By far the best and cost effective components on the market right now for this or any offgrid power, very good explanation on the configuration and set up.

@SimpleCarGuy

15 күн бұрын

Couldn't agree more, it’s such an accessible system for DIYers and those new to solar and power banks etc. thanks for watching!

IVE TOOK A year of electrical..and wired up some apartments...an houses..so this project is right for me..

Very cool! Nice job!

Thanks for going through the inverter settings. I was really curious for that!

@SimpleCarGuy

15 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

Great video. IM going to built now

great overview ❤

Nice project!

Thanks for the demo and tips. Super helpful, especially with programming the inverter. Are you going to leave both greens into the ground?

What an awesome video, I never knew I needed this!

@SimpleCarGuy

13 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

NIce setup! I noticed your Illinois Plates, I live in Chicago and also have a BMW i3, nice to see i3 owners here. Thanks for sharing!

@SimpleCarGuy

16 күн бұрын

Ive expanded it further now and its amazing! Thanks for watching and yes, there are DOZENS of us here!

aawesome and compact..........and POWERFUL............yelp I WANT ONE.....A good project 4 me

Good video… Gives me an idea.. I have a just converted an ICE mini pickup. A 5kW + 5kwh inverter/battery is planned and this video just came at the right time. Thanks for up loading.. Oh BTW, I have a cheapo hand cart laying somewhere in the garage.

Awesome build. Beautifully simple. I might be tempted to upscale to taller cart and up to 6500 EX or similar to get 240v/ faster charging.

@SimpleCarGuy

15 күн бұрын

Great idea! Post your results if you build one. Thanks for watching.

@MyCabinLife

9 күн бұрын

Also, you would get faster charging if you had bigger panels and more panels. You don't necessarily need to go to 240v. This inverter can output 3k Watts......

@SimpleCarGuy

9 күн бұрын

I have since added panels and wired up a 15amp charger, so charging at 1.83kW for about 8 hours from the sun! More than enough to cover my commute!

nice project .. actuallly charging your EV directly from the sun and storing it in a battery that is complexly portable, WOW...I would like to build something like this for my EV, good thing too is that I can also charge the battery on my eBike as well brilliant.... just one question: as I live in Australia could I buy the EG4 in Australia or where would I buy it from, and would they ship to Australia....thanks again for the video

@SimpleCarGuy

14 күн бұрын

I've been using it to charge my eBike as well and now powering a mini split also. I've added a few panels and it's powering everything without any issues! As far as shipping to Australia, I have no idea.. I imagine you guys have other brands with similar set up there that would do the job just as well.

Hi. Curious if the outlets and usb are for 48v appliances? Would my computer fry if I plug it in to the outlet? I figured I would need some 48V to 12V down converter?

@WakeUpPeople1776

7 күн бұрын

I think I just realized why my question. The 48V is converted to DC and will run most appliances on DC until.3000W are taken?

Can you do 2 of them sitting next to each other and get 240v for ev charging?

@SimpleCarGuy

15 күн бұрын

Yes, you can. In fact, that’s exactly what I’m doing at the moment!

@B0X2002

14 күн бұрын

@@SimpleCarGuy but how you going to be like hooking up together? 🤔

Wouldn’t it be better to use a breaker box for the solar input for connecting and disconnecting them? Also, is there an app that you can use to adjust the settings? Thanks

@MyCabinLife

9 күн бұрын

Eg4 has a Wi-Fi dongle and app you can use.

What if its a cloudy day how does it preform ❤❤

A nice little system, however it’s a little small to effectively charge the i3 fully. Are you planning to scale this up?

@SimpleCarGuy

9 күн бұрын

I added a bunch more panels and wired up a 15amp charger. Now it charges at 1.85kW. So, it takes 10 hours from 0-100. I drive around 15-20 miles a day, so this system fully recharges the car each day for me, unless it’s raining.

What solar panels do you suggest? You said those were portable 300 watts.

@SimpleCarGuy

15 күн бұрын

Anything you can find for cheap that will have enough voltage. I got 15 of these for $50 a piece and I’m building up a much bigger system with them. You need minimum 120 volts from the panels to start this inverter. These produce about 40 volts so I put 4 of them in series for the test and demonstration. If you can find some 500w panels for like $100/each, 3-4 of those would give you 1.5-2kw of solar at peek sun. There is some math involved here and Will Prause just did a great video on this topic, so check it out.

@user713Blvd

8 күн бұрын

​@@SimpleCarGuy thanks for sharing this start idea for charging EV and I subscribed. As you mentioned this inverter has 3000 watts out and 5000 watts fro PV Max. Just curious, if I have 5k watt PV, but only able to use 3k watts. Seems like I didn't use my max PV or other words, I lost 2000 watts. Should I buy solar panel for 3k or 5k watts to work best with this EG4 Inverter? Again, thanks for sharing and please post more.

Now check out Rich rebuilds to see how you can get 400 Mi range out of the i3😊

@SimpleCarGuy

8 күн бұрын

I used to watch his channel all the time, but haven’t in a while.. now I have to check back again! That sounds amazing

@PaulPaid

8 күн бұрын

@@SimpleCarGuy A pleasure..👍🏾

🧡🧡🧡💯💯💯👏👏👏👍👍👍

This same set-up has been done like 100 times on KZread already. I'm sure you know this

@SimpleCarGuy

8 күн бұрын

What hasn’t been done on KZread, though? It’s all about documenting it for myself and expanding the project further as I’m building it up. Thanks for watching!

Sorry ALL EV's Need to be Outlawed and removed from the roads!!!

@SimpleCarGuy

3 күн бұрын

Why is that?