Soft start for the whole cabin?
I have an MPP LV2424 (the green one) fed into a breaker panel that I plan to run 10 13w LED lights, a well pump (already has a large start capacitor), a fridge, a TV and a septic pump controlled by a...
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RV8R’s Off Grid Cabin
A couple of days ago, I traveled to our remote off grid cabin & re-commission it. This consisted of reinstalling the 250 Ahr 12vdc Rolls Batteries & hooking up 1/2 the array 3S (3 - 100W) Solar...
View Articleeg4 6000xp as a "generator"?
Will mentions supplementing an 18kpv with the 6000xp by calling it a "generator" at about 6:20 in this video - I can't find anything in the manuals about it and I'm curious about doing exactly this....
View ArticleNeed a way to bottle or can excess solar production.
Not quite Aircon weather and with all the upgrades to my PV setup I am ending up with my batteries fully charged by noon. I don't have an interconnect agreement nor want one. So this leaves me with...
View Articlewho is still burning wood in april?
2030 hours on April 12th, its 37°f or about 3°c here at Fujigane at the cabin. just curious who else might be running their woodstove besides myself.
View ArticleLimit on number of SCCs/strings? Victron or EG4
As I plan out our new (hopefully off grid) house, I see that I have room for quite a few strings of panels mounted at various angles and orientations to optimize sun position and season. I want to use...
View ArticleLooking for Rainwater Harvesting Filter Recommendations
We have a mesh filter at the downspout, which keeps out most of the bigger stuff, but we still get very fine debris/muck that passes through and our first-flush system doesn't resolve this 100% either....
View ArticleGrid connect Solar systems
Hi All. Im looking at putting a Off grid solar Ballarat on my house and was wondering what experiences others have had with the various makes of panels and inverters.
View ArticleBig dreams, small living, off-grid homestead from scratch
Well, let me preface this with advance notice of the following: I can be wordy, sometimes I may post a novel of a comment I can be reactionary, sometimes I don’t exhibit the greatest self control so if...
View ArticleHow to password protect Overkill BMS settings?
Hello I would like to password protect Overkill BMS settings from anyone who could see my battery on there phone. How can I do this?
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