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Inverter needs more batteries!

gavin286

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The past few months have left my property with major power issues due to the blatant incompetence of sub-contractors. Putting picks through municipal power, ignoring it and back-filling their hole without reporting/fixing it. Same bunch then damaged a low pressure water line that has subsequently moistened the soil back to the repaired cable and causing total power failure on Wed afternoon.

My wife and another staff member work from home and can't afford to be without power/internet so it was time to extend the inverter to ultra super max backup time

INB4 Dude, your garage is a mess!

Going to Sinetech today to get the links cut and crimped from the repurposed negative lead and a new and longer one cut and crimped.

New edit: If anyone is interested, this inverter setup runs "the internet" and all that encompasses, as well as light fixtures. The electrician re-wired the Lights breakers into the Db board that the inverter supplies. Very handy for those 20:00-22:30 load shedding hours to just turn on a light switch as needed... Nighttime load on the inverter with a few lights on is around 350w.


More batts and new battery box: IMG-0442
 
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Where did you you buy the batteries from?
 
maybe Sinetech as well

looks like maybe these or smaller version:
It IS these batts but the 100ah version. I purchased a kit they had put together with the inverter and 2x 100ah batts. I had to then stick to that capacity when adding more. The inverter has an 80amp charger though so more batts to charge is ok vs less with higher Ah...
 

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