The biggest flaw with this unit is that when you are using it, you are not able to use shore power to charge the unit while using it. The only way to charge it is with solar while using it. There is no AC pass through. So if you have a grid power outage, and you run out of stored battery capacity, you can't hook up your generator to charge the F3800 as the 240 output will turn off. The only way is solar. For this reason, I won't buy it until they fix this.

The power is not the same. It is inversely proportional. 480V @200 amps runs through the transformer comes out at lets say 240V @400 amps,(with in reason, there are some losses due to heat and other variables). As the voltage decreases the current increases and vice versa

Taking so much longer to understand electric then plumbing.

Not a WAGU guy?

Nat gas seems like a bad idea when the utility company turn off gas lines if a leak is happening.

The EG4 batteries 🔋 are awesome and more economical per kilowatt…

When we had to replace/ upgrade transformers like that. Our code required us to install a disconnect on the primary AND secondary sides …. 480 3ph inputs. … Outputs were 208 3 ph. Thin wires going in …. Hefty wire leaving ….i

Always the guys wearing the heavy jackets or Carhartt's that tend to slip shit into their pockets at those stores, mainly brass plumbing parts & sharkbites

Quietest transformer I ever heard lol

Since there is a different circuit running through the hot tub disconnect to feed the 120V receptacle, then according to 321.8(A)(4) a warning label should be affixed to the disconnect: "Warning Label: A warning label complying with Section 110.21(B) must be applied to the enclosure to identify the closest disconnecting means for any feed-through conductors." Cheers!

Great vid! Lots of good, embedded pro tips. However, I would have used THWN-2 for the entire installation based on 300-9. Really enjoy your channel and content.

Quick question. I have an old sub-panel 300ft away from the main panel in the main house. The sub panel has a 100 amp service that comprises of two hots and one neutral. It also had the neutral and ground bonded together in the sub panel with a ground wire going to an outdoor water line. I would like to switch that old sub panel out for a new one and separate the grounds and neutrals and add an 8ft grounding rod. But can I do that since I do not have a ground wire coming from the main panel to the sub. Also, the conduit that carries the 100amp service to the sub-panel is plastic not metal. what do I do>

Was looking for how to connect the 3Way switch, you got everything but that

I is your friend. Lower voltage higher I

Thank you! I just installed mine after taking out my ancient flourescent tubes! It looks SO much better.

You ever use knipex? I'm not fond of the fat handles on the irwin

Very professional and informative. Thank you for sharing.

Gotta love working with utilities. And please, no conductive ladders. Enjoy your channel.

I commend your work ethic. However, the quality of the workmanship is suspect.

Great instructional video. Thanks!

This video could have been fifteen minutes long. You talk too much and the homeowner needs to be quiet as well. Just stick to the point of the physical installation

Codes are a PITA... It's not rocket science to install this. As a home owner I do whatever I want. I own several homes and rent them out, when I buy another. I don't have to deal with this code enforcement and hassle of permits.

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I’ve been licensed for four years now, did mostly new construction high rise resi, commercial and industrial. Just starting my own company and although resi is not that complex, it is a whole new ball game for me. The imposter syndrome/internal inadequacy narrative is real sometimes lol. I greatly appreciate your humble and knowledgeable approach. Takes a real man to post mistakes!

Klein should have a tool truck going round to job sites. 😂

My high school electrical class head was on the NEC committee. He wrote (helped) the code book. “Work shall be done in a neat and workman like manner” practically from day 1 for three years. It drives me crazy when some tradesman leaves a mess behind, especially if it’s an electrician.

Thanks for all the tips on what to look for when my electrician tries to upsell me 😉

The noise in this place cannot meet noise codes for workers 8 hour exposure

I worked in a similar environment as a kid...6 months,made me go to school and learn electronics so I could work in a place where you dont have repetition boring noise all day. This place would cause me mental anquish...pay can't be good being in fla.,with no work protection rules pass

No ear plugs Osha needs to inspect...

Totally unimpressed. But thanks for the effort.

Sorry Joel, boring

What's the benefit of using a power conditioner as well? What is it? Is it worth it?

For a small service i believe its best to upgrade the panel with equipment having similar dimensions

I want the same siemens disconnect installed under my meter. Having a hard time getting it "allowed" im installing solar and want to be able to turn off power before my grid tied hybrid inveter. Should the thing need a "reset" it is a computer after all.

I enjoy watching your content. If I was not close to retirement I would recommend going into some kind of Trade like becoming an Electrician. I really think just my take on it is to first when one graduates is to get some form of Trade then decide if you want to go further than working in a trade. I have great respect for those in the trades. If I had to do it again I would become a licensed Electrician then gone into Telecom. I find both of these interesting, but I am about 4 years then I retire from the IT Industry, so this is just something I would recommend is all as a path for anyone going into and what an option is for kids these days. I just think it gives one more options. I just think having a trad and some kind of higher education is a good option as well. I will be 64 in about 4 years. I find the information very valuable though I do some of my electrical in the way that I do the running of the lines, and will connect things up. I will once it is done have someone who is licensed come and verify things as I do not trust everything I have done.

Is this not a violation of 680.10 regarding the trenching of wiring horizontally of 5’?

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Does the breaker have to be GFCI / AFCI type?

Just ordered mine. Cant wait for an outtage.

Ain't no electrician that never got shocked...

Please don't make intros like that with the flying text like you are making a KZfaq Short, that crap almost made me turn off the video it was so annoying.

It's an obvious mandatory use application as common sense would show it. But as usual, some guys don't care and want to take shortcuts.

How much roughly for all that

Thanks Joel Recently wired up my first transformer You always seem to have a useful video for what I’m doing

Is that a 1/2 socket?

Never trust self-adhesive LEDs... for that matter, self-adhesive ANYTHING. The adhesive will fail. Would you secure wires or piping to a wall with electrical tape?

You might stop after hitting a conduit?

Both primary and or secondary may have a neutral!