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Will Prowse’s solar Kart version 5

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:07 pm
by Stan


This just gets better.

Re: Will Prowse’s solar Kart version 5

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 3:42 pm
by Stinsy
I assume the battery and inverter are supposed to be mounted vertically and their cooling fins won't work how he has them...

Re: Will Prowse’s solar Kart version 5

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 4:03 pm
by Stan
He does address the convection issue forcefully at 5 minutes onwards.

Re: Will Prowse’s solar Kart version 5

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:29 pm
by Saladin
Any form of earth leakage protection? Source neutralisation link? Battery and mains over-current isolation? Chassis earth bond?
V4 bad day hole needs a blanking plug not a video about how dangerous he made it.

Re: Will Prowse’s solar Kart version 5

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:09 pm
by Stinsy
Saladin wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:29 pm Any form of earth leakage protection? Source neutralisation link? Battery and mains over-current isolation? Chassis earth bond?
V4 bad day hole needs a blanking plug not a video about how dangerous he made it.
They have a different system in America. All CUs have an Earth-Neutral link and they don't do any testing. Eg no IR testing, no Ze (they just whack a rod in and assume it works!). Most American Sparks will never have seen an MFT!

Re: Will Prowse’s solar Kart version 5

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:22 pm
by Saladin
So simple without a failsafe or a service disconnect! Uh..what CU? It's a trolley!

From the nation running 2 phase claiming 110V is safer and their receptacles are janky as...

More copper. For nill benefit.

Pretty boy Will has always annoyed me. It's the adding horse-power without structural reinforcement, suspension and braking power mentality. That's fine..Darwinism it's the fact that other people are following his advice that I take umbrage to.
I just see it as a marketing channel. You'll never see him do a 5 years of hard service later review. :pot-stir:

Doing something for money makes you a professional. 10 000 hours on the tools makes you an expert.