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@terrahillfarm
5 ай бұрын
Too funny and timely! 😂. I ordered the Lynx distributor, opened box, looked at it and sent it back for the power in. No way I’m paying extra for flashy lights and fuses if I have to buy another component just to provide power to the flashy lights!!💡 It’s just the principle of the matter 🤦♂️. Excellent hack though and I will try it 👍☀️⚡️🤩
@AdamDeLay07
5 ай бұрын
Haha! It's funny I've seen quite a few people talking about this hack recently. I figure, why not save a few bucks!
@TheCodeMonk
5 ай бұрын
Just did this for my RV recently. I found two washers on top of the bolts but below the plastic separator helps keep the bolt head seated deeper in the holder and make it less likely to slip out and spin.
@AdamDeLay07
5 ай бұрын
I hadn’t noticed any spinning issues but I’ll keep an eye out when I add more connections. Thanks for the tip!
@cgutowski471
5 ай бұрын
Just did the same thing for my EG4 6000XP and a few DIY 100ah battery packs. Super easy, used 48v/125a mega fuses for each pack
@issa3522
3 ай бұрын
Thanks body for sharing this crucial information with us. You certainly have saved me more than few bucks. I’ve purchased Lynx distributor just few hours before accidentally come across your channel and took your advice straight away and went to cancel my order and ordered the Lynx power in from the same company and thanks to you I’ve saved £60. I don’t need to buy any extra hardware for upgrading power in as I’ve plenty of bolts, washers and nuts already. Thanks a lot for your help my friend. Good night and luck from London as the great American journalist Edward R. Murrow would say.
@AdamDeLay07
3 ай бұрын
Awesome! Love saving some money!
@Roll2Videos
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the great video. Explorist Life is one of my go-to channels for information. Thanks
@AdamDeLay07
5 ай бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, Nate does a great job!
@maliciousloki
5 ай бұрын
I saw this online like you did and always wonder... why? Power In is $150 on Amazon, Distributor is $210. If you want M10 terminals on the Power In it's over $180. In a system that has multi-thousand-dollar inverters, folks are trying to save $20-50? Better savings areas would be re-using any HDMI screen laying around instead of the Cerbo touch panel (which I did, saving $220-330) or using a raspberry pi instead of the Cerbo (maybe $150 if buying the Pi, $279 if you already have one). To each their own, I suppose, and I don't want to "knock" you or anyone who chooses to go this route, but I'd rather get the appropriately-badged Lynx Distributor and offset the chance that, in the future, they enable remote fuse monitoring through the Cerbo. :) Looking forward to your next project!
@AdamDeLay07
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment! I see any savings as a win as long as it doesn’t end up costing you more in the long run. Each thing you mentioned though is another point of possible savings. Another thought is just using a tablet instead of an hdmi screen connected to the cerbo. Lots of possibilities!
@joeschmidt9503
5 ай бұрын
That helps! Thank you!
@AdamDeLay07
5 ай бұрын
You're very welcome Joe! Thank you!
@cowboymcq6711
5 ай бұрын
What’s up Adam⁉️ We started this journey together two years ago with signature Solar it’s been a long bumpy road anyways I have got a fantastic Victron system now and I’m blown away with how flawless it works compared to my EG4 orgrowatt whole house system I’m like 90% off grid now with electricity. And trying to figure out how to connect my victron system to my generator so I can be completely off grid Is this something you will be doing or will you stay connected to the grid for when we have a few cloudy days Keep the great videos coming you’ve been a huge help PS people it might take a little while to save the money for a top of the line system like victron BUT. It’s totally worth it compared to a lower end entry level solar system I’m glad I still have a house with some of the failures in my old systems. Very scary With some of the issue I had
@AdamDeLay07
5 ай бұрын
Hey Cowboy! Yeah it's been a wild couple of years. It's amazing the difference between quality and quantity... I'm still working on more solar and batteries to take more of my house off-grid. Getting there slowly. The only generator I have is an open-frame genny w/o an automatic start. I would imagine though that it would be exactly the same as how I set up Ignoring the AC IN using the generator start/stop feature of the cerbo (kzitem.info/news/bejne/lZCprXyfcaB8epg). You would just run the two-wire from the cerbo to the generator instead. Yeah, you had some sketchy stuff happen. Glad you've been able to get a solid system in place!
@cowboymcq6711
5 ай бұрын
@@AdamDeLay07 Keep up the great videos I’m sure you’ve helped a ton of people including myself buddy Thanks a Ton ‼️ Both of my generators have push button start But no dry contacts to connect to my cerbo 😢
@AdamDeLay07
5 ай бұрын
@@cowboymcq6711 Thanks a lot! I know I've seen comments of aftermarket auto-starts for generators as long as it has an electric start. Might be worth looking into. You may have to make a few modifications but if you don't have to go outside to start...might be worth it!
@norsk54472
17 сағат бұрын
is this how you tapped your battery to supply the power to the extra inverters which you have been testing? I have wondered how you did that and want to duplicate that. I am powering my XW Pro and want a a 2nd unit, but they are $3500 from SS. Then watching you test/review the 6000XP, I thought I might just add the 6000XP to my existing battery and save $2000 now over the 2nd XW Pro
@AdamDeLay07
16 сағат бұрын
Yeah, that's how I ran my DC side. I just used 4/0 off that Power In to go to my test wall and added a bus bar on that wall for the other inverters.
@norsk54472
13 сағат бұрын
@@AdamDeLay07 bingo, thank you for the great insight to that issue. I currently have 500 amp buss bars and want to replace them with 2 Power In panels. Now I have a place to put the existing bus bars to use, in the 2nd (or 3rd) inverter area 😀
@AdamDeLay07
13 сағат бұрын
@@norsk54472 not a problem! Just make sure you have some kind of fuse for your other inverter line.
@norsk54472
13 сағат бұрын
@@AdamDeLay07 for sure
@tweedeldee8122
5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@AdamDeLay07
5 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@jamesmason7124
2 ай бұрын
They must have changed the Victron Lynx power in, because mine doesn't have the LED cutouts and no mine is not the new version with the M10 studs
@AdamDeLay07
2 ай бұрын
Hmm. You're the first person I've heard from that said the design was different. I know there was supposed to be a newer Lynx device that used Class T fuses instead. Did you end up getting one of those?
@jamesmason7124
2 ай бұрын
No it's just the regular m8 version of the lynx power in, I have seen 2 versions, one with the provisions for the leds and 1 without . It has took me over 3 years of saving and buying everything one piece at a time to be able to get the equipment for my solar system because I live on a very fixed income and I am disabled and unable to work, hell I can barely walk. I live in my 1967 GM city transit bus on my friends land out in the high desert of New Mexico. It gets very hot ( over 100 degrees) in the summer and very cold ( below 0 degrees) in the winter here . I've been trying to get my system up and running so I can be more self sufficient. Next on the list for me is the Victron lynx distributor and smart shunt 1000, fuses and a shut-off switch and the copper bars to connect them.
@AdamDeLay07
2 ай бұрын
@@jamesmason7124 Good luck with your install. I know all about having to peace-meal a project because finances are tight. If you wana save a few bucks, just get another Power In instead of a distributor (unless you really want to see the indicator lights).
@jamesmason7124
2 ай бұрын
The picture at the beginning of this video shows a different version of mine , Yes I rather just save up and get the lynx distributor. I will be actually using my lynx power in to connect my batteries into parallel, I am also building my own batteries from headway 38120hp cells so I will also be able to start my bus with them, but before I will be able to use them for starting the bus, I will need to get a Wakespeed WS500 alternator controller that will connect to a Victron cerbo gx that I still need to get . Money is such a pain in the butt
@davidpatrick1813
5 ай бұрын
I had to watch this twice too get what your are doing. I am concerned about the ground wires at this point
@AdamDeLay07
5 ай бұрын
What ground wires?
@TheCornucopiaProject-bd5jk
3 ай бұрын
Can I connect multiple mppt controllers to the lynx distributor or power in ? I have 5 different mppt to accommodate different panel sizes on a boat. Can I double up cables on the posts or are they too short or space restrictive? While there are only 4 connections, can I use the bus bar terminal to the right as a 5th connection?
@AdamDeLay07
3 ай бұрын
Yes you can connect multiple mppts. I’ve got several connected. If you got creative, you might be able to double up, but I’m not really a fan of doubling up high current cables. Yes you can use the terminal ends as extra connections. I’ve got my cerbo and rsd power supply on the terminal end.
@k-sell4065
5 ай бұрын
Are those aluminum buss bars?
@AdamDeLay07
5 ай бұрын
Tinned copper
@k-sell4065
5 ай бұрын
@@AdamDeLay07 thank you. I was just wondering because of how shiny they were
@cowboymcq6711
5 ай бұрын
Victron stuff is exspensive but it’s all top notch equipment from what I’ve seen so far 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🥳
@AdamDeLay07
5 ай бұрын
@@k-sell4065 no worries! I originally wondered the same thing.
@TheCodeMonk
5 ай бұрын
Tinned copper is really important on boats because of concerns about corrosion. Victron is huge for boats so they really focus on that (also why they use stainless steel for all the bolts on this too)
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