Thanks Brian for this. I previously installed a Victron MP2 on my 5th Wheel RV following your previous videos and have always found your channel helpful and inspiring. Thanks for your willingness to teach and share including the supporting documentation and parts sources. Very helpful! Cheers.
Very nice work Brian! This system is 💯better then any Grid Tie system You could have! Stand alone systems are the only way to go! The best part about this type of system is that You can ad on to it anytime You want. Keep up the great work my friend. Really nice system!👍
Great Video. I purchased a Sungoldpower 10kw inverter and 20 kw rack mount batteries in November 2023. It took me until May 2024 to get it installed. Then after 2 two months of tech support emails and video uploads (it takes 24 to 72 hrs for a responce) I got a firmware update that resolved most of my issues and the unit is working sufficiently with the exception of Flickering lights from time to time. I think the product has great potential and I hope they get everything worked out.
Glad you got it sorted. Are you using the same 10K inverter I'm using? I've had LED flickering with other inverters when charging, but not this one. Maybe mine had the latest firmware.
@@RVwithTito I believe it is, SPH10K48SP. Light flicker is a random issue for me so maybe a device (freezer) is causing the problem but I don't have the problem when running on the grid. I use my Inverter mostly in off grid mode.
@@larryd.9245 If it has a round display and no serial ports for parallel, that's a different/previous model. I've read other light flicker complaints on that version. Some have resolved the problem by purchasing a different brand (maybe higher quality) led light.
This is great stuff!! I’ve been ruminating on this for a couple years now. Each summer, they tell us to prepare for rolling blackouts that will last up to 2 hours or more and I’ve been thinking about something like this. I plan to tie in my RV with a 50A Onan gen on the side of the house and start that up to maintain the home until power is restored. Mostly for the fridge, office with internet access and the freezer in the garage. Goodness knows I should also put panels on the roof with the amount of sun we get down here…. Thanks yet again Brian for great production/information!! Cheers!
This certainly was a timely video as I've just started researching doing exactly what you already have done. Having the inverter powering outlets and such all the time and switch back and forth from utility power to solar power was something I didn't know was an option, so that is good to know. I don't have room for much solar, but I do have a garden shed that I was thinking of putting this equipment in and putting around 800-1000 watts of solar panels on the roof. That should be enough to keep the batteries topped off and keep the refrigerator and outlets powered up. I have a heat pump and would like to keep it going as well, but I'd have to figure out how to disable the backup heat strips, which is probably no big deal. Thanks for explanation on how your system works and the ideas!
Outstanding presentation and well designed system. BTW I have enjoyed your videos and learned so much over the years from the various power systems you have assembled. During the video you stated you had been running the system for about 6 weeks. This would allow for at least one billing cycle to transpire from your local grid power provider. Without divulging your electric bill amount what would you say the percentage reduction was in terms of your last bill? Also did you end up selling your last Class C motor home? If so I really wish I could have put in an offer LOL I thoroughly enjoyed watching you upgrade and improve the power system on that one - especially the control system.
20kW solar, 16kW hybrid inverter, 75kW lifepo4 battery all offgrid. Powers our entire house. These systems are amazing. Smaller system is ideal for vanlife, and can even connect to grid with extension cord to recharge system at an RV park for instance. Alternator charging and some solar to keep the RV system topped up.
Great video! I have the same transfer switch and would be interested in replacing my meters as they're not very accurate. Can you post a source for the meters you used? Thanks a bunch.
Here you go amzn.to/4c7iW82 Works great but the hole is too big So you'll have to cut a piece if plastic to cover the back of the hole. Then drill a hole in that to fit the new meter. Good luck.
Solar generator! Why not 💁🏼♂️.... This is exactly (almost) the configuration I am looking for on a home/house project in SW France.... However, although I will have 'grid-power' available, I am looking at installing a Hydrogen generator to give the additional backup I 'think' I may need.....Great vlog, well done 👏👏👏.... Any chance you could provide costings for what you now have? James
I have their older model it’s 6kw IP6048. Mine has Grid Interactive mode and can export back to the grid if I wanted it to. I am curious if yours can you just don’t because that doesn’t fit with your use case. I power mine with NiFe batteries. I don’t really have any complaints. Your app looks different from mine. I have also bought SolarAssistant. I have it running on a raspberry pi. It gives me a nicer dashboard than what I have in my app. Was happy to see someone else using a SunGold Inverter
Just curious -why didn’t you do grid tied. The inverter would simply use solar and battery as programmed. Grid tied gives you credit when having excess solar not needed for battery charging or load going to the house. I understand if you didn’t want to do permits-but permits are required for grid tied. Nice system-2/0 wire for batteries is big wire. Very fun project -I did similar-but did grid tied-I didn’t want to have to be occupied with flipping switches all the time and having my mind on the solar power energy management. I saw your system in your Rv too. Very cool.
Brian, I had another question regarding idle power consumed by SunGold versus EG4 6000XP. It seems SunGold is around 150W versus only about 50W for EG4 6000XP which seems pretty significant. Was this a non-factor for selecting SunGold inverter or were there other criteria(s) used in choosing SunGold for your system? TIA
Beautiful system and great video! Thank you for sharing! Also very curious on total cost and time to install. I don't have the space for this currently but am looking forward to building out a solar, high efficiency and off grid diy system. How much are you into it?
Thanks Brian for this. I previously installed a Victron MP2 on my 5th Wheel RV following your previous videos and have always found your channel helpful and inspiring. Thanks for your willingness to teach and share including the supporting documentation and parts sources. Very helpful! Cheers.
You're welcome. Glad to help ☺️
Very nice work Brian! This system is 💯better then any Grid Tie system You could have! Stand alone systems are the only way to go! The best part about this type of system is that You can ad on to it anytime You want. Keep up the great work my friend. Really nice system!👍
Really liked how you showed all types of different scenarios here. Very educational. Keep up the great content!
Thanks, will do!
This seems like the only was to go honestly. Great breakdown.
Great Video. I purchased a Sungoldpower 10kw inverter and 20 kw rack mount batteries in November 2023. It took me until May 2024 to get it installed. Then after 2 two months of tech support emails and video uploads (it takes 24 to 72 hrs for a responce) I got a firmware update that resolved most of my issues and the unit is working sufficiently with the exception of Flickering lights from time to time. I think the product has great potential and I hope they get everything worked out.
Glad you got it sorted. Are you using the same 10K inverter I'm using? I've had LED flickering with other inverters when charging, but not this one. Maybe mine had the latest firmware.
@@RVwithTito I believe it is, SPH10K48SP. Light flicker is a random issue for me so maybe a device (freezer) is causing the problem but I don't have the problem when running on the grid. I use my Inverter mostly in off grid mode.
@@larryd.9245 If it has a round display and no serial ports for parallel, that's a different/previous model. I've read other light flicker complaints on that version. Some have resolved the problem by purchasing a different brand (maybe higher quality) led light.
This is great stuff!! I’ve been ruminating on this for a couple years now. Each summer, they tell us to prepare for rolling blackouts that will last up to 2 hours or more and I’ve been thinking about something like this. I plan to tie in my RV with a 50A Onan gen on the side of the house and start that up to maintain the home until power is restored. Mostly for the fridge, office with internet access and the freezer in the garage. Goodness knows I should also put panels on the roof with the amount of sun we get down here…. Thanks yet again Brian for great production/information!! Cheers!
This certainly was a timely video as I've just started researching doing exactly what you already have done. Having the inverter powering outlets and such all the time and switch back and forth from utility power to solar power was something I didn't know was an option, so that is good to know. I don't have room for much solar, but I do have a garden shed that I was thinking of putting this equipment in and putting around 800-1000 watts of solar panels on the roof. That should be enough to keep the batteries topped off and keep the refrigerator and outlets powered up. I have a heat pump and would like to keep it going as well, but I'd have to figure out how to disable the backup heat strips, which is probably no big deal.
Thanks for explanation on how your system works and the ideas!
Glad to hear. Our power went out today and we had no idea. We thought our heat pump died 😃. Nope. Later we read online that there was a power outage.
Outstanding presentation and well designed system. BTW I have enjoyed your videos and learned so much over the years from the various power systems you have assembled. During the video you stated you had been running the system for about 6 weeks. This would allow for at least one billing cycle to transpire from your local grid power provider. Without divulging your electric bill amount what would you say the percentage reduction was in terms of your last bill? Also did you end up selling your last Class C motor home? If so I really wish I could have put in an offer LOL I thoroughly enjoyed watching you upgrade and improve the power system on that one - especially the control system.
Thanks! We won't know how much power savings since we've been also running our A/C all month. And yes we sold the Class C a couple years ago.
20kW solar, 16kW hybrid inverter, 75kW lifepo4 battery all offgrid. Powers our entire house. These systems are amazing.
Smaller system is ideal for vanlife, and can even connect to grid with extension cord to recharge system at an RV park for instance. Alternator charging and some solar to keep the RV system topped up.
Yes that is what mind is Solar Gen
So, how many times have you had to re-sheetrock your shop/utility room? 🙂
😃 The panels are just screwed in because YES, I remove them a few times a year.
I use the Pro-trans manual transfer switch.
Yeah. That's another popular one.
have you thought about when you park your RV, connecting your RV solar to the house solar?
Check this out th-cam.com/video/foalWnCkeGs/w-d-xo.html It's better for me to use the RV solar to power the RV and then use the RV as a generator.
Advice from another Pacific Northwest off grid solar user, get more solar panels for the winter! I have 7.5 kW
Great video! I have the same transfer switch and would be interested in replacing my meters as they're not very accurate. Can you post a source for the meters you used? Thanks a bunch.
Here you go amzn.to/4c7iW82
Works great but the hole is too big
So you'll have to cut a piece if plastic to cover the back of the hole. Then drill a hole in that to fit the new meter. Good luck.
Solar generator! Why not 💁🏼♂️.... This is exactly (almost) the configuration I am looking for on a home/house project in SW France.... However, although I will have 'grid-power' available, I am looking at installing a Hydrogen generator to give the additional backup I 'think' I may need.....Great vlog, well done 👏👏👏.... Any chance you could provide costings for what you now have? James
Thank you for the video.
You're welcome!
I have their older model it’s 6kw IP6048. Mine has Grid Interactive mode and can export back to the grid if I wanted it to. I am curious if yours can you just don’t because that doesn’t fit with your use case. I power mine with NiFe batteries. I don’t really have any complaints. Your app looks different from mine. I have also bought SolarAssistant. I have it running on a raspberry pi. It gives me a nicer dashboard than what I have in my app. Was happy to see someone else using a SunGold Inverter
Mine does have a setting to enable/disable back feeding the grid. It is disabled by default.
@@RVwithTito thanks for the reply. I wish I would have held out for the bigger model but still can’t complain.
😅Good information, thanks.
You're welcome
Nice system...
Thanks! It's been working well.
Just curious -why didn’t you do grid tied. The inverter would simply use solar and battery as programmed. Grid tied gives you credit when having excess solar not needed for battery charging or load going to the house. I understand if you didn’t want to do permits-but permits are required for grid tied. Nice system-2/0 wire for batteries is big wire. Very fun project -I did similar-but did grid tied-I didn’t want to have to be occupied with flipping switches all the time and having my mind on the solar power energy management. I saw your system in your Rv too. Very cool.
Steve, this inverter will simply use grid when it needs it. There's no need to flip switches.
Very nice setup and video. but... a generator is just soo much easier & cheaper.
This is silent and needs no maintenance.
Have you done a load test on the 120v line to see if it matches their claims ?
I've pulled up to 7.5KW from it and it has handled it fine. But no, I haven't been able to test it to the full 10K rating.
Did you consider an automatic transfer switch so that if in the dead of night you lose grid power it will automatically switch to your battery?
Already does that. It's always running through the inverter. So the grid will kick in and out as programmed.
What is the mechanism to keep it from feeding AC back into the grid? Is it a Inverter setting or built into Inverter to not reverse feed?
It is an inverter setting.
hi tito how do you program that sungoal inverter
Brian, I had another question regarding idle power consumed by SunGold versus EG4 6000XP. It seems SunGold is around 150W versus only about 50W for EG4 6000XP which seems pretty significant. Was this a non-factor for selecting SunGold inverter or were there other criteria(s) used in choosing SunGold for your system? TIA
This inverter is rated at around 95W idle consumption. Not much more than the 6K inverter I had been using.
@@RVwithTito thanks. That is much better than the 150W number folks on other forums were quoting it as consuming,
Man I wish I was related to u 😂 🍻
😃
What’s amazing is this inverter/controller is 10k with 240v for $1600 while the Victron is 3k with only 120v for~$1200
What is the name for you using the APP? I use SOLARMAN smart
Solarman Business
Impressive - call what you want - it is your setup - LOL
😃 Thanks for watching til the end.
Is the inverter a low or high frequency inverter?
Doesn't specify in the specs. So it's probably high frequency. It's handled everything I've thrown at it though.
Who builds this inverter? Lux power?
SRNE
How much have you invested in this hobby?
Beautiful system and great video! Thank you for sharing!
Also very curious on total cost and time to install. I don't have the space for this currently but am looking forward to building out a solar, high efficiency and off grid diy system. How much are you into it?
Probably about $6K with what I've shown. I've accumulated components over several years though.
@RVwithTito that's really not that bad. I was expecting way more like double that.
The battery has come down in price and the solar panels were purchased used. Of course the installation and labor is free.
Sungold solar filed chapter 11 August 7, 2024
Are you confusing SunGoldPower with SunPower? I know SunPower filed for Ch 11.
Hello Brian,
Which app are you using with your 10Kw?
I have had mine for 2 months and was instructed to use SolarMan. Thanks
Using Solarman Business app.
Thank you.