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Where to bond neutral to ground in off grid setup?
▲ 18 r/askanelectrician+1 crossposts

Where to bond neutral to ground in off grid setup?

I am building an offgrid solar setup with an EG4 inverter that will power an RV panel (see pic).

I am not sure where to bond my neutral to ground in the system. My plan was to run electricity straight to the breaker panel from the inverter since this seems like the simplest setup and I am only powering an RV campsite.

However I am nervous about bonding neutral to ground in the RV breaker box. The inverter manual says to never bond them inside the inverter.

The only other option is to install a separate breaker between the two, but this seems redundant since I only need to run power to the single RV box.

I have had trouble finding an electrician since I live in a very rural area.

u/WorriedEssay6532 — 1 day ago
▲ 8 r/Ford

Small trailer, big tow

Towed a 5x8 utility trailer with around 1200 lbs of stuff in it 1000 miles from Montana to NM.

As expected the range hit wasnt too big since there wasn't a lot of wind resistance. Average was about 1.6 mi/kwh. However, I did drive through a snow storm in the middle. So averages when driving in temps in the 50s/60s was more like 1.7-1.8 and in the storm (temps 30s) it was more like 1.4.

Overall it was similar range loss to driving in cold weather, so manageable.

Bring it back Ford! Great truck.

u/WorriedEssay6532 — 3 months ago
▲ 34 r/F150Lightning

Small trailer, big tow

Towed a 5x8 utility trailer with around 1200 lbs of stuff in it 1000 miles from Montana to NM.

As expected the range hit wasnt too big since there wasn't a lot of wind resistance. Average was about 1.6 mi/kwh. However, I did drive through a snow storm in the middle. So averages when driving in temps in the 50s/60s was more like 1.7-1.8 and in the storm (temps 30s) it was more like 1.4.

Overall it was similar range loss to driving in cold weather, so manageable.

u/WorriedEssay6532 — 3 months ago
▲ 1 r/F150Lightning

Towing Experience

Towed a 5x8 utility trailer with around 1200 lbs of stuff in it 1000 miles from Montana to NM.

As expected the range hit wasnt too big since there wasn't a lot of wind resistance. Average was about 1.6 mi/kwh. However, I did drive through a snow storm in the middle. So averages when driving in temps in the 50s/60s was more like 1.7-1.8 and in the storm (temps 30s) it was more like 1.4.

Overall it was similar range loss to driving in cold weather, so manageable.

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u/WorriedEssay6532 — 3 months ago
▲ 35 r/F150Lightning

Towing Experience

Towed a 5x8 utility trailer with around 1200 lbs of stuff in it 1000 miles from Montana to NM.

As expected the range hit wasnt too big since there wasn't a lot of wind resistance. Average was about 1.6 mi/kwh. However, I did drive through a snow storm in the middle. So averages when driving in temps in the 50s/60s was more like 1.7-1.8 and in the storm (temps 30s) it was more like 1.4.

Overall it was similar range loss to driving in cold weather, so manageable.

u/WorriedEssay6532 — 3 months ago
▲ 33 r/thebulwark

A morbid curiosity led me to post a question in r/askconservatives.

I think I got 50% good faith answers, 25% bots and trolls, and 25% jerks. I then left the group.

u/WorriedEssay6532 — 4 months ago
▲ 5 r/HistoryWhatIf

Here is the setting. 628 AD. The Romans and Persians has just fought a 24 year war against one another that left both empires as exhausted shells. Into this situation road the newly united and Islamized forces of Arabia. Both empires crumble under the onslaught.

Suppose that for some reason both empires manage to hold off the Arab forces. Perhaps Islam still exists, but remains an Arabian religion. Perhaps it spreads later by either missionary work or conquest.

Heres the political and cultural setting of the early 600's. On the Roman side people are various flavors of Christian, ruled from Constantinople, and speak Greek, Latin, Aramaic, and Coptic. On the Perisan side the Capitol is Ctesipon, the main religion is Zoroastrianism and there are various Christian minorities and probably some Buddists in the Perisan east.

How do the next 1500 years play out? Let's speculate!

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u/WorriedEssay6532 — 4 months ago
▲ 26 r/PhD

Physical sciences. US.

Some background. I came up with my research project and then approached my advisor to take me on as a student. I brought a lot of my own funding.

I did a literature review and created a figure using the data and then added my own data to it to show how our results fit into a larger picture. I presented it to my committee at a meeting and also on a poster at a conference.

My advisor then shared the figure with another student in our lab and told them to put it on their poster for a conference. The student asked me about using it and I said that if they cited me I was ok with it but I was confused as to how they got the data and they said our advisor had shared it with them.

I feel like my advisor should have asked me before sharing it but since I had already presented it is it fair game?

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u/WorriedEssay6532 — 4 months ago