<div dir="auto">Pet heater have worked for me, I air gap a sealed heater box under the battery, thermostat inside the top of the battery. It's slow and low power but does the trick<div dir="auto">Fun times</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 8, 2023, 3:05 PM Ray Walters via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi All;<br>
<br>
I have a fresh Fortress Evault installation with a Solark inverter. The <br>
batteries are indoors in the center of the house, but the customer is <br>
not there full time, so the battery is unfortunately going below <br>
freezing. What are the best options for setting up a heating system for <br>
the E Vault?<br>
<br>
Here are ideas that I have not tried, but am considering:<br>
1) add a 240 v, 1000 w baseboard heater in the room near the battery <br>
that is wired to only run off the generator. Run the generator until <br>
the heat comes up, and then hopefully after 30 minutes, the battery <br>
would begin accepting a charge.<br>
<br>
2) Add an 120 vac heating blanket under the evault that would be wired <br>
to a thermostat, but also have a relay control from the PV system, so <br>
that the heater would only operate when the sun was out, and the battery <br>
was below 50F. I don't quite know how to set this up with the Solark's <br>
load controls.<br>
<br>
I've considered some DC options, but they don't make much sense, since <br>
the inverter has to be on to charge from PV anyway.<br>
<br>
The long term plan is for the client to finish the insulation, and sheet <br>
rock, and add a gas wall heater in there as needed.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Ray Walters<br>
Remote Solar<br>
in the Colorado mountain cold.....<br>
<br>
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