Choosing the Right Home Backup Battery

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Eg4 Wallmount Battery : signaturesolar.com/eg4-wallmo... ($50 Discount Code: RAY)
Ruixu Battery : www.ruixubattery.com/?ref=fOK... (2% Discount Code: RAY)
Current Connected Ruixu Battery : www.currentconnected.com/prod...
Eg4 LifePower4 Battery: signaturesolar.com/eg4-lifepo...
Eg4 LL S or V2 Battery : signaturesolar.com/eg4-ll-s-l...
How to choose the right home backup battery? This can be a difficult decision. Here we discuss some of the most popular server rack batteries and wall mount batteries available.
-The Ruixu battery has professional technical support in china(Via phone, what's app, facebook)
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Signature Solar.............. signaturesolar.com/?ref=DiySo... ($50 Discount Code: RAY)
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SanTan Solar................. www.santansolar.com/?ref=DiyS... (%5 Discount Code: RAY)
ShopSolarKits................ shopsolarkits.com/1302 ($101 Discount Code: RAY)
Ruixu Batteries.............. www.ruixubattery.com/?ref=fOK... (Discount Code: RAY)
PowerQueen Batteries.. ipowerqueen.com/?ref=DiySolar... (Discount Code: RAY)
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Disclaimer
I am not a licensed electrician. Working with electricity is dangerous and can lead to injury or death, even when following documentation and instructions. I can not be held liable for such damage or injury. I am not giving or seeking to give advice on how to work with electricity. You should consult with a licensed professional whenever possible and get all work reviewed by an inspector and follow any local regulations in your area. I'm documenting my projects for informational purposes only. Electricity can kill you! BE CAREFUL!

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@booterone1 16 күн бұрын

I prefer the server rack batteries, as with the cabinet, makes them very easy to relocate.

@jerrysmith5495 16 күн бұрын

Ray, I'm loving you're videos. They are all very imformative and I often seek out your new content. Keep up the good work. 👍

@diySolarPowerFunWithRay 16 күн бұрын

Good to hear. I appreciate that. Thank you.

@powerguymark 13 күн бұрын

@@diySolarPowerFunWithRay Do the eg4 Lifepower 4 server rack batteries have fire protection?

@diySolarPowerFunWithRay 13 күн бұрын

@@powerguymark nope

@URackADisciprine 15 күн бұрын

RUIXIU has a 16kWh wall mount battery like the EG4 PowerPro that will be UL certified shortly (supposedly) and cost around $3K USD. Larger capacity for less money over the EG4. Not to mention, EG4 batteries have terrible BMS' in them with high failure rates. Wouldn't touch them with a ten foot pole.

@Kaalkian 2 күн бұрын

this is an exciting product i need see a teardown asap vs powerpro. this is gonna be great year for energy diyers

@NurseAcrobat 15 күн бұрын

To me the wall mount would be good for an outdoor install if combining with an outdoor inverter like the 18k or solark, saving all your interior garage space. I have no garage so if/when I install something like this it will probably be either on the outside of my house or along the wall of my laundry room, near my outdoor main electrical panel.

@InVinoVeritas. 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for video, very informative! What do you think of Current Connected vs Signature Solar re: customer service & support from equipment purchase to post-purchase technical support? Thanks.

@diySolarPowerFunWithRay 8 күн бұрын

I think you'll be fine with either one. I wouldn't have any concerns buying from either one of them. For tough questions, They will ask their work colleagues until they can find the answer for you. I have had more experience with signature solar but current connected seems like they have a very good support team also... they claim to have a smaller more well-trained team but I have only called them a few times.

@joshhartin78 16 күн бұрын

Do the lifepower4 batteries fit into the Ruixu battery rack? I have been eyeing that 10 space battery rack for a while now and would really love to get it and put my lifepower4 batteries in them.

@LesRCnmore 16 күн бұрын

I see that you have a long run from your solar panels to the batteries 🔋 my question is how thick of a wire u used? And how long is your run??? Btw your videos are awesome!

@diySolarPowerFunWithRay 16 күн бұрын

10 gauge and 8 gauge just in case I want to have some panels in parallel. But I think I went on the thick end. the run is around 140 ft

@brucey5585 16 күн бұрын

I would get the wall mount too but i cant get that down to my basement. 😢 heavy ass fuck.

@ob-4321 16 күн бұрын

I I have a question for you.I'm in the process of purchasing a system for my house in Puerto Rico.I like the e g 4 But I am only needing 5 kW in the beginning. And then I might step up to 8 depending. How much power I need. What inverter would you recommend? I would need a hybrid inverter. We do have a lot of outages in Puerto Rico. Thanks for getting back.Hope to hear from you soon

@diySolarPowerFunWithRay 16 күн бұрын

Is that your your solar array size? So do you want to back feed to the grid? do you want batteries also?

@ob-4321 16 күн бұрын

Yes too the size,and to the gid yes and I need a 🔋

@boblupart862 16 күн бұрын

Another con is that if one section of that all in one battery fails the entire thing is dead. 6 sever rack batteries means 5 left over.

@NeverTakeNoShortcuts 16 күн бұрын

This is the main thing. BMSs die, cells fail. Not often, but often enough i have experienced it in 3 years of having 50kwh bank

@boblupart862 16 күн бұрын

@@NeverTakeNoShortcuts That's why I am building for redundancy. 2 6000XPS, 6 LL 48v, extra breakers if they fail. I can't realistically go 'all solar' where I am due to the power company being greedy. So I'll be taking specific rooms off grid with a generator switch/critical loads panel setup. Should be fun and if anything breaks I have a backup of the backup! Ha!

@NeverTakeNoShortcuts 16 күн бұрын

@@boblupart862 Good thinking. The difficult thing is that a lot of these models/products go out of production and superseded by newer models pretty quickly with some of these vendors. Getting matching anything is really difficult after a couple of years. I had a SR battery go bad, and now I have a mismatched battery bank because the original battery was no longer available

@URackADisciprine 15 күн бұрын

You will need them if you buy EG4 batteries. They have terrible BMS' in them with high failure rates.

@boblupart862 15 күн бұрын

@@URackADisciprine I haven't seen a large number of complaints? Mine works well too. Where are you getting this info?

@powerguymark 13 күн бұрын

Do the eg4 Lifepower 4 server rack batteries have fire protection?

@diySolarPowerFunWithRay 12 күн бұрын

They do not contain any fire arrestors.

@dawg2100 16 күн бұрын

Unless that battery cabinet under your breaker panel has wheels, that is as bad of location possible for it. Its a terrible choice to begin with and a dangerous choice at best with or without wheels.

@fauxque5057 16 күн бұрын

I like to save money. Lots of money. So I buy 4-12v 100ah Batteries from Amazon with free shipping. Then hook them in series with home made bus bars made from flattened copper tubing covered in heat shrink. The last set of 4 Chins batteries I paid $932. delivered. I use 2 Harbor Freight 3 shelve rolling carts to hold them. Each shelf holds a set of 4 batteries. Currently I have 20.4kw of batteries and add to it when I see a sale on any of the Enjoybot family of batteries. Chins, Ampere Time, Redodo, or Enjoybot. They're all the same manufacturer. The only thing missing is the communication but that's nothing I need. I have balancers on each set of 4 so if I want to see voltages I go look.

@hamadilawson4471 16 күн бұрын

Tell us more! How about some pictures or a KZfaq video.

@brucey5585 16 күн бұрын

You didn't save money.😢 if you want to save money then buy raw cell from batteryhookup. You can get 16 x 3.2v 100 ah cell for $640 then add a 48v bms for $80 then add $80 for mailing. $800 get you 5kwh setup. Also you can build a wood box for $40 or buy a harbor freight modular tool box for $40.

@surfguy777 15 күн бұрын

@@brucey5585agree, the cost of wiring the 4 batteries, fuses, and balancers really add up. DIY raw cells is the least costly for big battery banks.

@URackADisciprine 15 күн бұрын

Not saving any money there at all.

@Madsci-zy8wm 16 күн бұрын

I suggest you watch "6000xp is not UL9540 certified. YOU CANNOT LEGALLY install in the US along with solar panels" before install these batteries with an EG4 6000XP inverter in your home.

@kevinott-ol2ry 16 күн бұрын

I Think that I would choose the RUIXU But I don't want to buy Chinese.

@diySolarPowerFunWithRay 16 күн бұрын

Don't the eg4 batteries also come from china? I think you're going to have a hard time finding batteries that aren't from there.

@punksjutgbd 16 күн бұрын

That means you don't want to buy any solar equipment.

@NeverTakeNoShortcuts 16 күн бұрын

@@punksjutgbd Yeah. The US has almost zero domestically manufactured solar equipment.

@LifeLongLearner-om8jx 16 күн бұрын

Continue waiting until the end of time, the U.S. has no domestic manufacturing in solar or batteries at any real scale. Even the cells used in supposedly America batteries are sourced from China. That’s just reality.

@kevinott-ol2ry 16 күн бұрын

@@diySolarPowerFunWithRay Darn, I didn't realize that they all came out of China.