Yea sure if have few 100k laying around I'll do this. Does anyone know a good place to buy the parts that we are just using out of those solar inverters?

A disconnect needs to be added to these units, have 2 of them and if the bus bar that they are connected to is live the unit will start charging or discharging no mater what position the push button is in

a question: what is the value of this kit over say an EG4 LL? These kits with a batteries are much more expensive in dollar cost, and have the added expense of needing to be assembled?

So its been a year. How is it going with the mini splits? I am also in north texas buying a large house. Im a little worried about the expensive electric bills im about to start paying. How are the minisplits handeling this heat wave? How old is your house? Awsome shop btw. How much are you saving on electricity?

Hi. Can something like this be used in a mb sprinter camper van ?

I did this very same thing and when I plugged it in to my panel outlet It would trip the breaker on generator. Then I thought the load was to high so I shut everything off and tried 1 15 amp circuit and still tripped breaker. I put the neutral back and everything was fine. Weird right.

How did you seal the vents and weatherproof the space where the old air handler?

What would happen if you don’t do this and still back feed your house? I’m sure I’ve seen people not do this and back feed the house.

how much it cost you?

I'm interested in knowing how easy it is to connect this to solar panels? Watching the build was really thorough I really appreciate what you did there.

Standard range lightning is 98 kwh. Extended range is 131

There are times I fly along at 80 mph and other times I may drive at 65 mph. You learn to manage your power. I purposely stop at a good number of chargers for about 15 to 20 minutes when traveling long distance to manage risk. I don't even think twice, and it does not bother me. I do have a Platinum with a long-range battery. My wife has an XLT with a standard range that she mainly charges at home. For our needs they are perfect. In my Platinum, driving from Reno to Las Vegas I charge to 100% at home, I Charge in Fallon and then in Tonopah and then I charge when I get to Las Vegas for 428 miles. Mostly at 70 mph. So, I'm stopping twice to get there. Hit the restroom get something to eat or drink. Not a big deal.

Thanks for the video. Learned a ton from you. Similar situation in that I am powering 6 circuits in my house from the Growatts and autotransformers and I did not realize I had to tie my derived neutral into my Grid neutral. Easy enough because I installed a second load panel next to my main house panel and have been moving the circuits as my capacity has increased but I bonded my neutral and ground in that load center also because it was completely off grid and it was the first means of disconnect from the inverters. The solar load center is back feeding my grid panel through a 4 pole 80 amp breaker that I've been leaving open because I figured the neutrals needed to be isolated, and then to an interlock kit. Looks like I should be closing the breaker so that will electrically connect the neutrals and remove the ground neutral bond in my solar load center. Only problem with that is the that now the ground neutral bond will not be in the first means of disconnect from my inverters but having only 1 point of bonded neutral is more important for safety.

Well now you know! Ive always thought an ev could be nice to solely get around town, but not for trips. Too much time waiting on charges. Are you getting money back for putting power into the grid?

Thanks for the real world experience video. It answers a lot of questions I’ve had about EVs. They obviously excel in regular commuting of 50-100 miles per day but when it comes to road trips, there are some extra planning and steps that take more time than the same trip with an ICE vehicle. Demand for EVs has fallen but all it takes to change that is $4.50/Gal gasoline! 👍

I recommend 10 to 65% on trips but u definitely want to use the Tesla stations.

Pretty certain it is larger than 60kwh battery. I think Ford originally quoted a "usable capacity" which kept significant portion in reserve just in case the battery deteriorated. They later revised that specified capacity without changing any hardware. I don't know what year yours is, but since 2022 they have offered a 98kwh and a 131kwh.

I'm also thinking of retrofitting my home to mini split and am curious. Since you had a traditional system and already had traditional ducts; Why didn't you use a ducted mini-split heat pump with your existing traditional vents?

Where can I buy the plugs to the negative & positive terminals (black & orange). And what do you call them ?

Wow… just wow.. 592v spike just because the installer substituted a Cat5 crossover cable? I am speechless. Somebody @EG4 got some splaining to do! Great job troubleshooting..

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The moral of the story is check your cables.

Very cool! Off-grid 5yrs here in Upstate NY and couldn’t imagine ever going back on-grid! Great setup you’ve got there Boss! 😎

Thank you for this video. M

Still working?

How many watts of solar do you have?

Geeat video. Moving the camera so much can make some viewers dizzy. It is better to make the camera stable. Didn't take anything from the video, though.

I don't get it. So you paid to charge your lightning at the house now you using it to charge your batteries in the shop? Why not just run an extension cord to the house 🤷‍♂️

Very cool. Your largest solar battery doubles as a pickup truck! 🛻 The 6000xp is an incredible value considering the included peripheral breakers and isolater you don’t have to also purchase. I replaced my 6000ex with one and have been running my entire house with it since last week. No issues except for the low PV ☀️generation from the extreme number of cloudy days we’ve been having.

Great video!

Low budget Chinese made, high frequency, transformerless inverters have much shorter life expectancies and poorer peak power capacities than more reliable, heavy duty, low frequency, transformer-based inverters. And because there's no transformer in these inverters, there's no galvanic isolation between the DC boost stage and the AC output which makes for less safe operation during a catastrophic failure of the H-bridge circuit and the AC output monitoring circuitry. For just a few hundred dollars more, you can buy a low frequency, transformer-based inverter charger with MPPT which provides a much higher surge capacity, a built in AC transfer switch, grid or generator battery charger with automatic generator start and a much longer life expectancy with galvanic isolation.

I'm just now getting ready to commission my of grid system. I'm using 3 of the growatt 5000 ES inverters. How do i get all of the 240 V inverters into 120 V split phase. Would i have to get a separate auto transformer (say a 5000 watt split tr as nð dfor all three and install this neutral protection ckt in all three?

This is exaclty what I need to incorporate my high voltage panels into my system. May I ask what gauge wire did you use? Can you provide a component list please, would help me greatly. thanks

Thanks so much for the video! How much do these units weight when assembled? Did you assemble in place or get a couple friends to lift and place the assembled battery pack before wiring it into the central bus bar?

Great content and I love the note about inside vibration because of the wall mount

Hi im getting abnormal communication on my seplos did you manage to solve the problem if yes can you tell me how please

you need the whole complete setup to pull DC from the truck. Cost around $3400.

Cyber truck offers bidirectional charging also.

Bitcoin mining sir.

If I’m not mistaken, it was Kia and Hyundai the first EV that can power the whole house

The Hyundai and Kia EV can power your house too

The 150 Lightning has bi directional charging right from the factory so you don’t have to do the extra stuff you’re talking about with the pro onboard power. The j1772 ford plug is bi directional

Cyber Truck does bi-directional power.

Perfect setup right here, I would use the signature Solar 5000w charger to charge the battery bank from the Pro Power 220v output

Sweet looking truck! I’ve read of some complaints by lightning owners, but I got the feeling a lot of these folks probably don’t have any understanding or experience with large battery’s or EVs. For someone like you with their own personal solar farm, it is a No brainer! Always get the Lariat! I’ve always had an F250 for the past 25 yrs. Earns its keep around here weekly! 👍⚡️☀️🤩💡🔋

Make sure you get the correct manual transfer switch. Otherwise you will run into neutral bonding issues. Rather than use an old Growatt inverter to charge the batteries, I would invest in a EG4 Chargeverter. That would allow you to use a generator or your lightning to charge your battery bank.

The Cybertruck has the same thing. I'm debating between the two options for what I'll buy next year. Maybe a rivian too if they add a 240V outlet and Tesla supercharger access next year.

Look for ambition strikes on here, they did a vid on using the lightning to power their off grid property.

Glad you are back at it on your channel. Question, how cheap can a guy get a extended range battery in a lightning?

Ford does have their V2H adapter. Slightly more efficient and eliminates the battery wear and tear. I agree about the complexity tho, and would most likely make the same decision to just use a battery charger from the pro-power!