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Kayaking John
Добавлен 18 окт 2011
My life through the lens of an iPhone . Kayaking , carpentry, woodworking, home improvements and who knows what all.
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Paddle up river with me 9/2/2024
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#kishwaukee river Labor Day 2024 #kayaking My technique for paddling up the Kish
So far so good with high wind
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#solar 4800 watt solar so far has held up to wind events
Bluetti AC300 system complete and thoughts of what I would do different
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Bluetti AC300 system complete and thoughts of what I would do different
8/7/2024 river report and remembering Michael
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8/7/2024 river report and remembering Michael
My version of a very popular adjustable solar rack
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My version of a very popular adjustable solar rack
My version of one very popular adjustable solar rack
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My version of one very popular adjustable solar rack
Thanks for the ride. I enjoyed your insight!
Philisphical John floating down river is the type of content I need. Share your wisdom.
Did you see the transmission underneath the bridge someone threw in?
Yes among other metal items. I think some one was magnet fishing
Hey John! We’ll be out tomorrow!
It was considerate of you to mention him, surely his friends will miss him.
Hi what is the minimum solar panel requirement to charge the AC300 with MC4 cables? Thank You.
I see nothing in the users manual about a minimum The AC300+B300 supports two PV inputs. Each individual input supports up to 12A and the charging voltage should be between 12-150V. The AC300+B300 can achieve a combined maximum of 2400W of total solar input.
Do you get 2400 watts per set up at peak sun?
I did when panels were brand new on a clear cool day I did. Now I don't.
I still have my Bluetti Ac300 but i'm using the Ecoflow Delta Pro Ultra now. It's a game changer in the solar world. I only use the AC300 now stricly for Multiple bad weather days in a row in situations where i would of had to fire up a gas generator, and whenever I have a super sunny day whatever extra power I have left over from my main system I just dump the power into that for the next bad weather situation.
I have my solar setup on the EG4 Brightmount Ground Solar Mounts with Two 6x6x10 posts cut in half using Six Hq195w Panels on it, with 8 East facing 460w Bifacial Panels and another 4 on the roof. The one thing you should get for your current setup is the Bluetti PV Step down module. It's worth it, with that you don't have to worry about the Volts coming in, You'll get the Max 2400 watts off each unit.
That video is completely senseless as background noise and the bad mic make it impossible to tell which is the Bluetti
Yes you have an amazing grasp of the obvious! I suck at making videos! Not sure why I do them to be honest. Something to break up the boredom of the winter months since I retired. Perhaps I will improve if and when I spend money for better equipment then just my iPhone.
I guess I’ve gone color blind now!
That’s a budgie
I forgot to mention to you you can upgrade to the AC 500 and run up to four B300s per inverter Hope this helps on your decision on weather to upgrade to 10000 watts over the 6000. ( the special cable can be purchased from Bluetti to run the B300s on the AC500)
Thanks John I’m running 6 x 250 watt Trina solar panels 3 x 3 in parallel running about 80 to 91 volts max on each array definitely works great over paneling making sure to stay well under 150 volts.
Lots of wires and cords. Thanks
Thanks
So beautiful ❤
Staying thirsty.
Happy 4th of July!
Ya man the slave and master, not being high lighted really messed me up too.
I set up the AC300+B300 about 5 weeks ago - not enough to power everything. I’m contemplating either building a few battery banks myself or buying a few deep cycle batteries to compliment the system. I can’t justify $3k per battery (Australia) from BLUETTI. Will likely get 4 All Black 500w solar panels but still undecided. Appreciate any advice guys.
Yes, equipment can get costly and 6 months later the same equipment can drop in cost. I see solar panels at Signature solar in Texas for 26 cents a watt now.
Today I saw an eagle and the flag was flying as I read the paper..Memories
Summer is here!..Thanks for the update!
WOW he's back 🤣 Glad you got it figured out John!
yes my USB port on laptop works off and on
The Best thing that you can get right now is the Bluetti PV Step Down Module. I bought one a couple months ago and the results Blew me away. It allowed me to Max out on Solar. With that PV step down Module you won't have to worry anymore about going over your voltage, it balances it for you
Looks great
Whew!😅 Thanks, got my 3rd battery today. This helped a lot.👍
Understood! Just let me know if you need anything else.
Hi from Italy, thanks for video. Trying to figure out why my ac500 has 10% battery charge drop in 8hrs at night in pure standby mode, ac/DC off. It works as UPS, grid charging only ar 20%< PV priority. Where is all this consumption coming from,? Bluetti is suggesting to disconnect panel and grid charge ... Come on, it's an ups, I cannot! Best setting to prevent this loss? Thx for tips
I have heard from other sources that 10% charge drop happens in standby mode. Funny how Bluetti answered you
@@johnkayak10 huge loss right? Thx for reply
'Promo sm' 😒
Great video!!
Did you ever find out what was going on with your inverter why I had shut down twice?????
No, not yet. I have been thinking of putting some kind of alarm on it that would go off if and when it does it again.
@johnkayak10 Did it not set a alarm code when it happened?
No @@billy2bob63
Reference to unit you mean inverter? Which one of yours is doing that the most recent one or the first on you got? So the inverter is off no warning or codes? With your setup being out in your garage you wouldn't notice unless you just happened to be out there. My setup is in my utility room with my washer and dryer which is right by my living room so if a alarm goes off I will hear it.
Its the first AC300 I bought. Just powers down for no reason. No codes
Nice setup, still you might want to go ahead and get that grounding rod. Should be easy for you to do
I ordered MC4 connectors thru Amazon and have just discovered what I received are H4 connecters, so now I’m trying to figure out what the differences are. This video helped make me aware of one aspect I never thought of - the release tool. Thank you!
Remember the colder the panel the more voltage u will produce. It had nothing to do with snow. It was the cold
Yep I need to remember to unhook the top two panels when it gets that cold next time. Thanks
@@johnkayak10 also remember u can charge the b300 on their own. Run 1 panel to charge the b300.
Good idea@@MethosFilms
@johnkayak10 😎 I believe each b300 is 200 watt max but if u got 4 hooked up to a ac 300 then that is up to 800 watts extra solar.
Will it work if I have 2 series of 85V and 14amps?
Each inverter has a max of 150 volts
@@johnkayak10 thank you for clarification. I got confused I thought I could only do a total of 150V for both.
My panels went into open circuit voltage a few weeks back when the temperature was 15 below. What I do now is just disconnect 1 panel at the top of each string while its real cold@@quickfingers5982
Solar panel voltage ( voc) will raise when its cold (below freezing) and drop when they are hot in the summer time. I have the same issue with my AC200max (145 max voc) once december rolls around I have to disconnnect panel #6 and just run 5 in series until the winter is over.
What was weird though was panels were covered in snow
@@johnkayak10 check the voc of your panels at like 6am when there in no sun and still dark
How the hell could it ever go over voltage with the panels snow covered! 🙄🤣😂🤣
My son said most likely it went into open circuit voltage . I think thats what happened because I got the same voltage reading on the screen error as when I have the mc4 cables not connected
Last week we got 3 inches of snow at my house here in Oklahoma and with my inverter set in PV priority setting I had a warning buzzer. It never set a code and the voltage from the panels was fine. Bright sunny morning so I went out and cleaned the snow off the panels and all was good. Was due to the snow on the panels!
@@billy2bob63 My wife calls my solar "my science experiment" because there always something to observe and figure out what I am observing
6 x in series is too much. You need to give about a 20% margin in calculated VOC verses the charge controller (the bluetti's) maximum input voltage. So 150V - (150 * 0.2) = 120V. 120V / 24.3V = 4.94 panels in series. So I think you can safely put 5 in series, but not 6. The panel VOC can also be exceeded in very cold sunny weather (colder weather increases solar panel output), and also when bright clouds are just exiting the sun and create really bright conditions for a short while. The bluetti will periodically run a MPPT sweep as well as stop drawing down the panels when the batteries are full, and both can temporarily allows the panels to go VOC or close to it, so if you are over-volting the error can occur under quite a varied number of conditions. As another alternative to keep the 6-panel series configuration, you can big a resistor between the "+" and the "-" of the solar panel feed, calculated to dissipate say 2-5W. So for example, a 2.7 KOhm 50W resistor would work. That's roughly 120V / 2700ohms = 0.044A. And (Power = I*I*R) 0.044 * 0.044 * 2700 = 5.2W. This will cut-down the VOC a bit and hopefully keep it in bounds of the Bluetti. OOPS (EDIT): 150V, not 120V. So maybe use a 4.7 KOhm 50W resistor. 150V / 4700 = 0.032A. 0.032 * 0.032 * 4700 = 4.8W. Perfect. A 50W resistor should have no trouble dissipating 5W in open-air without an additional heat sink beyond the aluminum casing it already has. Search "50W 4.7k resistor" on e.g. amazon or something. Look for aluminum-cased resistors. Make sure the value and wattage is correct. Find the correct resistor and that will do the job. Be careful if doing electronics to not accidentally short the solar and properly use heat shrink and electrical tape after soldering the wires to the resistor (etc). But the easiest solution is to drop the system down to 5 panels in series. -Matt
Thanks. Bluetti is who told me to do two strings of six. The panels were completely covered in snow when it happened. My so who is an electrical engineer told me for some reason the panels went into open circuit. Perhaps the snow?
@@johnkayak10 They will go into open-circuit of the power station or charge controller stops pulling power from the panels. The VOC voltage is just the voltage the panels produce when there is no electrical load on their output to pull it down. There are many reasons why the bluetti might have stopped or momentarily stopped pulling power from the panels. You can't depend on the power station (or any solar device) always providing a load for the panels. So when that happened the panels went to VOC and when the sun came back out again the VOC was high enough (even through the snow) that the bluetti got the over-voltage error and shut-down the solar input. -- Bluetti's tech support probably doesn't have much actual knowledge about their products. But in any-case, they are incorrect in this instance. Particularly in cold weather climates (cold increases solar panel efficiency), or with the added brightness from reflecting snow and clouds and such. Charge controllers, grid tie inverters, and power stations have two high-side voltage specifications. One is the maximum voltage for efficient MPPT operation, and the other is the abolute maximum voltage the device can tolerate on its solar input. Most power stations just have the absolute limit specified on their data sheets. In this case, 150V. You don't want the solar panels to get anywhere near that limit. The power station can detect the over-voltage and try to avoid damage by shutting down, but there is still a limit, not far above that specified maximum, where the passive voltage can permanently damage the unit. To be safe and to avoid error conditions like this, the sum of the panel's specified VOCs in series should not be higher than roughly 20% below the power station's maximum voltage specification. -Matt
OK thanks, I will do that.
Este es el único vídeo que encontrarás en todo RUclips para saber cómo cargar con paneles solares rígidos tu BLUETTI AC300+B300. ❤
Hello, I have AC300+B300 and I wanted to ask you a question about this. I think you mentioned it in a previous comment. To charge the battery I have two inputs, each with 1200. I read in a previous comment that you could use 24x100w or 12x200w. But could you use, for example, a 550w panel? And make a 4x550 connection? And thus have 2200W. Fanility in my case is to reduce the space as much as possible. I look forward to your help. thanks so much
Yes each of the inputs for each of the inverters on your AC300 can take a max of 1200 watts and max of 150 volts. So you could use 2 of the 550 panels hooked in series for each input. The watts are under the 1200 watts but you will need to calculate the volts. To do that , when panels are hooked in series for each panel you add the voltage of each panel. There should be a label on the back of your panels that will tell you their voltage. Add it and if your under 150 volts your good.
@@johnkayak10 I'm looking at a specific solar panel and these are its characteristics. Do you think it will work? Thank you very much for your time and response. Solar panel power: 550W • Solar panel cell type: Monocrystalline PERC • Solar panel dimensions: 2279 x 1134 x 35 mm • Maximum power voltage: 41.95V • Short Circuit Current ISC: 13.98A • Maximum IMP output amps: 13.12A • Open circuit voltage: 49.80V • Solar panel working voltage: 12V • Solar panel weight: 27.2 Kg • Solar panel frame: Anodized Aluminum / Silver • Mechanical warranty: 12 years
Yes working voltage is 12 V so two hooked in series will be 24 V You will be fine @@CoteTattoo
@@johnkayak10 Thank you very much for your answer. I am not an electrician and it is very difficult for me to understand all the technicalities and acronyms when we refer to amperes, watts, wh... I get very confused but I am trying to understand it. If I can ask you a few more questions I would be super grateful to you. I'm reading and rereading the BLUETTI user manual and I can't "figure it out." I'm very sorry if these are actually super basic questions. Specifically, I am reading POINT 10, CHARGING METHODS FOR AC300+B300. HOW TO CHARGE WITH SOLAR PANEL. And this point i), in one of the examples they mention the BLUETTI D300S. When the following is true: 150V > PV VOC > 550 V is when you should use it. I understand that for the aforementioned I do not need this device, do I? After this, I can see in the example ii) VOC of PV < 150 V and the solar system is > 1200W I have to turn ON the PV Parallel Enable. But in a previous point, it tells me that I have to turn OFF the PV Parallel Enable if the maximum power is 1200. I am super super confused, I don't understand anything.
Not sure exactly what the manual is saying there? But to make it simple for you your AC300 has a cable that has a pigtail with four mc4 cables. That is the power PV input cable. Connect the round end into the PV input on the AC300. Then two are mark PV1 (red and black) and PV2 9red and black) those connect the solar panels to the 2 inverters in the AC300. So hook two of your panels in series and connect them to the PV 1 wires and do the same with the other two panels and hook them to the PV 2 wires .@@CoteTattoo
We have a Brutus. Love it.
Thanks for this information!
What is your solar set up? I just got a ac 300. I wanna max out as much solar as I can.
I have both my AC300s maxed out with 2 12 100watt panels. One for each inverter wired in two strings of 6 panels in series and then the 2 strings wired in parallel to be 120 volts to be under the 150 volt max
This video shows my current setup ruclips.net/video/4o7Emj-J8o0/видео.htmlsi=a1Lq6fSeD7rNGpN4
@johnkayak10 thanks man. 😊
I love my rio because its like a sea kayak, Fits me like a glove and can get a nice stroke.
How big are you? Height, weight, pants inseam
@@puregsr I am light weight skinny 5,7 116pounds and fits me great i feel connected with the boat, I am selling it but its a good boat i just feel like sea kayaking is something ill switch over to once i am old and retire from k1s
Do you have the plans for the rolling PV racks? They look perfect to both swivel and move locations on tbe yard. Great info, thanks.
I did this one a year ago. Let me find the video explains how modified them ruclips.net/video/nHyVf7M12I8/видео.htmlsi=uKNWJCWg6Oz2CFOz
This is the change to them I did ruclips.net/video/4o7Emj-J8o0/видео.htmlsi=Yeuqdr_irr5iUOKQ
God bless you for doing a thorough report, I just found your videos and I dont want to get the bluetti panels as they are too expensive. I know you probably made a video before on how you connected your renogy panels to the bluetti ac 300 but; Could you tell me the exactly parts, cords, and adapters is needed for connecting the renogy panels to the bluetti? as I have a feeling they are not directly compatible, I apologize sincerely if I missed that video. Do you use series or parallel connections and up to how many panels can you connect before you have to start a new sequence? I also have a feeling if I connect 24 panels that's 100 watts I may fry the bluetti?
Yes when I started the solar info can be overwhelming. We learn as we go. The AC300 has two inverters so there are two sets of MC4 cables that combines to the plug that goes into the bluetti. From there I have number 10 mc4 cables going from my garage out to my garden where I have two arrays of 100 watt panels. Each array is 12 100 watt panels they are renogy panels. Each inverter of the two inverters that the ac300 has can input up to 150 volts. To be under that my arrays are wired 6 panels in series and then using a Y connector connecting the the two 6 panel series strings together in parallel. That gives you 120 volts. Here is a video I did back when I had just the one AC300. Hope it helps ruclips.net/video/5uJ9I6ls6ik/видео.htmlsi=no4BWiibAiy11upI
Merry Christmas 🎄
Merry Christmas to you James
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