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We rae still in the 70's here so stuffs still green.

@ nice! Wish it was still warm here, I’m not a fan of the cold lol

Epic fix... but if it was hard for you.... Imagine the normal average DIYer.... Terrifying times!

@@TheWickerShireProject It wasn't easy. And if you haven't had any experience working with Printed Circuit boards and component replacement it would be beyond difficult. Anyway, point is, you're basically better off buying a replacement unit.

That's insane cold! I've seen maybe +25 volts in winter. So My normal 109v goes to 135v at most VOC. It's probably much higher without the solar charger connected.

Hi Julie!

Epic comment thanks Bro!

@@TheWickerShireProject midnight solar has good dc and ac protection

I just had FOMO 😂

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Just enjoying the Victron I had no idea how good and efficient these are.

100% digging all the features and the units efficiency. Feels good to open the app and see everything under the sun with a tap or swipe.

Lesson learned for sure! We're looking into protection now. I can't afford to keep buying controllers.

I had no idea how good these were. I figured it was going to be no better than the outback. Performance and efficiency wise the vic 60 is on par with the Outback fm 80 and even more efficient! We get crazy numbers from out solar array all day long.

@@TheWickerShireProject I'm ordering another 150/45 I'm putting it in my Faraday Cage just to have as a spare. Because you NEVER know

Just an incredible device! Price is super good compared to any other in its class. Plus all the bluetooth options! Can you ever imagine owning anything less?

I cannot trust high frequency square mods. At least from everything i've bought is cheap thin Units with lies printed on them of their rating. Our Low frequency 6,000watt / 18,000watt 15 sec power clip AIMS Inverter Only goes weird for 2 secs if the big 10k BTU AC kicks on while we have the microwave or coffee maker on at the same time. Power is not interrupted but, we get a warning chirp from the inverter letting us know we are pushing its limits.

Yeah this is why we chose Victron. Simple system build, good price and Bluetooth connectivity where I can see everything under the sun on a tablet or phone. Just a game changer.

Victron is 100% a game changer. Out back you need to guess and jump into various menus to find anything. Victron is 3 large tabs. Tap and its all out in the open to review.

Killer system and fantastic read! I'm all about simplicity and cost. Less I have to diagnose or repair or replace. I'll look into optional Lightning protection. My fault for not Tying the Out back to a ground as the Aims inverter is a closed looped floating deal. I see my flaws and will fix them.

I'll wait for John to come back before doing anything. I trust an Army Electrical Engineer over my self learned Electrical repair knowledge. Just need to bounce questions off of. He can and will answer them.

So It survived a lightning strike! It ran for another 7 months after at 65% solar capacity. That's how rugged it is. I cannot stress how much it is worth to install a Pro lightning arrester type product in the DC breaker box out near your panels. Obviously you have to ground bond all panels together and set them to a grounding rod on a solid copper 10 gauge ( minimum ) wire. The Victron is a beast! Ultra Efficient and much cheaper and has Bluetooth! <- Sign us up and I did! We will be buying the LCD plug and play screen for the charger as well. $32 nore and my daughter can watch the power and voltage readings alerting me to possible shut downs if there is no sun for days and days on end.

I thought I dropped a comment! The flex max is 100% repairable. I'm not going to struggle over throwing parts it at. I'm sure at Outbacks HQ's they can plug in a diagnose reader and see whats knocked out with whatever error codes come up. When these units go its mostly the power mosfets or the control board.

Just a simple bar graph that reads in reverse. Far left is TODAY! Far right are consecuative passed days production. If you owned one and had it in your hand you'd get a better feeling. I'll do more video's on it this and next year as we go back over solar education.

​@@TheWickerShireProjectthad be great.

It works with phones and Tablets but does not have codex and software for PC. I wanted this on my computer running in the background would of been a super cool widget! I'm Like... Oh my new pc has blue tooth connectivity! <- not written as so. What a Bummer! I could spend a boat load more money to get all the gear and devices to translate for the PC by Victron... Not worth the extra cash imo and Phones can be ultra cheap.

​@@TheWickerShireProjecti agree

@@TheWickerShireProject maybe you could run an android emulator and pull the logs on your pc?

@@vladimus9749 oh thats cool. I'll look into it!

Yeah the USA Price gouges and inflates the sh8t out of everything. Assuming we all have 6 figure jobs 10 cars, three houses and a boat load of passive invested income. NOT the case! Bulk of us are P*ss poor too. Just struggling to pay bills.

OK Solar lesson. Pwm ( Pulse width Modulation ) small cycles that grab energy on a clock cycle. It works but has voltage limits. Old technology. MPPT = Maximum Power Point tracking. This allows a Higher voltage to be used with a Lower voltage bank converting high voltage down to lower voltage. So when this happens you get more amps. Amps = better charging. MPPT computer sweeps finding the best conversion rates of voltage to amps. The lower the voltage comes down with Mppt the higher the amps go up supercharging your system. This how electricity works.

Bad storms only happen in February down here for the most part as cooler and warmer weather dance together as the season changes in to spring. it sukkz but, its life!

​@@TheWickerShireProjectone month is bearable I guess

49 cc Chinese tao tao? Mass produced! Wanna cry? I spent $1,200 on it. Yup I'm stupid! I should of ordered one online and had it shipped for half the price!

Best solar charge controller we have ever used. Very Impressed! Decent price too! بہترین سولر چارج کنٹرولر جو ہم نے کبھی استعمال کیا ہے۔ بہت متاثر! مناسب قیمت بھی!

1/2 the price of the big boy we got. $675 vws $350... this is 20 amps less but makes up for it in pure efficiency all day long. My old 80 amp could do 3,800 watts to 4k. This one will grab 3,600watts then throttle out but make the most out of every amp conversion that it see's almost in real time. Thats True hard core MPPT tracking for you!

One of the top brands. Worth the money even if its the 60 amp model and not the 80 amp. We got what we could afford. It almost uses all the solar the old 80 amp did. It's just way more efficient and produces earlier and later and better in between.

we had the PowMr 60 cheapo back up at 66% efficiency ( I had little faith in ) until the Victron 60 came in 5 days later. All I can say is the Victron is Way more efficient over the Outback by far! Less power consumption and converts High voltage to battery voltage to charge around 97%+ on average. We are stupid impressed by this company. No shenanigans here!

Gallon or two of Hot water. Have a 5 gallon pail ready. Loosen it up. The toilet awaits your disposal. I wish you had a compose area. That kinda sugar would ignite the bioload. Just make sure you have the barrels on a platform or help to dump them. Once the bulk is out you can use the remainder to feed the lawn. As a brewer we just make a Brandy out of it. Its safe to assume its loaded with a stabilizer like potassium sorbate. Dump what you can carry into the pail. Be sure both Bungs are open and use the top one as a flush and the bottom as a drain and let the water run through it.

@@TheWickerShireProject That sounds like a great idea. So basically use 2 gallons of boiling water to get it all loosed up then dump into a 5 gallon bucket and dump down toilet or safe spot in the woods lol ? Remainder wont make a mess in my driveway with a hose?

@@bslmarketing Make sure you have a few drops of dish soap in there and roll it back and forth. You can watch the 10 day forecast. Any chance of good rain use it to your advantage to make washing everything down and out of view easy. Our wash out wasn't so bad.

Just keep an eye on all your plants changes throughout the year. This is how I learn as well! ( Not buying morning Glory seeds anymore... 1 plant down! ) 😎

Someone will eventually ban free sun and capitalize and charge for it! They do it with rainwater in some states. Can you imagine? You're not allowed to collect and use rainwater in your garden? All I have to say..." The rights to bear arms against Tyranny! "

Right Dave? Just use whats around you. Why empty a wallet? All we have is time so we use that time to make our own compost to feed the soil and and save cash while food grows passively in a symbiotic relation to our efforts.

I love those! We just sourced a few. I want 100's of them! Perfect size to grow in. As we add compost every year, we can build up the soil layer and feed our microbes that feed our plants. Being plastic less water loss of cloth grow bags. Almost anything can be grown inside them. You my love have a fantastic resource for gardening ( Tub beds ). 👍

Info contained is pretty solid. I dislike spending money to get a garden going. So much free material on hand around all of us to start what nature intended us to do. Gather collect and grow.

So the calcium never goes away and it's in water soluble form. Its not for the plants directly until the fungi and soil microbes do their magic. Also a bucket load of beneficial bacteria in the liquid ( hence the spoiling sour smell. ) And milk isn't cheap so why dump it down the drain? Also many minerals and vitamins packed into milk as well. Major source of food for your symbiotic unseen microbiology world to help plants do better. ERNIE! 🥰

Right so it doesn't do anyone any good falling off the tree's onto the ground. <- Fallen leaves are a gold mine not commonly seen by the normal eye unless your a gardener!

I doubt it. I lack watch hours. I've given up! haha! I also refuse to sit on a live boring people to death!

Send me your Credit card Info I'll make and opposite video! lol! "How we buy a garden to grow!" wink. Yeah so saving money makes sense when everything you need is provided for you just a step outside the front door.

Hi Mona! Hope your having a decent season! We fall planted and are trying to get a harvest in before winter! ( fingers crossed).

I learn only from the best! 😋

We're all on a tight budget and spending too much when we do not have to ( On a Garden ). Using only what plants really need from materials abundant and locally sourced is the prime Ideal situation we all have around us. Anyone can grow food. God provides everything we need just outside our door step to do this.

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Hey Mike! We got the Fall garden in. I think we can pull some of it off! This summer killed us. I can show you more basil than your heart desires but, for winter storage the cupboards are bare. Yeah our pepper surprised us as well as all beans and corn. You know about the melon fiasco... OOF!

@@TheWickerShireProject same... I ate well from my garden but nothing to store away like last year...but at least you got fall/winter gsrden... stuff like mustard greens like frost..so I know you'll do great!