Will Prowse’s solar Kart version 5

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Stan
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This just gets better.
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I assume the battery and inverter are supposed to be mounted vertically and their cooling fins won't work how he has them...
12x 340W JA Solar panels (4.08kWp)
3x 380W JA Solar panels (1.14kWp)
5x 2.4kWh Pylontech batteries (12kWh)
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He does address the convection issue forcefully at 5 minutes onwards.
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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.
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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!
12x 340W JA Solar panels (4.08kWp)
3x 380W JA Solar panels (1.14kWp)
5x 2.4kWh Pylontech batteries (12kWh)
LuxPower inverter/charger

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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:

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