Shipping container house — Installing charge controller & inverter for solar panels e-book – www.buildshippingcontainerhouse.com Blog – www.containerhouse.wordpress.com.
A short video of the wiring on my SPV.
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James Baxter says:
April 23, 2015 at 12:31 am (UTC 0)
You need to look at mwands.com
Jon Offgrid says:
April 23, 2015 at 12:58 am (UTC 0)
FlowerPowerNZ says:
April 23, 2015 at 1:04 am (UTC 0)
I suggest some space (1″ is fine) between the batteries to aid cooling. You
made a good choice switching to 48V.
off grid kid says:
April 23, 2015 at 1:29 am (UTC 0)
Thanks for this doing this vid!!!!!!!! It inspired me to build the system i
am working on now and to do my youtube channel. You are AWESOME. Thanx!
Bob Vance says:
April 23, 2015 at 1:32 am (UTC 0)
Nice setup. Have you checked out my container? I got the outback 60. It
seems to work fine although I dont have a refrigerator.
Felton Rolle says:
April 23, 2015 at 1:37 am (UTC 0)
Hi friend, trust all is well! I think one can use a higher panel voltage to
charge a lower voltage battery bank! Outback FM 80, panels wired 48volts
charging 12 volt battery bank! This will work just fine, should we keep the
incoming voltage below the controllers upper limits; which I believe is
80amps. NICE SYSTEM!
samuel ofosu says:
April 23, 2015 at 2:30 am (UTC 0)
Nice,I love it
kerrager says:
April 23, 2015 at 2:54 am (UTC 0)
Excellent video, thanks for sharing with us! Cheers
End Time Events says:
April 23, 2015 at 3:48 am (UTC 0)
Silence!!!! thats the best sound! so why are you recking it with ice??? LOL
Decebal825 says:
April 23, 2015 at 4:33 am (UTC 0)
very nice, Had a very similar setup as you made for my Father with outback
80A charger 8 Deep Cycle batteries in 48v only difference is i had an
Australian 48volt inverter. had an electrician setup the board for us but
we did the rest of the wiring. works great love the Outback charger soo
flexible in possible panel configurations
Trusten1984 says:
April 23, 2015 at 5:22 am (UTC 0)
Look interesting, what did the law said, to connecting high voltage, in
your own home….etc. !
giverecords says:
April 23, 2015 at 5:35 am (UTC 0)
Hi Paul, thanks for the video! Great info. I’m in the process of planning
my off grid project and I’m trying to decide if I should go Outback 24v or
48v inverter charger. I know you changed from 12v to 48v. Even though my
system will be small to start (2 to 4 250w panels, 2 to 4 Deep Cycle
batteries ), Trying to decide if I should go straight for 48v or is 24v a
good way to go for small off grid?
Rc Jr says:
April 23, 2015 at 6:32 am (UTC 0)
Can you give me the name and place you got the components you laid out on
the board? 6:02 in your video. Love your setup. I will go with same
inverter as you. I also made mistake of buying wrong size inverter.
Mark Waite says:
April 23, 2015 at 7:24 am (UTC 0)
Very interesting video!
Draugr Hessler says:
April 23, 2015 at 8:19 am (UTC 0)
It makes me sick. I have always wanted a setup like yours but the cost has
always been too high. I made my own panels and scrounged around long enough
to get a bunch of old car & truck batteries to trade in on some nice 6 volt
deep cycle bats. I have 8 total. Then I did what you did and bought a cheap
Chinese charge controller. The charge controller crapped out of course.
Being disabled makes it very hard to get the right equipment. When I saw
that Outback charge controller and then the inverter I thought I might
drool a little. I’m sure you did a lot of research before purchasing
anything after the Chinese charge controller fail. If I may, would you care
to tell me what prompted you to go with an Outback instead of say a Midnite
controller? I can’t get anyone to give me a run down on the benefits of one
over the other. But that outback inverter makes my little Aimes 12 volt
5000 watt inverter look like a toy. And you did answer a question that has
been on my mind for a long time. Does the inverter being on though under no
load still draw batteries from my batteries? Of course you answered that. I
wish I had done more homework. When a company is trying to sell you these
things they tend to leave out little details like (oh by the way,. If you
leave the inverter on it will eventually run down your batteries even if it
isn’t connected to any load). I just need to try and find a way to coke up
with about 10G. I can make my own panels but the inverter and charge
controller are something else. One other question if you do not mind. since
it has been about two years since this video posted, how is everything
holding up?
William Schreck says:
April 23, 2015 at 9:00 am (UTC 0)
Nice video. Very well explained so anyone even myself as a newbe to solar
can learn and understand. Thank You keep them going. Bill S.
busabaybe says:
April 23, 2015 at 9:29 am (UTC 0)
Yea i checked it out i need a mate
HANS NIELSEN says:
April 23, 2015 at 9:36 am (UTC 0)
busabaybe says:
April 23, 2015 at 10:03 am (UTC 0)
Spoke to a tecnition who deals with fixing these outback inverter charges
he told me the mate wont help me diagnose any problems cause i have no led
lights at all lit up on the outside of inverter. i took the top caseing of
it with the battery conected and the tec went over the led lights on the
control board with me one at a time .one main one not lit up the remote
power led D21all other leds that had to be on were on. there was a couple
of leds on the board not lit up the drive leds4213 he wasnt concernd with
mabee they are on with a genny or mains input anyways it needs a new contrl
board and that could blow to if i put it in myself which is an easy job no
refunds on the board the board is on the end standing upright with the
inverter flat on the table VFX3048E R61
busabaybe says:
April 23, 2015 at 10:08 am (UTC 0)
Havent got a generator no mains power conected only useing inverter .the
inverter not working now dont know why i think i need a mate to self
diagnose it no led lights at all
andre Saintp says:
April 23, 2015 at 11:01 am (UTC 0)
you need to make space between batteries so they can cool easier and they
will also last longer
christopherjspiteri says:
April 23, 2015 at 11:26 am (UTC 0)
Thanks for all your videos, mistakes and knowledge.
busabaybe says:
April 23, 2015 at 12:20 pm (UTC 0)
Hi ive got an outback 3048 do you know how to make it go into sleep mode i
can turn it on and of but no sleep mode do i need a mate for it to work
thanks
Bio Power says:
April 23, 2015 at 12:27 pm (UTC 0)
You should leave a gap between the batteries for cooling. Also it sounds
like the mate is required to control the charge controller in your video,
It is not needed at all if you are just using the one charge controller.
Paul Chambers says:
April 23, 2015 at 12:43 pm (UTC 0)
Hi askmeaboutmyvolt, You message sounded like you were a little stuck with
a kit that does not seem to plug together easily. If you need a little
advice send me your email and I will reply personally. I am sure we will
figure out your solution. Let me know the components you have and what you
expected it to do. Cheers Paul
Debabrata Mandal says:
April 23, 2015 at 12:45 pm (UTC 0)
if u dont wanna invest in mc4, get a 125w soldering iron & solder the
joints… nothing beats a soldered joint for a permanent setup like yrs &
then instead of tapes, use hot glue
lakshmi narayanan says:
April 23, 2015 at 1:08 pm (UTC 0)
Didn’t you use any MC4 Y connectors
M Deshpande says:
April 23, 2015 at 1:50 pm (UTC 0)
I am from Positronic Pune. We have solution for your problem. Are you using
Micro inverters?