NEED HELP- WIRING CABIN:INVERTER PROBLEM

[tommu56]

ALAN

For the raido i use a car raido so it is off the batterys directly no invertor loss.


I would suggest looking at Home Power Magazine: Solar | Wind | Hydro | Design | Build it has alot of ideas.

With batterys in paralle you have to equilize the batterys by holding them at proper charge state for a long time.

link to equilizing http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/257/docserve.asp
tom

 

[kensfarm]

Looking at the picture of your battery bank.. those battery cables look half as thick as they should be.

 

[escavader]

Looking at the picture of your battery bank.. those battery cables look half as thick as they should be.

The wires in the pic is #4 UNDERGROUND trailer wire.They use it for feeding home entrance panels,including my 200 amp panel.They must be at least a quarter inch thick.Why are they not big enough to hook batterys togeather?
ALAN

 

[escavader]

HI ALL
The problem is fixed,inverter is working again.My wife and i drove up in the car,cause she knew id never stop talking about it.
I unhooked all the copper wires from the grounding panel,and isolated them from the white ones.Tryed it -still kicked to fault:
Ichanged out the main breaker ,and back fed through a 30.Tryed it still kicked to fault.
I unhooked all the wires from the line coming in.Inverter stayed on
I moved all my coppers back with the whites,isolated the copper from the feed line.Tryed it-still kicked to fault:
I unhooked the copper and let it hang in the air.Tryed it panel powered up,all worked fine
I will get some flack but i cut off the copper-PROBLEM SOLVED
All the outlets still have the extra ground protection,they are hooked up with the whites,which leads to the camp grounding rod.The generator is still grounded at the shed.Icant see that i need that wire for anything,unless mabey the cable underground should short or somethig?If that ever happens the inverter will kick,or the breaker on the generator should kick.Iaint worryed about it.Istill cant understand why it would work under generator power,but not inverter with that wire hooked up.
Every thing is working great under inverter power,including the new cieling fan in the cathederal ceiling.Im happy .Thanks for all the input
ALAN