I need to install inverter in small casa. i was told not to put battery bank in my laundry room but it seems well ventilated and most neighbors do. also I was thinking of installing it my self I do alot of elec.work in USA.I just worry about directions if they are in spanish. Can anyone help I am in Sosua area.
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Your best bet is to get a pro to do it for you, he will only charge you RD1000, to RD1,500, do it properly and he will be a handy person to have to call when it does something you don't understand. Usually when you buy the unit they will recommend someone. Also for warranty reasons, if you do not do something correctly and screw up then the warranty will be void, as you installed it wrong. Get a pro to do it right, if it goes wrong then the warranty will stand as he is a pro, and if he installed it wrong then he will be responsible for compensating your loss if the warranty is voided by the incorrect installation. Either way you are covering your back by having nothing to do with any faults that ocurr.
Windeguy,
You are right about fumes. The Acid fumes can eat away the metal tracks inside the invertoron the printed circuit boards. I had a friend with this problem but he was also storing his pool chemicals in the same room. Chlorine and Sulphuric acid vapour will eat almost any thing !
So put the batteries to one side of the invertor even in a well ventilated room. Preferably the side away from the air cooling intake fan on the invertor.
With regard to inside , I have seen many installations with four or eight batteries inside that have run for many years without a problem.
With a gas cylinder near by however there is a potential problem if a gas leak occurs. The rubber tubes do not last for ever so are a potential source of leaks. When the invertor changes over, a relay may make a spark and ignite any leaking gas so the recommendation is to put the gas cylinder outside and use a copper pipe in the house area.
I have know one battery explode in the 8 years I have been dealing with this sort of stuff and it was caused by an internal fault in the battery. Yes it does happen but the consequences are not that great. Maybe one or two replacement batteries and some acid to deal with.
Olly
You are right about fumes. The Acid fumes can eat away the metal tracks inside the invertoron the printed circuit boards. I had a friend with this problem but he was also storing his pool chemicals in the same room. Chlorine and Sulphuric acid vapour will eat almost any thing !
So put the batteries to one side of the invertor even in a well ventilated room. Preferably the side away from the air cooling intake fan on the invertor.
With regard to inside , I have seen many installations with four or eight batteries inside that have run for many years without a problem.
With a gas cylinder near by however there is a potential problem if a gas leak occurs. The rubber tubes do not last for ever so are a potential source of leaks. When the invertor changes over, a relay may make a spark and ignite any leaking gas so the recommendation is to put the gas cylinder outside and use a copper pipe in the house area.
I have know one battery explode in the 8 years I have been dealing with this sort of stuff and it was caused by an internal fault in the battery. Yes it does happen but the consequences are not that great. Maybe one or two replacement batteries and some acid to deal with.
Olly
Just looked through my instruction booklet about mounting and connection, and it does not mention anything about fitting the bats under the unit (not that I can pick out from skimming the booklet), although mine are offset to the side, and I had a guy from Trace fit mine.
Givadog,
Instruction manuals dont tell you everything. I am glad you got a professional to fit your invertor and he did it right!
Sunshinedon, Yes it is fairly easy to fit an invertor. The trick is to know what to connect to it and how to change connections in the panel board.
Olly
Instruction manuals dont tell you everything. I am glad you got a professional to fit your invertor and he did it right!
Sunshinedon, Yes it is fairly easy to fit an invertor. The trick is to know what to connect to it and how to change connections in the panel board.
Olly
you sure about this? The ones in my house are directly under the invertor
Ahhh. You need to move the batteries or the inverter. The acid/toxic/flammable fumes from the batteries with take out your inverter via corrosion AND and HUGH ignition source to go BOOOOOOM.
Best to have the batteries away from the inverter and with lower and upper ventilation in the battery area.
I've just been looking on Youtube for an example of what an exploding battery would be like and can you believe there is nothing, well other than those deep frying batteries etc
I'd be very interested to know just how big an explosion it would cause.
I'd be very interested to know just how big an explosion it would cause.
Being that you don't live here you have not seen a whole 8X8 building bown to bits. I've seen the after right down the street from me. Guy was lucky and KNEW to put his batteries in a seperate concrete block shed so not to damage anything else. NOTHING LEFT of the battery shed.
Erm????
Sorry, jumping to conclusions...................
You don't know where I am, only that I have been in Europe for a while doing other things, being that you don't know, don't presume to know anything about where I am or me, thankyou very much.
And what has living here got anything to do with seeing an 8x8 building blown to bits, your sentence does not make sense.
Windy,
I thought they only used TWO pairs of rubber gloves at US Airports! Interesting video - something of asales pitch in it though!
Ringo , Sunshinedon
I think the key here is ventilation. Well ventilated enclosures seem to work ok. Perhaps the 8X8 was totally enclosed or had a gas bottle in there too.
Olly and the team
I thought they only used TWO pairs of rubber gloves at US Airports! Interesting video - something of asales pitch in it though!
Ringo , Sunshinedon
I think the key here is ventilation. Well ventilated enclosures seem to work ok. Perhaps the 8X8 was totally enclosed or had a gas bottle in there too.
Olly and the team
I agree with the sales pitch slant on the video. However, after using several other brand of batteries here, I will stick with either Trojan or US Battery brands. Interstate is the other brand I would consider, but I have no personal experience with them with respect to deep cycle batteries but I use them in automobiles frequently.