PowerWall2.2 Xijia 3kW Inverter installation. I totally forgot about it...🤦‍♂️

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@markbrettnell3503
@markbrettnell3503 Жыл бұрын
That's genius using the power supply to precharge the inverter or other appliances that have capacitors. Thanks for the useful tip👍👍
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
No problem 👍
@dirk_p
@dirk_p Жыл бұрын
Your encore at the end of your videos is always much appreciated. I'd like the light show and great video. I could watch your videos for hours and IT 'll never get boring👍
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Thanks. I'll make more...
@maxmeyer7299
@maxmeyer7299 Жыл бұрын
the last night minute was the best. 👍
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Isn't that great?!
@rdiuguid
@rdiuguid Жыл бұрын
I can't wait until I get my own garage disco in full swing! Those lights are brilliant!
@stephenmayers4033
@stephenmayers4033 Жыл бұрын
Another brilliant video Andy. I am so envious of your location, I always wanted to visit sunny hot Australia but it's never going to happen. Greetings from not sunny not hot United Kingdom.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it is quite different down here and we have sunshine throughout the year. The weather in comparison the odd German weather was 9a small) part of the decision to move down here. Perfect for solar as well of course...
@TidalShemtov
@TidalShemtov Жыл бұрын
Nice light show.
@ronny7380
@ronny7380 Жыл бұрын
Das Mäusekino zum Schluss is echt geil.
@rklauco
@rklauco Жыл бұрын
This was quite interesting - building the small system turned out not that small - 3kW output is quite substantial, battery capacity is also quite high, Victron reporting top-notch... Well done.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for your kind comment, Robert. Appreciate that!
@showme360
@showme360 Жыл бұрын
Not quite, 2kw is what was shown, and probably its continuous limit, 3kw will be its peak and only for about 5min before it shuts off.
@ivanpelser5516
@ivanpelser5516 Жыл бұрын
Greeting from South Africa Andy! Great videos - keep up the good work!
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, Ivan.
@marlomontanaro3233
@marlomontanaro3233 Жыл бұрын
The Peter Distributor! ❤
@jeffpowell1616
@jeffpowell1616 Жыл бұрын
Nice light show!
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@excillisbank2611
@excillisbank2611 Жыл бұрын
Dans la continuité ! très bonne perspective pour le POWERWALL 2.3 😉
@gumpster6
@gumpster6 Жыл бұрын
Nice work as always. Good to see those smaller Seplos batteries doing some useful work.
@showme360
@showme360 Жыл бұрын
I would say the smaller battery is doing more than its fair share.
@keithcress1335
@keithcress1335 Жыл бұрын
Hahaha! That is an amazing light show Andy! I've got quite a few too but that eclipses my system. I'm jealous.😉
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
And there will be more in the future, I guess...
@kayakeux
@kayakeux Жыл бұрын
You can use an old style light bulb to precharge your inverter.
@ahmadplastiq2067
@ahmadplastiq2067 Жыл бұрын
Brlliant idea . I use a circiit breaker though
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Yes, a light bulb works as well.
@MMMM2MMMM2MMMM
@MMMM2MMMM2MMMM Жыл бұрын
I LOVE the PETER disco lights!
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
🚥🚥🚥
@pltspemula
@pltspemula Жыл бұрын
Wow, its great. Realy offgrid.
@butchwilliams7637
@butchwilliams7637 Жыл бұрын
Love the light show🐸
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
It's great, right? 🚥🚥🚥
@mikeunum
@mikeunum Жыл бұрын
Victron Installtions running by night. I know the disco lights well enough on many systems.
@MrDavidcarp
@MrDavidcarp Жыл бұрын
Glad I watched to the end thanks 🙏🏿 ⚡️
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Yeah, always some goodies at the end 😉
@MrDavidcarp
@MrDavidcarp Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia I also just bought the Victron car charger I can’t wait to wire it in take care great contents ever time ⚡️👌🏿
@OFFGRID_Trucker
@OFFGRID_Trucker Жыл бұрын
Wow..! look at all that Victron Blue. Hello from the USA. I think I'll subscribe.. I'm certain I'm gonna learn alot from you.. So thanx for sharing.. LOVE the light show. I have more than that in my '28 RV. I think there's about 35 little blinky and steady tiny lights here nightly.
@marco1862
@marco1862 Жыл бұрын
Always good to end with Blinkenlights 🙂
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Yes, it's even better in reality!
@danielglang6312
@danielglang6312 Жыл бұрын
Blinken ze lights, spitzin ze sparks and blowen ze fuses? (old IBM computer plaque)
@loucinci3922
@loucinci3922 Жыл бұрын
Good info. Thanks for sharing
@farside87
@farside87 Жыл бұрын
Andy, you need a disco ball with all those flashing LEDs.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@_Miner
@_Miner Жыл бұрын
I'm sure others have said it already but when running the air con, try to keep the doors all closed so its only cooling the air volume of the garage and not outside. It will be quicker and more efficient.
@Full-of-Starships
@Full-of-Starships Жыл бұрын
Andy has said that he will be boxing in the electrical corner of the room to fix that.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
The AC is just a test to see if it makes a difference at all. It will go soon again...
@ascenttev6022
@ascenttev6022 Жыл бұрын
Late Night DISCO DANCING has left ANDY LEAKING SPAT 😁😁😁.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
There was a lot of leakage that day. AC was too loud and fan could not cope! 💦💦💦
@michao6495
@michao6495 Жыл бұрын
Hi! I use sometimes one stone larger one smaller together when crimping. For example one 16 and one 10 and everything is fine. You coud try it. Maybe with your crimper it wil work.
@michao6495
@michao6495 Жыл бұрын
@Albert OK, no stones, dies 🙂. Some people call it stones. My English is not perfect, sorry.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Ah, right, that's a great idea. Thanks for the tip, I will definitely try that!
@danielglang6312
@danielglang6312 Жыл бұрын
@@albert6220 Rhine?
@nigelcharles511
@nigelcharles511 Жыл бұрын
I also do this. It wastes less material than going down a size on both dies. Too much wasted material presumably can weaken the crimp. The wasted material needs grinding off before heatshrinking.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
@@nigelcharles511 I didn't even think about using two different ones.
@DG3ACM-Marc
@DG3ACM-Marc Жыл бұрын
Love that DISCO! 🕺
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
I sometimes stand in the garage at night before I go back inside the hosue and just watch all the lights flashing. It's pretty cool!
@Dave_D.
@Dave_D. Жыл бұрын
I have the same inverter (120v) and not sure how much I like it. It works - I've run it at 1500w for a few hrs straight... it makes a lot of weird fan noises, but not sure it's pure sine. I get speaker hum and I think I can tell the difference in the sound a fan motor makes running off the grid vs the inverter. I got it as a backup. Sort of afraid to run my fridge w/ it.
@typxxilps
@typxxilps Жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing the inverter precharging methods again - I suggest to cut that particular part out and release a short out of that cause the search engine will find your short then or even a video cause i had been searching for something like that for quite a long time last year when i had been unsure about the resistance needed. I still remember the first time 2 years ago or so when I had my first hybrid inverter and connected the battery and could not believe the sparks I got each and every time cause the manual did not mention nor someone in the videos I had seen before. First I had thought what has been going wrong, if I had not turned the inverter off or forgotten something else, but in the end the inverter worked fine and the main cause was the idea to test the inverter before doing all the cabling with the Leistungsschutzschalter / circuitbreaker. And without that circuit breaker just for testing purposes I simply had left the path described in the manual and that had caused the sparks that scared me a lot, I can tell you, that was an unpleasant moment and even more that the next time it did happen again and I started thinking about cheap quality of the inverter. Great explanation and of cause showing the kind of resistor used cause I only could remember last year that I had seen some big ones in my memory. .
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
That's a good suggestion. I'll do a separate video how to precharge. Thanks!
@andrewradford3953
@andrewradford3953 Жыл бұрын
Outro reminds me of an Austrian discotheque I went to when I was 16..Maybe Fronius did lighting back then?
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Hahaha, the Fronius Discotheque🚥🚥🚥
@craigjameslister290
@craigjameslister290 Жыл бұрын
Hahaha, best disco Garage in QLD. Now all we need is a mirror ball, strobe and you dancing Andy ;-p
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
I'll get Andy2 to do that. Just wait...
@jimhanty8149
@jimhanty8149 Жыл бұрын
wow, i have never been anywhere that it was 150 amps outside...im not sure but it sounds like the air conditioner was needed. .....that was funny as hell...
@audibosoundandlight
@audibosoundandlight Жыл бұрын
Maybe adding a (large) fan that exhausts the hot air from the garage or brings in fresh air might help with the heating problems! Installed some fans in our outside shed to keep the tools and batteries from getting toasted by the heat and it works wonders! Cheers from Belgium!
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
The problems with fans is DUST! Hence, I have the idea to build this battery room around the area.
@amudlifecrisis
@amudlifecrisis Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia Fans in the gable ends as exhaust, put in a fresh air inlet with a filter...like they use in an HVAC system. Cheap and easy!
@wa7215
@wa7215 Жыл бұрын
Some ‘Roof-Ventilators’, commonly known as “Whirlybirds” ( a Brand-name) here in ‘HOT- OZtralia’, installed into the roof of your ‘HOT-ColourBond Steel shed’ to exhaust the ‘trapped’ hot air and the electrical equipment’s heat-buildup, inside there, are a MUCH, MUCH CHEAPER, and still, very effective, and also ‘non-powered’ solution, to your HOT problem, Andy, rather than trying to both, Power, AND AirCondition, what is in reality the best possible imitation, of a VERY LARGE STEEL OVEN, situated in your own backyard, during a TYPICAL, 40 degrees C, ..PLUS, HOT Australian Summer 😉 It also helps to have ‘cool-air’ inlet vents, located close to ground level to allow ‘cooler’ air, to be drawn into the shed to replace the hot air as it, is being exhausted out, of the roof space. Although, most, Aussie made ColourBond Steel sheds with ‘corrugated’ wall-sheets will already, have plenty, of ‘air-inlet-spaces’ around the bottom, at the concrete slab level, of the wall-sheets, thanks to the ‘profile’ of the corrugated sheets, and so won’t usually need, any additional air-intake vents to be installed. 😉👍
@audibosoundandlight
@audibosoundandlight Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia Ah yes, I did not even think about that!
@hmarc417
@hmarc417 Жыл бұрын
WAY KOOL LUV the LIGHT SHOW..CCHHEERRSSSSS Two things missing though,,,, a Disco Ball and Fuzzy Dice. KOOL KOOL
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
A disco ball... 🤔
@hmarc417
@hmarc417 Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia YES A spinning mirror ball , Dance club style. You have a sound system in the garage don't you?? and i know you have the spats.... party time... Wish i could come and see your system in person...After March 20th "anything" is possible. Oh you have not heard yet. Joe has but i don't think he believes me. YET.
@joesrvhome
@joesrvhome Жыл бұрын
Disco days have nuthin on your power wall!
@KevIsOffGrid
@KevIsOffGrid Жыл бұрын
Side note : I saw you managed 3 x 70kwh days near your solar maximum. That matches "the general internet" figure of 5x your panels wattage for a daily production. So your extra sun + extra tree shade must balance each other out. Where I'm here at my solar minimum, generating only 11% of my needs from solar :(
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I had 72kWh one day. Insane! But I can already see a bit less power in the morning now in January. It will go quickly and you'll be on the sunny side of the world again.
@dc1544
@dc1544 Жыл бұрын
So even that inverter made funny noise for a bit using that AC like your Phoenix inverter did.
@GapRecordingsNamibia
@GapRecordingsNamibia Жыл бұрын
Everybody was "disco dancing" 🎶😂🤣
@r.b.l.5841
@r.b.l.5841 Жыл бұрын
I checked, but the "Peter" inverter is not available in US style voltages -DARN looks like a great unit. Andy can you use your influence - maybe they can make a US-Peter inverter!
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
It is not? I thought they sell them in all markets now. 120V, ey?
@r.b.l.5841
@r.b.l.5841 Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia NOPE! I double checked in case they added a model, but from their website, all modeles are for EU/UK/Az-Nzld markets. no 120volt for me😞 Can+USA+Mex = 580million customers left out!
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
@@r.b.l.5841 bugger... I can also recommend the XIJIA inverters. I'm using them for over two years and they have the same performance as the Peter. Very powerful running all my electrical garden tool and the 2.4kW chain saw without problem. s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DBFw0TB
@janetmorris6792
@janetmorris6792 Жыл бұрын
You could always 3D print the LUG Covers, That's if you are into 3D Printing as I am with 5 Machines
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
That's another hobby which I never started...
@leandrosphotostudio
@leandrosphotostudio Жыл бұрын
It is obvious, why you think he smiles like he does. ,ha ha, we all need this channel, get over it
@markuslupkes6076
@markuslupkes6076 Жыл бұрын
Bester Mann liebe Grüße aus Ostfriesland :-)
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Oh, liebe Gruesse zurueck!
@DanBurgaud
@DanBurgaud Жыл бұрын
0:28 "...it is 150 amps outside ..." HAHAHAHA! its hot later, "these seplos can deliver 50 celcius..."
@NIEPSEN
@NIEPSEN Жыл бұрын
Encore !
@xpatrikpvp
@xpatrikpvp Жыл бұрын
Hey, You should update the Cerbo to the venus os 3.0 beta because "For systems having multiple BMSes connected, allow selecting which one should be used for DVCC. It also allows the use of a BMV for SOC tracking -- by selecting BMV as battery monitor -- while still using the BMS for DVCC." That means you will be able to use the luynx shunt (hopefuly if it supports bmv it should also support it) For more accurate SOC (maybe even current) monitoring
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Thanks. It's running 3.00-15 and I have shown the DVCC in previous videos.
@diysolaradventures7894
@diysolaradventures7894 Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised Andy won't get him one of those ac mini split heat pumps systems with built-in inverter technology they do both heating and cooling I just got mines and I haven't hooked it up yet but everyone on solar is using these in their garages and homes they called mini splits the indoor air handler hangs on ur wall and the other part sits outside.
@bobblack3870
@bobblack3870 Жыл бұрын
I installed a mini-split. Very efficient and a great solution. Highly recommended.
@diysolaradventures7894
@diysolaradventures7894 Жыл бұрын
@@bobblack3870 I can't wait to get my ass up and running
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Where should I mount it??????????? No frickin wall!
@diysolaradventures7894
@diysolaradventures7894 Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia and it is a garage there are four walls all the way around well 3 hang the indoor unit right overtop your work area where you talk to us at clear some of that stuff out the way 😂😂😂😂😅👍😉
@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading
@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading 11 ай бұрын
Heya oh wouw that's cool a disk power wall nice very nice
@tomfox8240
@tomfox8240 Жыл бұрын
Beutiful video lifepo4 battery
@LynxPower-w4s
@LynxPower-w4s 10 ай бұрын
Andy, I like your cable trunking. Which make model is this? Local or Chinese import?
@bboyda4399
@bboyda4399 Жыл бұрын
Good information. You might want to take your ring off when working with electrical equipment.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Why? You would need to make a short touching the positive with one side of the ring and the negative with the other site of the ring. How would that even work?
@SoundzAlive1
@SoundzAlive1 Жыл бұрын
Suggestion for music with your light show - Fantasic Voyage by Lakeside . André in Sydney
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
I'll get a copyright claim...😉
@tiborchren
@tiborchren Жыл бұрын
Hi, I would like to know, if it is possible to get AC loads readings into a Venus OS system with a non victron inverter? Would this be possible by wiring a Victron Energy meter ET112 after the DC/AC inverter and before the AC loads? ET112 measure AC loads and can be connected to Cergo GX - so it should be theoretically possible, or am I wrong. What do you think about this? Thank you very much for your answer.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Yes, you can use AC meters which connect via MODBUS to the Victron system. More info here: www.victronenergy.com/accessories/energy-meter
@macrepair2389
@macrepair2389 Жыл бұрын
We want de discolight nightvideo!
@macrepair2389
@macrepair2389 Жыл бұрын
At the end of the video . . . THX Beautiful!!!
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
A 6h disco video. OK!
@AndrePuschmann
@AndrePuschmann Жыл бұрын
Hey Andy, thanks for the video. I couldn't find a link to the 50A MegaFuses you're using. Are they rated for 48V systems? I found some 50A fuses rated up to 32V but only midi for 48V 50A. Could that be an explanation for the slightly higher temp on the fuse?
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
The voltage does not make a difference when operating the fuse. It's more in case of the fuse blows it does not arc as far as the lower voltage fuses. If this is really an issue, I don't know. Victron sells the only 58V/70V fuses (CNN/ANL) fuses for a lot of money. I thought I have them linked on my website... I'll have a look and will add them.
@upnorthandpersonal
@upnorthandpersonal Жыл бұрын
Pretty pretty :)
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
I wonder how much power all the LEDs consume...
@upnorthandpersonal
@upnorthandpersonal Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia Ballpark figure, something like 40mW per LED if they are on all the time, and assume 50% of that when they're blinking (50% duty cycle). How many LEDs are there? 30 or so? So my guesstimate is around 1W total - very rough estimate and I could be completely off...
@IXISSV
@IXISSV Жыл бұрын
"its 150 amps outside" 😂🤣😂🤣 Its barely 2 amps on my systems here in dull, wet & windy Wales 🙄 Summer soon tho 😁🥳🎉🍻🍻
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Hang in there, your time will come...
@alexb.6800
@alexb.6800 Жыл бұрын
Andy, try ultra white paint with Barium Sulfate for your garage to cool it down.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
It's mostly covered in solar panels...
@MichaelAConnolly
@MichaelAConnolly Жыл бұрын
I feel like dancin Yaaaa
@martehoudesheldt5885
@martehoudesheldt5885 Жыл бұрын
when are you going to set up a cross connect from battery bank (roof) to the (pool fence) batteries? looks like you have decorated for Christmas already
@matija3791
@matija3791 Жыл бұрын
If the seplos BMS reports that the discharge is disabled, why does the discharge still work? This is probably a bug and the BMS should report that charging is disabled?
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Yep, watch this space!
@mikeunum
@mikeunum Жыл бұрын
I have the same crimp tool. The crimp unit tools working well, but...so as allways it looks you have the cheap crimp connectors. I ONLY use the good one and the crimp tool works perfect wit 4, 6, 8, 10, 16, 25, 35, 50 and 70mm2 depending on the connectors self.If you need an address for the good ones i can help out.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Yep, the heavy duty ones work far better.
@GregOnSummit
@GregOnSummit Жыл бұрын
If you had a seperate smart shunt attached to an inverter, could it be used to show the load coming out of the battery?
@AllElectricLiving
@AllElectricLiving Жыл бұрын
D I S C O round Andy’s 🎉
@TrevorFraserAU
@TrevorFraserAU Жыл бұрын
No no, thank you!
@junkerzn7312
@junkerzn7312 Жыл бұрын
You need to call the system "Blinky".
@devonvankraft
@devonvankraft Жыл бұрын
Andy you do such a wonderful Job.. it’s nice to Sea Victron al the way in Australia., btw I had a German Girlfriend.. greats from The NethelNetherlands 😂🍀 I mean The Netherlands., typo 😂
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Devon!
@curacao11
@curacao11 Жыл бұрын
😎
@danielglang6312
@danielglang6312 Жыл бұрын
It's not a Lynx Peter, it's a Peter Distributer! lol
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Don't confuse me...
@gubbernl
@gubbernl Жыл бұрын
Why don't people use a heat gun reflector, when shrinking heat shrink on so many cables. Just a thought to minimize the shrinking time🤙
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Really? How many seconds would you save? 😁
@AndreW-xs8rs
@AndreW-xs8rs Жыл бұрын
Hallo Andy, eine Frage: Ist das Vorladen des Inverters auch bei einem Multiplus 2 Notwendig? Ich würde ja das Seplos BMS ausschalten beim Verbinden und erst hochfahren wenn alles angeschlossen ist (Erstinbetriebnahme). Ich lerne bei dir oder bei Jens im Moment recht viel, hier und da tauchen aber doch noch Fragen auf. Gruß ins heiße Australien, André
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Ich mache das beim MP nicht mehr. Bei groesseren Anlagen gibt es einfach einen Inverter Hauptschalter und fertig. Habe noch nie einen Ladewiderstand bei solchen Anlagen gesehen oder davon gelesen. Das BMS vorher ausschalten is eine gute Idee und es wird den Storm dann beim Einschalten etwas begrenzen.. So macht es ja die Mueller Batterie auch, wenn man den Schalter betaetigt und das BMS die Batterie zuschaltet.
@AndreW-xs8rs
@AndreW-xs8rs Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia Besten Dank für die Antwort. Gestern ist meine PV im Betrieb gegangen und diese Woche werden wohl schon meine MP2 geliefert. Durch deine Videos verfliegt etwas die Angst vor dem Thema, wobei ich die Anschlüsse durch einen Elektriker machen lassen muss. Nebenbei lerne ich noch etwas Englisch :) Gruß
@Mywhtjp
@Mywhtjp Жыл бұрын
WHAT THE..? Your using the AC again.. Did I miss a video on you correcting the trouble you had with it..?
@MarkRose1337
@MarkRose1337 Жыл бұрын
I think it's time to post either the English or German version of Blinkenlights
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
#Blinklichter
@asderven
@asderven Жыл бұрын
Just a thought Andy, would it be possible to reduce ads to old times? Rather than every five minutes? Breaks the flow quite a bit while watching.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
I have no control over that, sorry. You can sign up with KZbin premium which will turn off all ads but cost you some $$$ each months
@asderven
@asderven Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia ah no worries, I thought ads were still voluntarily placed. Looks like KZbin changed their policy a bit ago. The world is become scarier and scarier by the day.
@simon359
@simon359 Жыл бұрын
What are you using to torque your nuts? I’ve never seen that kind of equipment before. 🖖
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
On my website, it's called digital torque wrench: off-grid-garage.com/measurement-tools-and-analisers/
@_Miner
@_Miner Жыл бұрын
I wonder if some kind viewer could 3d print / design a cover for those terminals for you?
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that could be done. Maybe a bit hard if you don't have the particular inverter.
@tequilatom
@tequilatom Жыл бұрын
Check the firmware of the Seplos BMS, with version 2.9 it should gets a better balancing.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Do you have the change log from 2.8 to 2.9?
@tequilatom
@tequilatom Жыл бұрын
I’m in contact with Seplos, they told me that this is only available in Chinese 😊 I answered in Chinese no problem for me…. If I get something I will share it!
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
@@tequilatom Great, thanks. Not sure why they are holding back in using the greatest feature they have: firmware updates! This could be the most wanted BMS out there...
@Hiker97
@Hiker97 Жыл бұрын
Cables coming from battery 2.2 to Lynx power in look a little sloppy. Why not run them through the raceway?
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
It's a temporary setup as I explained in a previous video when we discussed the design.
@Hiker97
@Hiker97 Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia . I figured that, and spoke out of turn. Battery 2.0, the wall, the solar is just awesome..
@pettorinpettorin3249
@pettorinpettorin3249 Жыл бұрын
Good day Andy, I have noticed that you do not have anymore the MPPT charging limitation at 52,4V when externally controlled by Seplos BMS. Would be nice to understand how you solve that…. Thanks
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Coming soon. Seplos is messed up...
@simplyfocus9937
@simplyfocus9937 Жыл бұрын
Try not to take more than 2500w from this inverter, I have 2 of those broken due to overload. I have several videos on those Inverters
@Zirrad1
@Zirrad1 Жыл бұрын
The Lynx DistribuPeter?
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Just the Lynx Peter. I cannot pronounce the other word most of the time 😙
@chrisloving6647
@chrisloving6647 Жыл бұрын
Have you heard of solar assistance? I was looking in to it for monitoring because is comes with the programming and it is supposed to work with my equipment.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Not for Victron though. I'm very happy with the VRM.
@cskeise
@cskeise Жыл бұрын
💙👊😎
@cyberplebs6577
@cyberplebs6577 Жыл бұрын
🐸🐸🐸
@diysolaradventures7894
@diysolaradventures7894 Жыл бұрын
Andy get u a Mini Split they ce in 9000 btu 12000 btu 18000 btu they have single zones duel zones and they perfect for people on solar
@dirk_p
@dirk_p Жыл бұрын
...and they are not so loud as the monoblocks , but i don't know If IT IS allowed to install them by yourself...
@diysolaradventures7894
@diysolaradventures7894 Жыл бұрын
@@dirk_p I'm installing lines by myself everyone I've watched on KZbin with a mini split and start there's by they self except for a handful of people but I rather do things myself permission or no permission
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
I have no wall space for one...
@diysolaradventures7894
@diysolaradventures7894 Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia ohh ok because I know u would love the way they run they completely wireless the mini-split fans have the inverter on the motor and the remote controls on mini splits are actually the thermostat play control by Alexa or your voice mini splits are nice Andy maybe one day you will make room 👍😉
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
@@diysolaradventures7894 Yes, this room is becoming more and more a reality. In my mind at least...
@Darryl_P_
@Darryl_P_ Жыл бұрын
What voltage fuses are you using? I can’t find any 50amp 50+volt mega fuses. Most lower amperage fuses are 32v
@onthelake9554
@onthelake9554 Жыл бұрын
Victron has them .
@Darryl_P_
@Darryl_P_ Жыл бұрын
@@onthelake9554 their mega fuses start at 125 amp for the 58 volt. They have midi fuses down to 60a 58v but I don’t think they will fit in a lynx distributor
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
The design of the Lynx shunt could be better to accommodate a class-T fuse. That would be great. Only Victron has got the 58Vand 70V fuses as far as I know. I did not buy them for my test setup.
@onthelake9554
@onthelake9554 Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia I guess if the goal is to protect each battery with a class T fuse it needs to be at each battery really , if something shorts the cables =BOOM , as Joe would say . Mounting a class T holder on the face of the battery and just use a buss bar or regular fuse at the Lynx .
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
@@onthelake9554 I would really like to see a breaker being installed in the Mason box to easily disconnect a single battery quickly. I have some 125A dual breakers here just need to find some time for this project...
@hoffinb
@hoffinb Жыл бұрын
How hot is 120 amps? 10m28s ;)
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Not as hot as 250A, I tell you that 😂
@petertrebing6875
@petertrebing6875 Жыл бұрын
The ‚Peter Inverter‘ *tse* ;-)
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
The good old Peter inverter is still going strong. Very happy with this FCHAO inverter.
@223Sako
@223Sako Жыл бұрын
I have the same crimper, they never work on the supposedly correct size.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
They usually work great with the heavy duty lugs. But much thicker material.
@panospapadimitriou3498
@panospapadimitriou3498 11 ай бұрын
rip old crimper .. someone needed you to take his weight for a walk in the future videos!!!!
@TheGalifrey
@TheGalifrey Жыл бұрын
You still appear to have your Seplos Mason batteries incorrectly connected to your loads. The negative load terminal should be on one battery (say lower) and the positive load terminal should be connected to the other battery (say upper) You are creating an artificial voltage drop between the packs.
@onthelake9554
@onthelake9554 Жыл бұрын
It was explained to you in the last video that this has no consequence on this set up .
@TheGalifrey
@TheGalifrey Жыл бұрын
@@onthelake9554 No, it was explained that he doesn't understand why it is wrong. Connected like this, the battery closest to the load is always going to discharge more and the bottom cell will charge more slowly. It is not charging to a higher SoC it is just not discharging as much so has retained a higher SoC. The top pack is doing all the work.
@onthelake9554
@onthelake9554 Жыл бұрын
@@TheGalifrey I completely understand what your saying although even that is not the best way either . The best way is for a home run to a buss bar for each battery . But like I and Andy said , for this set up , for this low power , temporary set up it is fine . He wanted to get all the bugs out before building a bunch of cables. Cross connecting like your talking about is NOT the best way , but on a low power system is would be fine too. Each battery connected to a common buss bar (lynx power in) is the ONLY best way .
@TheGalifrey
@TheGalifrey Жыл бұрын
@@onthelake9554 I agree, a common Bus bar System is the best way, but the cross connection would solve his imbalanced SoC issues which was what I was addressing. I only raised it as he didn't seem to understand why it was happening. The lynx is not perfect if you have a lot of packs as you have to make all the leads identical length, but big thick copper bus bars are definitely the way to go.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
I explained, it is a temporary setup as I'm waiting for more parts and don't want to waste these few Futronics connectors I have before being sure how to proper cabling everything. So these fly-leads will stay for a while until we do something bigger... 😉
@diysolaradventures7894
@diysolaradventures7894 Жыл бұрын
I'm putting together a separate system to run my AC mini split heat pump I'm using Senville but MrCool has DIY Mini splits units I'm really shocked Andy doesn't know about a mini split everyone on solar is using them very low power consumption and no surge
@ricardomarcelino8388
@ricardomarcelino8388 Жыл бұрын
Same comment twice??
@diysolaradventures7894
@diysolaradventures7894 Жыл бұрын
@@ricardomarcelino8388 two separate comments same topic yes
@ericdelevinquiere9902
@ericdelevinquiere9902 Жыл бұрын
When do you use AC in Germany? that is why!😊
@paulcurtis5496
@paulcurtis5496 Жыл бұрын
Like# 2
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Paul! What???
@paulcurtis5496
@paulcurtis5496 Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia sometimes we’re in sync! We’re in day 3 of armageddon here in “Always Hot & Sunny Tucson”. We’ve must have gotten 2” of rain since Sunday, I’ve had to burn 5 gallons of fuel to run the generator… 🥲
@BOGGarage
@BOGGarage Жыл бұрын
where did you get your mega fuses?
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Should be on my website....
@stanislavmlcuch2085
@stanislavmlcuch2085 Жыл бұрын
Andy, you can connect victron lynx shunt to the system and check the difference between victron shunt and seplos shunt. You have to set the visibility in "battery measurements" in System setup. I have victron smartshunt and JK BMS "shunt" in the system and the accuracy of shunt in JK is not good.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
But you can have only one shunt in the system at a time. At the moment, I'm still testing the Seplos capability of communication (or not communication) but I may switch to the Lynx Shunt eventually.
@stanislavmlcuch2085
@stanislavmlcuch2085 Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia Andy no you are wrong. You can have more shunts in the system, but only one is set as "Battery monitor". All others is hidden in "battery measurements". So if you connect the Lynx shunt to the system, you have to set "visible" in battery measurements and this shunt appears below Dashboard. Trust me, I have two shunts in the system 😉
@mbr8981
@mbr8981 Жыл бұрын
4:56 The front fell off ... which ship ? The one The front fell off
@Sailing-Aquaholic
@Sailing-Aquaholic Жыл бұрын
All those bright lights Victron uses are not always appreciated. On a boat or camper they are kind of annoying when you try to sleep. I whish the lights could be disabled.
@HolgerNestmann
@HolgerNestmann Жыл бұрын
2 Layers of Duct Tape, disable them quite effectively
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Oh, yeah, I can fully understand that. Even one blinking light can be enough to make your night a nightmare. A nightmode switch in the software would be great.
@Sailing-Aquaholic
@Sailing-Aquaholic Жыл бұрын
@@HolgerNestmann I can confirm it takes two layers of ducktape to dimm then enough so you can still see the blinking thru, but it doesn't blind you. I won't talk about the mess the tape leaves behind after a year.
@HolgerNestmann
@HolgerNestmann Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia IMHO LEDs should be off by default on routers, charge controllers, tvs. One could have a little button which switches them on for a minute if one is interested I dont need an LED to tell me the internet is working :D
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
@@HolgerNestmann Yep, I agree
@ladams5356
@ladams5356 Жыл бұрын
You could of used 16 and 10 die together 👍
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
Yes, I will try this the next time. Thank you.
@onthelake9554
@onthelake9554 Жыл бұрын
Ok , what the heck ? If my battery is full I can't use solar to power my inverter till my battery is down to 96 % ??? Not cool if you have huge battery bank . It could measure the 1.5kw load on the battery , why not let that amount through the charge controller ?
@Full-of-Starships
@Full-of-Starships Жыл бұрын
I thought that can't be right, but I watched again and the Solar controller output is zero. I'd expect the block on charging to just be in the BMSs, but maybe this is a downside of the comms with the Cerbo GX? Perhaps that can be re-configured in the GX? You would expect the controller to be in float with the battery ignoring it?
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын
It's a major design problem with the Seplos BMS. More about this in a future video.
@onthelake9554
@onthelake9554 Жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia 🙃 Thanks Andy for looking into it . That's a show stopper for me .
@Remigius0815
@Remigius0815 Жыл бұрын
Light pollution is a huge issue and should be illegal.
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