Build a 3,000W Off-grid Solar System in 30 Min! Natural Disaster, Grid Down, RV and More
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*Does off-grid solar confuse you?*
Check out my DIY friendly website for solar system blueprints and current product recommendations, and so much more!
www.mobile-solarpower.com
*Join our DIY solar community*
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www.diysolarforum.com
*Check out my Book*
Best-selling and beginner-friendly guide to 12V off-grid solar!
amzn.to/2Aj4dX4
*My Favorite Online Stores for DIY Solar Products:*
*Signature Solar*
Offgrid One-Stop-Shop. Best Value 48V LiFePO4, Victron and Offgrid Specific Heat Pumps:
www.signaturesolar.com/?ref=h-cvbzfahsek
*Current Connected*
SOK, Victron, Mr.Cool Heatpumps and High Quality Components. Fantastic customer support:
currentconnected.com/?ref=wp
*Epoch Batteries*
My favorite high-quality 12V battery:
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*Renogy*
A classic 12V solar store that has been around for ages! DC to DC Chargers and more!
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*Rich Solar*
Renogy's biggest competitor! Similar products, but at a better price:
richsolar.com/?ref=h-cvbzfahsek
*Battery Hookup*
Cheap cell deals
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5% off code: diysolar
Dear sir
Has somebody that lives in South Florida, central air condition is absolutely necessary.
Can you show us, The portable system like this that was actually run the whole condominium.
I also heard that you can put something called a soft start on your central air conditioner and then you actually can run it off of battery without having an upgraded version
What do you recommend, building a system that can run the unit, or altering and unit so it can run on that system
those signature solar prices 😆
i can get a 6kw off grid growatt where i live for 50 dollars more
what is it with solar prices and americans, i live in denmark we have the highest taxes on earth.
dont use tax as a excuse
One issue i see is that a weak person could not move it around easily. Perhaps you could design a 4-wheeled version.
Love the videos!
I want to build this system, but I want it to be as weather resistant as possible. What box could I put it in that has some rigidity?
Will, I need a 24v version for a Sailboat...Which all in one solar charge inverter should I use? EG4 nolonger has a 24v version.
Will I recommend our viewers watch your older videos very often....So I appreciate you making videos like this. I always mention the newer videos tend to review new tech.....but your older blueprint and beginner videos are GOLD.....a gem like this mixed in is a great way to get newbies started....so thank you. Best wishes
This is how to help and educate the Solar enthusiasts. Will explains, talks about different setups, scenarios for use, cost, size, and talks about the resources (forum) If you need help. Wishing him much success in his endeavors
Can you share the RUclips links to those videos you refer to? I'm new to this. Thanks
When we began our off-grid adventure, I discovered your channel and followed along for a year or so before we finally bought our property and began building our own homestead. The very first thing we did was to build a solar shed before even beginning our house build. We followed your easy directions for the EG4 6500Ex split phase system, installed it in a few hours, wired in our breaker panel and added a couple of outlets for our power equipment. The most difficult part was just finding a good spot for our solar panels initially. Over two years later and we've been completely off-grid the entire time without a single second of down time, while our neighbors have experienced about 6 power outages of more than a few hours in that time (we're in the snow belt of New York). We have your great instructions from your forums along with the photos and instructions to thank. We APPRECIATE all you do and if you want to see the videos of our solar setup, we've got those along with our build videos on our channel. THANKS!
Thats great. I am really debating between multiple victron mppts for my system or a EG4 which would be alot simpler with the 500 volt PV input. So you EG4 is still going strong 2 years later? Do you think the mppt part of the EG4 manages the solar panels efficiently?
@@burneraccount3159 I really couldn't say for certain, but I'm guessing the mppt electronics are pretty standard and EG4 builds a pretty good unit. (Relying upon Will's assessments for most of my equipment). I keep the air filters clean, plenty of airflow space, and we're in a cooler, northern environment so we don't get too many really hot days above 85 or 90, so the units seem to run pretty efficiently. My panels are about 500' away, so the only thing I really lose any efficiency on is in the wiring (I'm using 10 AWG which was the recommended size for the distance I ran the wires). All in all, I've had outstanding service from all of the components and I followed Will's recommendations for the hardware all the way. I DO check wiring for loose connections and other issues regularly to insure everything remains in good condition.
@@AlAndValOffGrid thanks for the info!
I'm on that same journey now! Just got our 1st shipping container, a 20' and it's gonna be my battery storage and power supply to our 3 40' container home.
Built one of these last year after seeing your video and just used it to power my deep freeze when we moved. 36 hours in the back of a moving truck and it was down to 30%. Kept us from having to give away our frozen food before the move. 👍
Love your videos, Will. I am fascinated by new power technologies. I'm 74, disabled. but I can build this! Just need to sell some stuff in the attic!😄
The awesome part about using a setup like this in the event of a natural disaster like a hurricane is that you don't need to wait for the wind and rain to die down like you would with a gas generator before you are able to have power. You can keep this system staged inside your house during a hurricane and plug in your refrigerator, tv, and lights within minutes of the power going out. I used a smaller but sufficient setup after losing power during Hurricane Milton. Having these comforts made the situation much less stressful.
Yes sir, I used this setup during/after hurricane Milton, I was playing COD & running my fridge while everyone else in my apt was tossing their food
That's awesome!! .. so what did u run on this system? Tv...what size. Xbox or Playstation (not sure if one has a bigger draw off the load) any other things u had plugged in😊
@ I ran a 55” QLED tv with a PS5, I think around 300ish watt draw, my fridge averages 1.5kw per day, & then I did use it to run my air fryer for bout 12 min.
Internet cut out at 2am & I worked the next day so about 1kw for the gaming & 3.5kw for the fridge. Power was back on in just over 2 days and my battery died after 48 hours 👍
I built this last year and it has been tremendous. I use it to supplement the pv charging on my 3 Bluetti AC 200P's. I used an 1800w power strip but only charge two units at a time. I have it hooked up to 6 340w panels. The panels bring in enough solar to run both charging blocks for the Bluettis and still put a charge into the EG4 battery. It was simple to build. Thanks for the videos. You are the man!
Mind if I ask how much total cost with the solar panels?
@@jesseday6090 The inverter was $675 and the 48 volt battery was $1100. I got them from Signature Solar on a free shipping deal. I bought used Q cell 340 watt solar panels and I only paid about $40 each for them from a private seller. I actually bought about 24 and sold the extras, which made mine almost free. The Bluetti AC200P's were an average of $800 each. They were purchased directly from Bluetti. I bought them after Bluetti had come out with the 200 Max and 200L versions so they sold them super cheap to get rid of them.
Honestly I love your educational videos… I designed the simple setup for my lil boat and now I’m going bigger and better thanks to you… keep up the great work… I totally freak my hubby out when I start DYIng… you’ve been a great great help at it…
This is EXACTLY the system I put in my cabin. Wow. Awesome. Major upgrade. Changed my life at the cabin. Thank you Will.
Will, I did the same thing after watching your video on this. I also installed this system in my deer stand with solar panels. Both systems are outstanding. Have a blessed day.
You're the BEST!!! I don't know why but you haven't showed up in my suggested feed in a while. You're an excellent teacher, videos are always excellent. We've got to get you over a MILLION!! Thanks again
Will, thank you for the countless videos that never let me down. It is so good that we have folks like you and while I’m at it I want to thank your parents for instilling such great qualities into you. I wish you and your family the best.
After watching your original demo on this unit, I built one and it has run flawlessy. I put 6 of those eg4 batteries on it and use it slow charge my ev car. Works great. Thanks for all your videos. It really made it easy and sparked the interest to build one for ourselves.
I also built one of these last year after watching your video. It is sooooo easy. Don't be intimidated! I'm 57 years young, female, with no help. Thanks Will!!! How about turning this system into a 240 volts to run my well pump? Water is Life! How would I do that?
I second this question.
You'll want to upgrade your inverter to an EG4 6000XP
buy two of the 3kw or 1 of the 6000xp
Thanks to you Will Prowse, I had the courage to build my own. I used the EG for 3000 and then the EG 448 V 100 amp server rack batteries. I had a friend tell me that the 6 foot 14 gauge cord. I used to hook to AC was too small. And he felt the 14 gauge 1800+ W power strip was too small. I went ahead and plugged it in and let it run and then turned the battery on and let it charge and it seems to be working. I hope to use this in a safety and gear wagon when several of us adaptive mountain bikers go on bicycle packing tours. Thank you so much.
Next build on the list is a PV pergola using by facial solar panels to run our freezers and fridge as well as maybe an AC/DC mini split for the living room.
i made 2 of these and it has been enough for me to run a mini fridge AC and wifi... just about as easy as it gets
Been using one of your older setups for about 3 years now, going strong.
I never have used his “plans” but I’ve learned a lot via the videos and his diysolarforum website.
It’s pretty interesting that he explains everything for easy understanding by folks who don’t have any prior electrical experience. That’s a skill!
I have a fair amount of knowledge with electrical systems but most people do not. Great information either way.
I never have used his “plans” but I’ve learned a lot via the videos and his diysolarforum website.
It’s pretty interesting that he explains everything for easy understanding by folks who don’t have any prior electrical experience. That’s a skill!
I have a fair amount of knowledge with electrical systems but most people do not. Great information either way.
Do you solar charge? I’m about to buy the parts to build this system, but I also want to have solar charge capabilities. I’m buying 5 of the 405w bifacial panels recommended on Will’s page. I just want to make sure I have all my math and understanding right before I pull the trigger on hooking it up.
I am about to buy a service cart (4 wheels) from Harbor Freight Tools. I bought up a bunch of 12V 100AH batteries for the bottom shelf and plan to have all the goodies on the top. This will make the whole unit mobile as all get out.
I think about how many people you’ve made solar accessible as a matter of knowledge, Will - it’s a massive positive impact. Well done, and per usual, great video. ☀️⚡️👏
You are my only source for all things solar.
I'm not sure if I said it before, but thank you so much for all you've taught me. Before these all in one's, with your videos to help, I assembled my own system. Now it's easy, but I wouldn't trade the experience of learning the ins and outs of the individual components. Again, thank you!
Thanks Will. I built one of these 3 years ago when I started building my house instead of setting up a temporary power pole. It worked great. I ran a compressor table saw and chop saw all at the same time no problem. Then I wired my house so that I can connect it to a critical loads panel. And prewired for solar. My only mistake was that I used a growwatt inverter that can't be plugged directly into the wall. But, in general I think this is the perfect set up for many people.
My power was out today for about 6 hours. Makes putting one of these together sound like a good idea.
Thanks!
Thank you!!
I watched your old video like this yesterday and was pricing parts. Thanks for updating it!
You know Will, everything you show, I want to go buy it.
I have a pretty good arsenal by now, because I watched your channel since the early days, and everything works very well.
I live in an area where we get storms and outages, and I am the only one who has lights and power, without firing up the good ol' generator.
My electric bill averages under $90 a month, and everything at home is all electric . Thank you!
I built this using the last video you made on this setup it worked through Helene and Milton thank you will!
If one were really worried they could use a power strip with a built in breaker.
I hope to built a simple one like this for my mountain cabin for emergency backup. It's amazing we have both the access to information to build these systems and the affordable hardware.
I've had mine running my small home for over a year now
I love it
Thanks Will. I built one of the systems you recommended a couple years ago(6500EX-48/EG4-LL batteries)installed in a mobile rack. Love it! Just trying to figure out how to utilize my 14 panels on my roof(net metered). I have some extra panels that I can use though. Have spread the word on these. Very helpful.
This is it, I'm finally diving into solar. No more diesel genset for me. Thanks for this!
I’m glad you re-posted about this set up. I’ll be sure to post something on the forum because I do have questions.
I'd love to see more videos for RV power. For example a box like this one, but also made to take input from an alternator.
Yes, I would love to see this too. I have a Transit and would love the option to charge from solar, shore or CCP. What is needed, how to do it correctly and safely, pros, cons, etc. 🙏
@WillProwse. I think a fun challenge for you would be to configure and build a system like this that is compatible with the Ecoflow 5kw Power kit. Plug and play where you use your vehicles own alternator and have the best option for AC. I would love to see what your brain comes up with. 🙏
Yes! Please make more videos about this system.
He already has
@guns4786 I know he made an earlier video about building this system. Have you watched this video. He said that he should make more videos about this system. That is what I am commenting on.
@ I know, I did watch it. I was just letting you know that there are currently more videos that show this build in more detail. Didn’t know if you knew that or not. Wasn’t trying to be smart.
@guns4786 Thank you for the clarification.
I used this inverter to build an off grid shed. I'm using 42 (in stacks of 7) Nissan leaf g1 battery modules with the bms/breaker kit techdirectclub used to sell a few years back, I had them laying around from a previous setup so I just reused them. I have 6 270w solar panels in series to charge the system, the whole setup has been flawless. Currently it's running a POE switch, 2 security cameras, 2 IR lights, an Alexa, and a wifi router 24/7. I've also ran an electric chain saw, shop vac, circular saws and other power tools, this thing has ran it all with no issues. My battery is always full by noon, thanks for suggesting this inverter.
What inverter is it?
@@LiquidPlacidity The one in the video, the EG4 3kW Off-Grid Inverter. Awesome inverter for the price.
@@jfig4891 thanks!!
WHOA!!! I never knew the powor of supplemental IR light. Thanks. I'm inspired
@jfig4891 would you say your ~20kwh battery capacity is necessary for you? I’m working on building out my shed off grid but with only every once in awhile usage of a job site table saw, maybe power some outdoor strong led lights, and a few batteries for tools, so wasn’t sure if I needed the same capacity as yours. I guess I could always expand this system if I wanted….
Everyone needs one of these in their garage or somewhere. Ideally using it to make your money back. Plug in your freezer and sump pump and never have to worry about when a power outage occurs.
This is the system I built and use in my class A motorhome about a year ago. I love that EG4 all in one inverter! I went with LiFePO4 prismatic cells because they're far cheaper than server rack batteries.
Looking foward to the EG4 12000XP review. Excellent work Will.
Best content on RUclips! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, skills, and experience with us! I appreciate you.
I use this setup mainly to power a 1 HP irrigation pump and even though I built a tiny shed for it that's technically too small for ideal ventilation it hasn't had any issues after going through its first summer.
Incredible video, thank you. I'm going to be building one of these with 800 watts of solar to trickle charge my Tesla at home.
This is the exact setup the engineer from Signature Solar threw me out the door with when I went into their office and asked for their BEST recommendation. They did sell me a separate charger for the battery as I was intending to use the system with no solar cells while traveling the USA in my car. Took me about 30 minutes to put together. Only weird thing is the inverter’s default output is 50 Hertz until you can plug the actual inverter into a 60 Hertz power source. Great video, Will. I agree with everything you said 👍.
Do you charge this with your car battery while driving? If, what are you using?
Good Morning Will ! Thank You. Have a Great Day. TAKE CARE..
Awesome video, Will! I just installed an EG4 3K a few days ago. They are awesome 😊😊
I made a 300ah portable 3000 eg4 unit. Powerful and I use it all the time. I brought it to a reptile show and powered all the tables around mine. Pretty sweet.
My battery just came in for this build! Thanks for sharing this setup! 🤘
Hey Will. Long-time fan here, if you remember. Was just thinking about you the other day. I'm actually a traveling forensic psych nurse. Usually, I work 13-wk contracts all around the country. Well, I was just lucky enough to find a 1-yr contract in my home base of Yuma, AZ, which is perfect for solar. I think it might even be sunnier than Vegas down here. Anyway, I decided to splurge and rent a big house with a massive solar array on top, thinking I might have a chance to apply some of what I've learned from this channel. As far as I can tell, it's just a basic grid-tied setup I can't do anything cool with; but, at least the AC bills won't be so bad. Thanks for the lessons regardless.
Thanks for this. Very simple explanation of a solution many would view as complex. Love your videos!
More vids like this! Gotta teach folks to crawl before walk/run. And it’s a practical for tons of people for a wide array of reasons
Great video ! Here's some video ideas to expand on this very interesting topic.
1) using this unit ( standalone ) - How long can it power a 2 door side by side refrigerator, a Desktop pc / Htpc , Modem & Router & charge a cell phone.
2) Best Budget Build in 2024. ( right now ) $500.00 setup ?
3) What's the Best 12 volt battery to use with 3k watt Harbor freight Pure sine wave inverter. $ 250.00 budget for a battery. & How Long could it run a 2 door side by side refrigerator without solar assist. ( Really interested in this one )
4) Best 200 watt solar panels right now.
5) Best 100 watt solar panels right now.
6) Best Solar Panel for Emergency use in an Apartment on your Patio. ( Really interested in this one )
I ran my full size fridge/freezer/icemaker/water-dispenser for about 11 hours off a single 100 amp-hour battery while fully in use including a lot of icemaking and getting stuff in and out. The WattCycle battery he just reviewed is available for $188 right now, but look for Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales and you you may think about upping the budget to $300 - $400 to get 2 that you can parallel. I like having enough to run my fridge between sunset and sunrise so my solar has a chance to catch up and 11 hours is a little shy of what I need.
I would honestly recommend you invest in a plugin watt meter for $15 - $30 and see what your appliances/devices are actually using daily. The rest is just math from there. Make sure to include inefficiency in your calculations - a cheap inverter may eat up 20% of the battery all by itself. If your fridge uses an average of 120 watts over 24 hours (yours may be substantially lower), that's 2,880 watt hours but you'll need almost 3,500 watt hours because of the inverter loss - you would actually need 3 of the 12.8 volt 100 amp hour batteries to run it 24 hours without adding solar. I've seen one test that the person claimed the Harbor Freight 3,000 watt pure sine wave inverter was more like 88% - 90% efficient, but you still have to add that loss into your calculation.
In retrospect after building my own 12 volt system, I would go with the 48 volt system and the all-in-one inverter/charger shown in this video. All the fuses/breakers, bus bars, monitors, wiring connectors and tools add up quickly, but they already come in a neat package here and the 5,120 watt hours of battery should cover your fridge and internet stuff for 24 hours (when on backup power, turn your PC and monitors off when not in use).
EDIT: If you use 5,000 watt hours per day and you want to fully recharge daily from solar, you'll need at least 1,000 watts of solar panels because you'll only get about 5 hours of peak sun. You can get creative with using a car to recharge or augment the solar.
Is apartment solar legal in the us?
@@kylefrandsen2665 Thanks. a lot of good info here. 👍. i just checked my fridge. tag inside fridge says 11.6 amps max amps. so, let's say it draws 800 watts every time it runs & runs about 2 times every hour for 15 min. how long would the 100 amp hr battery run it ?
do you have a easy calculation to figure it out. ballpark ?
edit- most power outages around here - california. last about 4-5 hrs. my guts telling me a 100amp hr might just do what i need.
@@slavko321 I would think it's up to the property owner rather than a legal issue and, during a power outage, the property owner would probably not have an issue with a temporary setup. I haven't really looked into the legality.
@@kylefrandsen2665 in europe we are allowed 600w balcony solar setups.
My old 12v system is aging out, am planning on doing this next year, thank you Will
Thanks for making this video refocusing the usefulness of this. I had sent your other video to a cousin because he lives in an apartment and portable batteries are expensive. I'm going to send this video to convince him.
I do wish we could get those units in south africa they so nice!!! Thanks for the vids!!
@WillProwse you should show how to use this to charge an EV car the fastest. Thanks for all the content you create.
Cannot get this one out of my head. Thanks for posting this design.
I have the OG 100AH GYLL pack and a 3k Growatt running as a PC USB that seconds as a solar & Fridge & Medical equipment back up for like 4 years now.
Flawless
I built a pretty nice setup worked perfectly for a year and a half then idk what happened I think someone that wants my land burnt my house down but what will be will be. Starting over is near impossible 😅 love your vids and still watch them though. You can never stop learning right.
I have just over two years running rwo of the 3000EHV-48 V1, and 12 of the LL V1 batteries on my boat. Been perfect.
Love it! And it's expandable. Not sure I understand about how the 12v add on is installed. I could just get another hand truck and add two more batteries. Make a quick and easy disconnect from the invertor and the second battery hand truck for transport. Or put the batteries and inverter on a small cart instead of a hand truck.
5:05 I recommend the 48V to 13.8V buck converter, as I had problems with the 12V converter not being strong enough.
I wanted to share one of the main reasons I chose the EcoFlow for my off-grid cabin. I use a generator and needed a setup where I could run the generator briefly to quickly charge up the battery, allowing me to use power for an extended period without the noise. The quick-charge feature of the EcoFlow was a huge selling point for this. Once I add solar, this will be less of a concern, but for now, it’s ideal for my generator/battery setup. It might be interesting to explore this aspect of inverter/battery solutions in a future video.
Awesome seeing this one revisted again, love the high quality, super easy/fast build portable DIY solar system videos! That said, have any of the components for this system dropped in price(?)
Looking forward to building this, waiting weeks on back ordered items. Here's hoping it ships soon
One day I will build this 💅
Thanks Will
Thanks for the refresh / reminder on the hand truck system. It's on my list of "to do" - perhaps a year out from now. I'll probably skip over the milk crate system since I already have a factory built solar generator in that power / battery class.
You have the best solar content of anyone. Very authentic and exciting. I've been thinking of a solar setup for quite a while, I have a shop on the property that I've been improving, and thought a roof of solar panels tied to a battery bank would be ideal. The shop has a subpanel from the main house but in that subpanel is the connection to our well pump so it would be perfect in the event of power outage as well. Keep up the good work.
Good info. I am starting to get up to speed on solar and batteries.
Will, this is exactly what I was looking for. Nice job!
🇨🇦 THANK YOU,,,I HAVE BEEN SHARING THIS INFORMATION EVERYTIME YOU POST IT
Thank you for sharing your knowledge it is much appreciated Will.. much respect my young brotha!
Video idea, Will.
You can gain viewers in an additional market by making a marine version. Must add a galvanic isolator. You could show a 48 to 12V converter install. And maybe demonstrate how to add Victron devices to talk to Garmin MFDs. This is a virtually untapped market. Victron would be a good partner for this.
Thank you for your videos.
Would love to see a video about how you modify it to use the full 3000w output
Glad to see you back doing these videos!
Like some others below, looking to build a 240V version to run a well pump from time to time, yet still somewhat mobile
Thanks for that great tip to put the mains to inverter on a smart plug Will.😁
Love all of this as usual, Will! But, would LOVE to see more on those Noco batteries you touched on recently!
Can you show us how to add a 30 amp outlet, a second power strip, and second batt and circuit breaker box? That would be awesome.
this is a great refresher video i completely forgot about this setup. Thank you!!
Will, you're almost to 1 million subscribers 🎉 ❤ you worked for it. Love this video as usual share 😅
Delta PRO can be bought for 1700. But this is still an awesome package. I installed an all in one powmr in my RV. Its wired directly to my main panel. Works great but I need over 100 volts to use the charge controller in the all in one. I opted to use a separate charge controller to recharge the batteries.
I built one and it’s been great to have.
love your videos all my solar knowledge comes from you.... would love to see you put this stuff in practice.... love your book ... looking for a level 2 .... more questions and problems ... how to solve issues
This is a very good idea to actually learn in a very small scale. I love the idea.
I'm sorely tempted to put something like this in my RV. I've got under-bed storage that could hold the battery and inverter. The challenges would be noise and airflow for the inverter. I could probably make a penetration for airflow if I could route it via some kind of pipes. Having that inverter humming under the bed might be problematic, though.
Yeah, mine is definitely noisy enough that I would not want it under my bed. It needs a fair bit of airflow around it too, so it can’t be in a confined space without ventilation.
You might want to consider a victron inverter and mppt instead. They're more efficient can separate them to move the heat around and they're super common in RV builds.
If you don't need AC-in you can use a Phoenix, otherwise you can use a Multiplus.
I love my EG4 3000 except for 1 thing: When it pulls from the grid, the limit setting is a setting in addition to load. So, if you try to limit your charging to 15amps and you have 10 amps running from it, it will try and pull 25 amps from the AC grid. Its weird that it does that.
You should be able to limit the amount of current from AC charging. It has a large input capability that you will probably want to turn down. I have a 20 amp rated input cable and even that gets hot so turn down the AC input amps in settings.
@ the limit does not include the running load.
Yea this is a bit of a problem. When the generator is off we have 3000 watts available. When the 2000w generator is running and charging at like 1000W we have less than 1000W available.
Not often a problem for us as we have 3900watts of a panels connected. I installed the system in June and now the last few days we have had to run the generator. The skies have been very overcast the last few days combined with the short days we are coming up sort on power. Nice clear skies out there this morning so today shouldn't be a problem.
That said even on the very grey days we are bringing in 200-300watts and are average load is not much more than 100watts. So we generally we do ok on grey days. Yesterday I was testing a new water heater and ran the battery bank down.
Great video. This may be just what I need to take the solar plunge. Thanks!
The simplicity here has a cost in purchase, in standby current, and in the inverter efficiency. Balance that against the high output and high solar input plus the quality. I think the main appeal here is that it will get more people into solar power and that's a very good thing.
Pushing that 1 mill sub mark. Congrats
Will, watching your video gives me so much confidence to build my 1st emergency power station. I can climb a 100' building and clean windows, but am afraid of working with electricity. Go figure.
This sort of setup looks like it would be useful for the weekend farmers' market vendors. They are always running noisy generators for their setup or food trucks.
There's A LOT more room for error with the proper P.P.E. with this than with a 100 foot fall though. I'm familiar with heights(Ironworker) and have worked with electricity MANY times & had No problems as long as you work steady and don't rush or get in a hurry.
OH!!! READ any and ALL instructions first too!!!✌️
Waiting on my EG4 battery to get delivered, then I'm putting one of these together with a Rich Solar 3KW inverter. Bought four, 300W used panels for $40 each. Total price for the setup -- inverter, battery, panels, and hand truck was $1750.
Could u share where u picked up the 300 Watt panels for $40?
I use this inverter with 12 hqst batteries. It runs my camper non stop. I only have 4k of solar and recommend maxing it out at 5k. It can handle and 8k PV load if you do over panel.
There is one thing I'd higly recommend to add and that's a GFCI. Here in Europe this is actually mandatory as soon as you supply more than one load. I'm aware that all the pre-buildt powerstations have the same issue but this doesn't change that connecting multiple loads without a GFCI is potentially deadly.
i did not understand the power strip part..please consider make a video indicating different options like power strip and limitations. tks
I used 2 20 amp power strips
I didn’t like the power strip option as the gauge of the connecting wires wasn’t thick enough. I ended up using a three-way outlet that is heavy duty. 12/3 I think it is or 10/3. If you can run up to 3000 W, you definitely don’t want to have one of those little power strips because those are only rated to about 1.8 kW
@@tomproctor.archivesimply not true. Plenty of power strip options with 12 or even 10awg wire. UL tested and certified. They will cost you around $50 usd and up.
I built one and I love it.
This is still on my todo list thanks for sharing your experience
Will, I think yo should do one with the new eg4 6000 that outputs 240VAC, and build a single battery with cells, can have up to 15KWH of battery and 240VAC output, could then just back feed the panel and have a good amount of stored power for emergency.
Seems like it would fit well on a donor frame from an old portable generator. Storage covers are pretty easy to get for those. If you are handy with a welder, it might even offer a way to carry a stack of smaller panels.
Thank you so much for a simple good system.
THE BEST video I've seen iso far. THANK YOU!