Really enjoyed seeing the 18Kpv paired with the Ethos battery. This is a very clean setup and you made it clear and easy for people to follow what you were doing. Great job teaching. Keep spreading the good word!!
You should also turn all of the breakers off before shutting off the main breaker and then turn them on one at a time after turning the main breaker on.
El manual dice que soporta 600 voltios, Podría decirme si eso es en total o en cada stream ? porque veo que tu estas usando 345.8 y 349.2 = 695 V en cada stream, lo que suman por encima de 600 que están en el minuto 15:00
So let's say your hybrid inverter has gone kaput, does that mean you need to rewire to get power from the grid? because now your grid wires are directly connected to your inverter.
I used wago connectors in my main house panel. I would need to reconnect the house breakers in the house panel. It would take an hour but it would not be hard to do. (Each wire is labeled in both panels Hot and Neutral)
Big Battery sent the Ethos for review. I have a rhino 2 (same as the eg4 wall mount) and it is a good battery. They take up more space. And the wall mount is 309 pounds. Its easier to move 120 pound modules.
I am about to connect the grid. Might not be on video. You can set the grid to turn on and run at a set amp value based on battery state of charge. This means I can run the grid at 5000w and be fine with my wire size and still charge the batteries.
@@DIYVolts seems most videos I've seen are all using critical loads panels. Having a hard time finding examples of passing the full 200a through to an existing main panel.
@@paulbram2 Where would 200 Amps be coming from? Not this inverter. 50 Amps max. But in this case, there's only 6kW of PV. So it'll never exceed 25 Amps.
The grid and load are both 6awg. This size wire can handle 55 amps. The inverter is a 12kw system so 240v * 55amp: 13200w. The wire size is large enough to handle the output of the inverter. So far in over a month of use I have not had a load over 3000w. As for the grid I have not had to use that so far. But I will limit the charge down to 4000w so that it is well within the wire size.
You should change out that 100amp main breaker in the sub panel to a 50 amp one. The 18k inverter has a higher pass through, I think and while on grid you could get into trouble.
Don't see cts connected and no grid power shown from inverter screen. cement board would be better choice. metal conduit for pv wires and look like you use ac wires for pv and no ferrule at all. battery cable strip look too short and no torque wrench use. Would like to see update inverter pulling power from grid. #2 wires feed to sub panel for safety load amperage.
The breaker I have coming from my house grid panel is only 40amp. My 6awg wire is able to handle 55 amp. when I connect the grid I will only use the power to charge the battery when it drops below a set SOC. I am also able to set the charging amps from the grid. likely I will not have that above 35 amps. That is 4200w charging. The AC will only charge the battery from 20% to 50% SOC. Otherwise the system is off grid only.
Many mistakes ... Ferrules are required for PV cables, no exception, basic PV install knowledge. Moreover, don't you think you are using the wrong gauge for your load and grid cables??? If you need such power, use the proper gauge, the ones you installed are meant for 50 Amp.
Ferrules are not required by code in the USA however highly recommended in some instances. I actually found in the manual that ferrules are recommended. This inverter has an AC output of 12,000 watts. Each leg of the power output can supply 6000w at 120v. 6000/120= 50amp. The wire I am using has a rating of 55 amp. This allows my inverter to run at 13200 watts. This is higher than the rated output. I am sure that you could step up the wire size but as it is now I am good for the rated power.
Your wire sizes are worrying me. Should be 2 gauge wire feeding that 100amp breaker, maybe you could get away with 4. Looks smaller than that. Even if you aren't needing to draw that much current the wire should match the breaker. Downsize the breaker if you need to.
Good point. The EG4 allows for setting amps for AC charging. I can set the max charging at 55 amps and use the 6awg wire. That is 6600w. I am only using the AC power to charge the battery when it gets below a set SOC.
I used 6awg. Those can handle 55 amps. The inverter can output 12000w. 12000w/240v=50amp. I still have 5 amps above the maximum output on both sides of the AC.
This is really bad , stranded wire screwed down is NOT a good connection, You need to get an electrician or learn how to use crimped Feral connections.
