Triggertrevor
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Hi all id like some advise on the connection from your battery storage management unit to your battery bank.
I originally looked at the Sofar ME3000SP and pylontech US series of batteries as i already have 4.5kw solar setup running a Sofar inverter so thought continuity with the same manufacturer.
Now after number crunching i realise that to build a 9.6kw system or above i need to have deep pockets.I received some good advise from a guy on this forum regarding picking the right batteries and at the moment i have been looking at 16 280ah lofepo4 batteries which would give me added storage over what i require but that can only be a good thing.
Now the reason why i posted this was because i'm a little unsure what extra bits and bats i would need using the Sofar ME3000SP,would i need a bms,or is this built into the the controller. Now i do believe that the pylontech batteries communicate with the controller via the canbus but if i build my own batteries would i be able to add a canbus so i can see whats going on with the state of the battery and what charge i have in the batteries,whether i'm pulling from the grid or when i need to charge the batteries from the grid etc.
hope i haven't gone on too long but i'm not the best at explaining things
cheers Kev
I originally looked at the Sofar ME3000SP and pylontech US series of batteries as i already have 4.5kw solar setup running a Sofar inverter so thought continuity with the same manufacturer.
Now after number crunching i realise that to build a 9.6kw system or above i need to have deep pockets.I received some good advise from a guy on this forum regarding picking the right batteries and at the moment i have been looking at 16 280ah lofepo4 batteries which would give me added storage over what i require but that can only be a good thing.
Now the reason why i posted this was because i'm a little unsure what extra bits and bats i would need using the Sofar ME3000SP,would i need a bms,or is this built into the the controller. Now i do believe that the pylontech batteries communicate with the controller via the canbus but if i build my own batteries would i be able to add a canbus so i can see whats going on with the state of the battery and what charge i have in the batteries,whether i'm pulling from the grid or when i need to charge the batteries from the grid etc.
hope i haven't gone on too long but i'm not the best at explaining things
cheers Kev