix....

Thomas Massie's solar and battery setup. Man he's down to earth guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3PM2Ndu0zg . Also things have gotten much easier since he did this

Holy smokes it is hot outside. 105F/40,5C. We build a rack to hold 72 clamshell containers on one wall of the shop but it's too hot to work on that all day. Consolidating the barn, workshop and basement tools and "stuff". Also, several years ago we bought a bunch of rolling racks from a hospital and they came with a couple hundred stackable bins. So I've got those screwed the the wall too. I've been sitting on a stool sorting screws for three days. all the freaking scews in coffee cans..... Well at least its mindless and I get to think.

A friend almost convinced me to get salvaged 18650 cells and make a battery like this. This is 50kwh.

The issue is that most of the time the source for these batteries is from salvaged laptop batteries or drills. Usually one cell in a pack fails. You cut those apart and test each one. The spot weld them back together… and wait for the next one to fail. As an added bonus you must use small wires to join them to the pack so if one does fail it can blow its own fuse and separate from the others before it catches fire.

LFP is a much better choice.