In the city off the grid

[powerwallhawaii]

Hi all this is a way I will track my progress with my powerwall
My goal is to have 100% off grid power for the whole house
My first night processing cells



Lots of undecided equipment to figure out

 

[OffGridInTheCity]

Welcome and I share your goals. I'm 3 yrs in and now have a large % of house running on off-grid solar - and its fun. Be careful- it can beaddicting!

 

[powerwallhawaii]

Welcome and I share your goals. I'm 3 yrs in and now have a large % of house running on off-grid solar - and its fun. Be careful- it can beaddicting!

Oh absolutely I have been collecting laptop battery for 2weeks now and I have 6 boxes and one Rubbermaid full just have to process them

And how to do the voltage check lots I find are 1.somthing so idk if they good or not

 

[floydR]

Get a good IR 4 wire tester https://secondlifestorage.com/showthread.php?tid=7742&pid=53191#pid53191 is Wolf's review on the 4 main ones also read https://secondlifestorage.com/showthread.php?tid=7804
Later floyd

 

[powerwallhawaii]

Its has been a will but here a few updates on the H.A.B(Huge A** Battery as my wife calls it lol)
parts list so far

2 Inverter Aims running split phase

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10000 Watt Pure Sine Inverter Charger - 48 Vdc / 240Vac Input & 120/240Vac Split Phase Output​

2 solar charger

EPEVER 100A MPPT Solar Charge Controller​

I know I am missing a lot of stuff but this is what i picked out so far still looking in to more stuff trying to customize the best set up

 

[OffGridInTheCity]

Cool! As you probably know I have dual AIMS 12,000w powering my home. And I can in fact power my home in spring / summer - but winter kills me. Maybe you have sun pretty much all year round (except for occasional storms/hurricanes)?

 

[powerwallhawaii]

pretty much it rains of and on but when we get storms it can be muggy for a few days so hopefully my battery will stretch the gaps
does the pair of aims inverters you have handle all the high watt appliances fine ?

 

[OffGridInTheCity]

does the pair of aims inverters you have handle all the high watt appliances fine ?

Yes it does. The whole house heat pump, dryer, and cook top (with all burners on at the same time) are the largest things I power and each individually can go up to 4,500w and all run OK. My first AIMS is now 2yrs old and has produced 25,885kwh over 12,126hrs with no problems so far.