I never understand this. Why go through all that and at the end of the day you can’t use half your stuff. You’re spending 80% of the money to put in a system that powers every circuit and you’re only powering half so people have to figure out what they want to use. There’s marginal price difference between a 3KW and a 5KW inverter and the labor rate to physically install everything is basically the same regardless. Hey whatever, it’s not my thing. I like pressing one button and everything works off grid just like it does when connected but that’s just me.
While I agree that the marginal price difference makes the bigger systems more worthwhile, we have to respect that not every client has the budget or the need for it. With that said, Victron has not yet released a single 5kW unit with 240V passthrough, so we instead use 2 separate 3kW or 5kW units, which does increase equipment and labor significantly.
Thank you for showcasing the Brinkley Model G with our solar panels! Great video!
Our pleasure!
I never understand this. Why go through all that and at the end of the day you can’t use half your stuff. You’re spending 80% of the money to put in a system that powers every circuit and you’re only powering half so people have to figure out what they want to use. There’s marginal price difference between a 3KW and a 5KW inverter and the labor rate to physically install everything is basically the same regardless. Hey whatever, it’s not my thing. I like pressing one button and everything works off grid just like it does when connected but that’s just me.
While I agree that the marginal price difference makes the bigger systems more worthwhile, we have to respect that not every client has the budget or the need for it. With that said, Victron has not yet released a single 5kW unit with 240V passthrough, so we instead use 2 separate 3kW or 5kW units, which does increase equipment and labor significantly.