[RE-wrenches] Head scratcher

2022-10-18 Thread Kristopher Schmid via RE-wrenches
Hi All, I am hoping that someone on the list can help me think this one through. I have a client that builds tiny portable homes. He is working on one where his client supplied the solar modules, charge controller, batteries, inverter, etc. They bought them through some dot com. The tiny home

Re: [RE-wrenches] Head scratcher

2022-10-18 Thread Matt Sherald via RE-wrenches
Hi Kris, I think you want the "shore power" to feed into a 240V load center on the tiny home. You might have to add this panel as part of the power inlet equipment. I'd feed the minisplit off this 240V panel and subfeed 120V to the AC IN on the inverter. In turn, the inverter can supply a load

Re: [RE-wrenches] Head scratcher

2022-10-18 Thread Kristopher Schmid via RE-wrenches
That makes sense, Matt. Thanks. I was missing the easier solution. Shine On! Kris Schmid Legacy Solar, LLC 137 West 1st Avenue Luck, WI 54853 www.legacysolar.com 715-653-4295 NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional Licensed Wisconsin Master Electrician BSEE On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 1:05

Re: [RE-wrenches] Head scratcher

2022-10-18 Thread Maverick Brown via RE-wrenches
I would install a main panel (outdoor surface mount?). The main panel is fed by an RV cord, 240 V 50 amp. The main panel has a double pole 20 amp breaker for the air conditioner. The main panel also has a 120V 30 amp breaker for the inverter loop. When the tiny house is plugged into the grid, th

[RE-wrenches] Outback with a 48V Lithium battery

2022-10-18 Thread Wayne Irwin via RE-wrenches
Hello All, Has anyone successfully coupled Outback with a 48V Lithium battery? We have only ever used Rolls FLA's. While we've "successfully" installed Enphase (tedious), we prefer Outback's VFXR series for a variety of reasons including commissioning and redundancy. Any experience/input on the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback with a 48V Lithium battery

2022-10-18 Thread Maverick Brown via RE-wrenches
I’ve successfully paired a few different lithium brands with both Radian and FX. Outback has a white paper to get you started. Here’s a PDF that points to the different lithium brands. I’ve successfully paired other non-white listed lithium batteries following the same guideline. https://www.

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback with a 48V Lithium battery

2022-10-18 Thread Tuss, Lones via RE-wrenches
Hi Wayne Below is a link to the OBack website. There are several white papers at the link below. https://www.outbackpower.com/resources/documents/app-notes Thank you for using OutBack/. Take Care From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of Wayne Irwin via RE-wrenches Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 12:27 P

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback with a 48V Lithium battery

2022-10-18 Thread Michael Morningstar via RE-wrenches
Yes, many Radian systems with Discover AES and Helios using the Lynk II gateway. Lynk II takes care of AGS and activating heat pads. On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 12:27 PM Wayne Irwin via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Hello All, > > Has anyone successfully coupled Outback w

Re: [RE-wrenches] Head scratcher

2022-10-18 Thread Vince McClellan via RE-wrenches
Hi Kris I've successfully used a double pole double throw relay to handle this issue with a couple of solar power trailers that I've built over the years. You will need to bridge the inverter side of the transfer switch so that the 120V single-phase inverter powers both the L-1 and L-2 buses of you

Re: [RE-wrenches] Head scratcher

2022-10-18 Thread Rebekah Hren via RE-wrenches
Also, it's unlikely in a tiny home, but double-check there are no multiwire branch circuits. Neutral could be overloaded once L1 and L2 are the same. There is a required label that states this in Article 710.15(C). On Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 5:09 PM Vince McClellan via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback with a 48V Lithium battery

2022-10-18 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches
Lones, I did not see any batteries that were closed loop between outback and the battery BMS on your link. Did I missed something? Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060 On 2022-10-18 2:0

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback with a 48V Lithium battery

2022-10-18 Thread frenergy via RE-wrenches
Hi Wayne,             We've done about a dozen Outback systems with SimpliPhi  batteries.  SimpliPhi has integration guides with well thought out  and complete settings to program OB Inverters and CC's the play properly with SimpliPhi batteries (24 and 48 volt). Straight-forward stuff. Bill