John Renstrom

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@rongray4118 19 күн бұрын

Good thing to know about the generator and SMA! I just found out yesterday that the Kubota output was set at 48A charge instead of 100A at the Master SMA. I have been wondering why the output of the Kubota was on at 1.3kw (=/-) for the test runs to charge the single 48v battery that has survived. So many different setting to go through before this trailer is functioning as close to 100% as is possible.

@jamesalles139 22 күн бұрын

for 'SUNNY ISLAND' off grid / battery inverter

@flynt8542 22 күн бұрын

Can you do a video to show how to change so I charge from 240 from 110 on my generator. We switched mine I need to change it back. Thank you

@tjmooney4181 25 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot 🙏 I notice on my trailer only 1 battery connection is made to the master inverter but the anderson style plug is empty for the slave inverter. Is this correct for my setup, 8x 6v lead acid batteries in series? Or should I connect the batteries also to the slave inverter battery input? Or is that is I setup a seperate battery bank?

@CindiEndter Ай бұрын

Question don't know if you can help but I have a warning slv2loss. Do you know how to fix that? I have a master and slave 1. So I am at a loss.. Thank you.

@tjmooney4181 Ай бұрын

Red and black are the 2 hot wires from the 240v receptacles, not positive negative

@tjmooney4181 Ай бұрын

One of those plugs is the generator input to the inverters and the 2 plugs are the outputs from the ac load panel powered from the inverters as the 2 hots so it does not matter that those plugs don't match eachother 🤔

@tjmooney4181 Ай бұрын

Thanks

@rongray4118 Ай бұрын

John - thanks for reminding us that there is a 1hour run time for using a little power, charging battery banks and just cycling the generator and fuel recirculation. I will keep that in mind!

@genoortega1171 Ай бұрын

Hey John, I just seen your video right now. I was wondering the same thing about the wind turbines let me know how they did because where I bought my property. It’s windy pretty much year-round. I would like to know how it worked for you.

@rongray4118 Ай бұрын

I used a curved pick to remove those covers... some of them just pop off - others had never been removed. That was how I figured out the "battery maintenance" was almost none existent before we bought our trailer.

@rongray4118 Ай бұрын

You are amazing, John! Thank you for stepping us through the electrical!

@rongray4118 Ай бұрын

Well - we are are down to one and the bad bank needs to be removed. I am bummed but looking for a replacement.

@rongray4118 Ай бұрын

John - I just reviewed the Midnite Solar panel calculator and it says we are only able to use 4 (390watt QCell) panels per string. I thought you were able to get 3 strings of five for your DC Solar Trailer? We would be at a little over 3,000watts at peak but I am trying to get the most out of the DC SOLAR Trailer that we are able to. How many watts are you getting from your 3 strings of panels? Thanks for any insight!

@rongray4118 Ай бұрын

1,155 x 24hr Days - a little over 3 years run time on the inverters - I will have to take a look at ours' and see what it comes out to.

@rongray4118 Ай бұрын

John -greatly appreciate you taking the time to make this video. Found out the Battery Current Sensor was NONE and was able to switch it to the 50/500. Did you ever find out if the 500 referenced the Ah combined on the Battery Bank? I will raise it to 1020Ah - the batteries are 510Ah each.

@pricepitstick8826 Ай бұрын

Does the equalization actually give you more access to the capacity of the batteries?

@pricepitstick8826 Ай бұрын

Hey John Where are you located? I have 2 solar trailers I’m wanting to upgrade panels to Canadian 385 by facial. Would this work? Is it as simple as plug and play. I just don’t have too much experience and you seem to know your stuff. I’m also interested in upgrading batteries. They seem weak can only run a 750 watt heater for about 8-10 hours before the battery’s hit 25% from 100% Would you work on these trailers for a hourly charge if I sent them to you?

@rongray4118 19 күн бұрын

We have one 48v battery that we are trying to recover. The second battery requires 3-4 new cells before it can be (hopefully) be recovered for use. I am using a small deep freezer (plugged into the 110v duplex inside the cabinet) to have load while alternating charging between the Midnight Solar Charge Controller and the Kubota generator. The battery seems to be recovering - somewhat.

@cfb36 2 ай бұрын

Neat, never knew the name of those connectors. TIL

@sincitysound 2 ай бұрын

Hi John great video I have the same trailers also have the sunny boy , my question to you is if I want to connect all that power to my grid did you just simply disconnect the Generation and ran a connection to the RV plug from the house grid? So basically it is Grid tie to any plug from my home? Hope this question make sense

@rongray4118 2 ай бұрын

I will be checking this out this morning! I will also be adding the battery charger for the battery in the Kubota! Thank you!!

@nhodorek 2 ай бұрын

what state of charge should the batteries be at when starting this procedure?

@rongray4118 Ай бұрын

Didn't think of that - our batteries are at a 49% state of charge (supposedly).

@rongray4118 2 ай бұрын

John - we were able to find a used unit in California yesterday and we picked it up! I have to run through the systems and ensure the battery SOC. I will be reviewing all of your videos again and again to become more familiar with the trailer. The unit we purchased has the masts and I still would love to try the style wind turbines you tested on your unit - do you have a link to those turbines? Thanks so much!

@nhodorek 2 ай бұрын

you could also put a panel directly to it?

@rongray4118 2 ай бұрын

I keep hearing this... have yet to see a video on it.

@nhodorek 2 ай бұрын

thanks for these videos John, I bought a DC trailer about two months ago and I'm learning a lot about its operation through your videos, and threw just playing with it. Is setting the inverter low voltage cut off in inverter settings? It was like one option above where you were going

@rongray4118 2 ай бұрын

John - I am subscribed to you (ALL/videos) and for some reason the "bell" symbol has a slash through it? Are the notifications turned off for me to your channel? I have clicked on "ALL" several times but the "bell" continues to have a slash mark through it....hmmm?!

@rongray4118 2 ай бұрын

Very interested in using these style wind turbines - too bad you didn't get positive results from all you hard work installing these on your trailer!

@rongray4118 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if 3M has a type of spray for these panel backside?

@rongray4118 2 ай бұрын

John - you are a wealth of knowledge in regard to these trailers! Most of us wouldn't have even noticed. We need to install a regular 50AMP cord from the D Solar Trailer to our 50AMP Service connection on our RV.

@BattlefieldVegas 2 ай бұрын

Great video to get a better understanding of these trailers. I bought four at auction about two and half years ago (maybe longer??) and this really explains things now that we need to use them.

@KodaCabin 2 ай бұрын

In EBAY I'm selling a "Battery Temperature Sensor for SMA Sunny Island SI 6048 NEW, never used" There are PDF link there to install this sensor correctly.

@KodaCabin 2 ай бұрын

In EBAY I'm selling a "Battery Temperature Sensor for SMA Sunny Island SI 6048 NEW, never used" There are PDF link there to install this sensor correctly.

@w7ges693 2 ай бұрын

Hi John, thanks for making these videos. I’ve been watching them as I just bought a trailer with generator and lights. I live in Phoenix, AZ so I’m tempted to add more panels. Do you have any further information on the Sunny Boy install?

@allennolden8735 2 ай бұрын

You wouldn't happen to know what the #13GnRvPwr setting is for. It shows as watts. It is in the generator control menu. I couldn't seem to find it in the manual. I am assuming it may be the wattage ratting for your generator.

@s0nnyburnett 2 ай бұрын

Gotta check your equipment regularly.

@budsodalsky 2 ай бұрын

My Lord!

@truckerpaul3185 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for doing these videos, I've learned a lot about my trailer from them

@happydingo6435 3 ай бұрын

I have a SI5048 that works fine, but oddly the entire #240 menu selection to configure the generator is missing. I'll take a look under Operations to see if I can find any settings there. Any idea why the 240 menu would be missing? I'm certain it used to be there!

@ghostwriter6699 3 ай бұрын

do you have a video on how you EXPANDED the panels .. i see that you used super-strut -- i just don't see how you could have anchored it into the soft aluminum of the other panels to hold a few additional ones up ...

@caldreamin09 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, John is very good and does consultation over the phone. He solved a couple problems for me. He knows what he’s talking about and can walk you through whatever is happening.

@casperyourfriendlyghost7552 Күн бұрын

John I would like to do a consultation with you. I have two trailers and would like to bridge them together like you did.

@jessefaircloth8321 11 ай бұрын

Hello John, Are you familiar with a Generator Start but no charging Issue? The generator starts no problem but I see 0 amps and no [G] appears.

@solar_trailer_guy 8 ай бұрын

There could be multiple things that could cause this but the simplest thing to check is the breaker on the front of the generator itself. Often times this breaker needs to be 'on' (in the upright position) in order for the generator to transfer its power to the back of the cabinet.

@alvinaqui9139 Жыл бұрын

How did you connect the grid to the Sunny Island to charge the batteries?

@solar_trailer_guy Жыл бұрын

The grid is connected to the plug on the backside of the cabinet. This is the same plug where the generator normally connects. I reprogrammed the Sunny Islands to be in Grid mode. In the future, I'm hoping to switch my Sunny Islands to GridGen mode and install an automatic power transfer switch so that the Sunny Islands can intelligently switch between the Grid and the Generator. From there, I installed the Sunny Boy to be on the private internal grid from the trailer. My Sunny Boy is handling all of the solar panels converting all that directly into AC power...I completely removed my MidNite Charge Controller. My Sunny Islands charge the batteries from any excess AC. I commissioned the Sunny Boy to be in Island mode allowing the Sunny Islands to control the solar harvesting with the frequency shifting feature.

@alexandermarek9528 2 жыл бұрын

Which turbine did u use

@solar_trailer_guy Жыл бұрын

Telescopic Masts related: Wind Turbine: The towers are rated for a 50lb payload so here's the ones I focused on: 600 watt model weighing approx 50lbs: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MQ8PQ7D There are some less expensive options on Alibaba too... www.alibaba.com/product-detail/New-400w-600w-vertical-helix-wind_62591887540.html There's also an 800 watt model but I'm a little confused if it is really an 800 watt model: www.aliexpress.com/item/33030067669.html I also looked into these style turbines but felt the lift style above might work a little better than the push style: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002046436046.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.3.409c29b9R3RkQM In the end, I think these newer hybrid models seemed the most intriguing to me: m.aliexpress.us/item/3256805428812659.html They say 5,000 watts but I have a hard time believing the stated rating on any of these turbines. In the end, I removed my turbines because of how the masts we're shading the solar panels. The mast's shadow was costing me over 50%of my harvesting capabilities from the solar panels.

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