This is my new 12v battery bank made of ten Interstate 29D Deep Cycle batteries totaling 1250 amps for reserve capacity or 2150 reserve minutes. In a couple of weeks I will be adding another ten batteries to finish this part of the project. That will give me 2500 amp capacity and close…
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hi , i already purchased the BLS thanks for you , only your video teach me about it .
Regards.
Already sold Mark. Thanks
Hi Al, I saw that you were going to sell this inverter on another video I believe. Is it still for sale and what are you asking. Thanks, Mark
No, they are all new, why spend money on recycled batteries that you don’t know how much lead is left on the plates?
’cause when I started it was all a big experiment, now that bank is36 volts running a Tripp Lite 36 vol 3.6KW inverter.
If I knew then what I know now I would have started with a higher voltage,that battery bank and the inverter it feeds is now 36 volts. Thanks for the comments.
Why do you want more amps than volts? With that many batteries, shouldn’t you design a 48 volt system?
Y 12 volt system y not 48 and cut down on wire size
Sorry I got the price for each from the description.
Are they recycled batteries?
And how much are each?
Thanks!
Does anyone know what the life expectancy of deep cycle batteries would be? What is the unit cost of the deep cycle battery? Thanks in advance…
I’m new at all of this solar/wind stuff…..Al, I appreciate the videos and all of the trial and error that you guys have been through…hopefully it will save us newbies some heartache and expense.
Thanks
Good job Al!
Thank you
No, but they should be exactly the same type and capacity
Do yo have to use the same Brand of batteries?
proper job (;^D)
thanks nice video!
It is a battery desulfator, the brand is “Battery Life Saver”
WHATS is the device nae to extend the life of the batterys?
I am as well, I can learn almost everything I need to learn from these videos and Econewpower! These are the only solar videos I’ve found that make any sense.
Dude, if you’re using 5Kw of energy and you’re inverting 2Kw from your grid tie then you’ll consume all of the 2Kw that you’re inverting and you’ll be buying the remaining 3Kw from the power through the smart meter (supplementing your inverter). The inverter puts out its power downstream from the meter (in your breaker panel) so there is no way any smartmeter in the world can keep it from inverting-trust me on that. You should get you an electrician to help you.
@econewpower, i’m not sure what your saying are you saying that the smart meter should be able to supplement the smart meter to lower the bills? There seems to be no proof of this. Thanks again for your reply.
I’m certain that is pure nonsense, again, it is impossible for a smartmeter to keep a grid tie inverter from inverting its load. If it did, the inverter would warn you of a fault. Pure hogwash.