You have the force of at least 4x 5 watt fans in there. With them blowing down, it slightly increases the internal pressure. Because heat rises, as you pointed out. This helps prevent ingress of dust and foreign materials in through other spots on the enclosure. They are finally acknowledging that dust build up is the main source of death of a fully working system. Parts overheat and can't dispel their heat as intended.
Look more like a server that you mount horizontally in a rack. Pull air from the front and expel in the back. but that one is reverse since the power switch is in the heat exit.
I tried white backgrounds for thumbnail, then black - the lawn seemed to work best lol For the install I have to repaint the wall so it looks like a clean install at the farm
Classic ABC123 :P Actually Orient power have been VERY responsive about this and working with me. They have offered the code BUT i have new plans now... it's going to the farm with a 25kwh battery!
Great to see Orient Power batteries available for purchase in Australia! This unit looks to be the same as the MPP Solar MPI Hybrid 5.5K (considering it connects to the same Solarpower software it is most definitely a rebadge). Here's a secret that might help you try this factory password ;) zAxe12_ObB8ya I actually had a bug that was never resolved with the MPP unit I used and it will be interesting if your unit has the same behaviour. Using grid tie with backup (ii) mode I had this wired into the grid for solar export + had a battery connected. During the day it would work perfectly charging the battery with solar at my set amperage, using leftover energy to run the house + exporting the rest to the grid. However when the sun set it would never automatically change to running the house off the battery so at night I was still drawing from the grid! Unfortunately I also experienced the high idle power consumption but for the price there isn't really another all in one solution :(
wow some great info there, i'll try that password when I get it installed for sure!!! Bang for buck these style of inverters I think they go really really well..
It looks like they have fuses in series with the MOVs inside the heat shrink., which means the surge protection would not work after the fuse had blown and you would not know it was no longer working.
I wonder what year this is, have you been able to find a year on the pcb? because they stopped selling that model years ago on chinese websites like aliexpress and so on because I thought I'd buy one 6 years ago.
I sure miss your 18650 builds. Maybe do a small one with 2023 tech? Been searching around for a solid AC powered spot welder and the good balancing BMS for use in a 24 volt pack. I’m not up to date. If possible at least some reviews of those products.
I don't miss making/building them lol I don't have plans to go out of my way to make content - just need to enjoy my spare time. (also HATE hearing my own voice over and over while editing hehe )
Hi there been scrolling through all you videos to see if you have heard or tried Highstar cells, was hoping someone new a little about Highstar , seems to be one of the largest cell makers in China.
I have a different brand of these, the 5kW version that supports 900V input, Dual mppt controller hybrid. sadly it can't officially be grid connected due to paperwork as the manufacturer company didn't want to pay for it to be on the list for 2023 :'( even though it's allowed up until then :/ Sigh
This one can't be legally connected even though they allude to it in the marketing & software. Still a bloody good inverter and many I've talked to just don't care and install anyway - I won't be one of those!!! That said it's almost installed 100% off grid with a few little cool toys.
I really want to know why they draw so much power at idle. I'd like to put a clamp meter around different components and narrow it down to see what exactly is drawing the power. I'm suspicious its the cheap inverter boards. Its a real shame. As 1.7kwh a day is a lot for someone like me who lives in the UK, in the dead of winter, itll draw more power than the solar would produce.
It's just the price bracket I guess, My PIP inverters are the same ish power draw, in winter here you can see the batteries not charging as much, here it's a few extra panels needed to cover the self consumption. Would be good to do some real math and work out losses across the load range.
No... it seems it doesn't comply - destroyed my idea for install and upgrade here! BUT i gota plan and it's going to be not only awesome - it's going to be 10000% functional!
Austria, you have gotten the austrian version with VDE whatever, the german norm of the club german engineers. Austria, not Australia might be a funny explanation, but I have seen that UI before, the symbols in the panel an what not.
oi Pete, same software as my giant power 3kw inverters... and obvious its MPP Solar built too..... maybe MPP trying to get rid of their bad name with a new name....lol
They all buy from Voltronic Power voltronicpower.com/en-US/Product/PV-Inverter/On-Grid-with-Energy-Storage-Inverter and rebrand - difference between all the companies is how they deal with the warranty. YEARS ago GiantPower had their inverters on the approved inverter list for about 2 years, but that really added to the price of the grid connected ones.
Love all your videos I left you a message about my renogy inverters x2 that needs fixing you left me a message that you live at forest lake well I don't live that far away I live at redbank plains so I'm wondering what is your address so I can drop them off thanks Peter
Happy to take a look but I assure you I've never successfully repaired an inverter for any length of time.. Kinda sucks but time it takes v result it's bloody cheaper to buy new especially due to the hole safety factor
