How To Install a Sub Panel for Emergency Backup Power - Anker SOLIX F3800 Home Power Panel 

You explain things very clearly. I’m looking forward to see how you extend the wiring to the new panel

I was taught to run a service loop for wiring from an old journeyman in 1970 it has served me well, carry on young man. good content

I use a hydraulic crimping tool with marine grade butt connectors when I have to crimp stuff. It seems to work acceptably for most larger wire sizes (#10-#4 for my purposes). Connecting a submersible well pump with that setup and some real good water rated heat shrink tubes is commonly a trusted connection, and that's underwater!

Ben, I like the idea of using the lugs instead of the crimp connectors, I don't think I would have thought of this. I have been researching this particular setup for a few days now for a customer that can't use a generator and I'm glad I ran across your video. He wants backup power for his computer system and a few other things but it needs to be bigger than just a regular UPS. This may very well be the solution he is looking for. I'm glad you showed how it operates after you showed the installation. I like your work.

This was very interesting and you explain things very well so people can understand. Thank you.

Lol, I love that you left your wife on the right side of the screen even though her part was done. 😂 Great wife!

Good job. Like it that you do not talk 100/hr. Hi to the Mrs.

Smart to use those lugs.

Great video. Very informative and enjoyable to watch. You provide many good tips for doing this type of work.

Great Job!

Nice job. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Awsome presentation 👌

Real good one !!!

I like you using the screw lugs instead of the crimp on connectors. That way a DIY Does not have to have the special tool required to crimp the connector on to the end of the large gage wire. Nice personal touch, that your son and wife was there with you.

Great job. Funny wife.

I like to use plastic entry clamps/fittings… they work like Chinese finger cuffs and work great, they’re cheap and code compliant.

Great idea EMP proof

Great Video. Thank you for sharing

Gm Bengy very smart keep it up

haha it was killing me too nice work ✌🏻💯

I wish I had your skills. I would save a lot of $$. Keep up the good work!

Thx a lot for the vid. The CTs should be facing towards the panel not the grid.

Awesome job, brother!! Always very interesting, and you are knowledgeable.

Your idea for the main panel automatic transfer switch islanding is definitely technically possible as essentially that’s what the Anker switch is doing, it just was designed with the 50amp limit to keep costs down vs a system like Enphase’s Smart Switch which enables the autoswitch and microgrid formation. But Enphase costs 10x this solution AND when it directly interfaces with the main grid connection there are a bunch more regs/permitting issues vs an essential loans panel which is probably why they avoided it at first pass. I would bet that adding an Enphase Smart Switch and treating the Anker system as “generator” might work so long as Enphase plays nice (they’ve not had the best reputation interfacing with non-Enphase components).

The black coating on that wire is specifically made to be cut off so its a black or white wire. That's why it's just a thin cover nit actual insulation.

Camping knife = wire stripper 😊 Stranded wires connecting without ferrule to check tightened contacts 7 times. Ferrules cost approximately $4 for 250 pieces, but checking if stranded wires are tightened enough many times will be more interesting and time spending.

Loved this video. Would you mind making one on the rooftop solar integration feature? I bought this system, and have existing rooftop solar, but my electrician doesn't think the rooftop solar will work when the grid power is down

Crimps work well with low strand count(coarse) wire. Screw lugs with with low strand counts are easy to loosen simply by moving the cable back and forth. People say torque once and never again but the cable itself can turn the screw??? Gotta say Hmm...worries me a little bit. I see that with low cost VFD cable. Cable is good electrically but is soooo stiff that just moving it in the loosen direction loosens screws. In that case, IMO a crimp is better.

Yer an artist

Hi, great vid! 2 questions: 1.) Can you use other batteries with the solix? 2.) Has installing the lugs instead of the crimp ends essentially replaced ferrules? I dont see them in electrical dept. anymore... Old school diy-er...

How is the 50 amp feeder being protected from the battery back-up equipment to the sub-panel?

We are planning totally off grid. If we use the Anker power panel - with two F3800's, what will that schematic look like? No grid in. Pairing 3800's is done through the Power panel

Great video! That shutoff at the meter is handy. I’ve never had to do this but I was under the impression usually you have to cut the tag, open the cover, and pull the meter. Do most meters have a shutoff like yours?

question..... if you have a service box with a shut off switch and it is bonded. and you have a main box inside the house and connect a generator on it with a back feed and lock out switch. when you shut off the main box switch will the bonding on the service box still be good for the generator system ???????? or do you have to turn off the switch on the service box too.

Does the computer run on its own UPS? That blink, which is visible on your video, happens long enough for a desktop to crash or your NAS files to have corruption to occur. I have a big double conversion UPS, which is limited to all my hardware and specific lights around the house. This only works for about 30 min. Your setup is very interesting. I also love Anker stuff.

One of the things I have been trying to figure out about this sort of setup is when running two F3800's. If I want to charge from directly connected solar, would each 3800 need its own set of solar panels, or would 3800 #1 share charge with #2?

If the main does nit get turned off how are you not backfeeding to the grid in a power outage ? We would be using a interlock kit in a portable generator set up , another question is do you have to add a sub panel ? You can't just hook it up to a main breaker box ?

Smart panel video in the future i see

In the app…. Can you set an alarm that will tell you when it switches to the backup power?

I’m not an electrician so I don’t really know. …….. Can you spray paint the blk cable to white? Just a thought.

How long are the wires on those current clamps? I'm seriously considering this unit but I don't have room within 10-15' of my main panel to install the home power panel.

Any issues since installing?

Does having the Home Power Panel increase the total amps? The Solix 3800 is rated for 25 amps but you said a few times that the Home Power Panel can handle 50 amps. I have 1 Solix 3800 and am considering the Home Power Panel. If it increases the total amps, that would be a big benefit. I also have one expansion battery but that shouldn't chnage the total amps- just increases the watts. Thank you for the video! Very helpful!

I need to connect a smart home panel, however all of the videos and diagrams have the current transformers on one of two wires. All showing a 200amp circuit. My house has 4 wires as the 200 amps are spread across the multiple 100amp circuits. No matter what I attach the L1 current transformer to, the system tells me it’s not connected. Any idea how to fix this or what it should be connected to?

Is there a way to provide “whole home” backup instead of just the sub panel with the Solix?

Try buying colored electrical tape next time and just phasing the wires. A lot cheaper than buying 100 feet of white wire. I’m an electrician and trust me it’s code. All you have to do is mark the wire with the appropriate color. Also, these units are only running about 25 or 30 A. I ran number six and put it on a 70 amp breaker instead of running number four for 100 amp breaker

I think the arrow source is in the wrong way 23:01

I was under the impression all conduit ran inside was to be metal for grounding reasons.

Iin the countries of the former USSR, the multi-wire cable must be crimped.

Seems to be simpler if everything would just run off a battery generator at all times, and the battery just charges from the available energy, be it solar, turbine, and or grid. Then, when the power does fail, it wouldn't even be noticed until the battery is depleted. At least that's what I would want. I'd also want to get off the grid entirely by having my power managed to only use battery power and it is recharged by solar, wind, and or water turbines. These power companies have been stealing from customers long enough and it is time the consumers have the "power" to fight back. See what I did there ? As for Nolox, or whatever, I say just avoid aluminum wire completely. If you plan to buy a house, and cannot afford to rewire it, either stipulate they give you a rewire allowance, require them to rewire it, or don't buy the house. Learned that the hard way too. In a condo. It's nice to have "little helpers" With the rise of these batteries and such, I am getting away from combining grounds and neutrals, regardless if it main box or not. They should be separated just for an extra layer of safety assurance. Curious where you are. The information box says this was a month ago and you showed snow... It's been like summer last month here, which was April, as it is now May and up to 90 F degrees now. I've had a few problems with these wire clamps too. I think they changed the design. In my case, I'd tighten them down and the entire wire broke. Imagine not knowing or even thinking of that and trying to trouble shoot why something isn't working when put all back together. So yeah, another something that has been changed, because someone wasn't happy and had to fix something that wasn't broken, causing new problems for the rest of us. Oy vey ! Bigger boxes behoove the consumer. Always better to have more room than you need, than not enough. Also, for future where you might need more room.

“My OCD nature often times costs me a lot of time” “I’m going off of memory from a measurement I took yesterday” So which one is it? OCD or wing it?

Why would you just wrap it in a white tape it’s your home True

You should use antioxidant regardless. And definitely it’s aluminum wire. You should really stop giving people bad information. I’ve been an electrician 30 years.

Typical husband.... just leave the wife standing there.

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