Recent content by 1pt21GigaWatts

I too wish I had know the incompatibility with my previous EG4LL's before I got from them, it is quite annoying! Reading this thread motivated me to double check my setup, since it's mainly just for backup, and I just found another significant issue; I have a 24v EG4LL from Aug21 in series...

I was just reading the Victron Lynx manuals, and apparently they include a precharge circuit in their Lynx SmartBMS. So, they know it is an important feature, you just have to have the full Victron stack to get it.

I just fired up my Multi II 48V 3000VA 120V last night. I plugged mine into the AC in first which charges up the capacitors first, then I powered on the DC side which works well. If you're powering up the DC first I'm not entirely sure. Take a look at this commissioning video from Victron at...

Before you could simply glance at the Like to Dislike Ratio and tell there was something seriously wrong here, but now imagine you simply follow this video's instructions:

I got this one: Cotek 24v, very nice unit. I realize it's above the budget of the OP, but if you can stretch it; it's supposedly the same OEM as the Samlex one above, but just a little cheaper.

I got the bus bars recommended by and linked to from Will: Here They're pretty solid. Tin plated copper bar, 3/8 studs, enough spacing for wide 4/0 contacts, 300A continuous. $40 + $10 shipping for the pair.

Can someone explain how dead battery charging with this unit would work? In the troubleshooting section on pg. 9 under the symptom "Completely dead, no display" it states, "Battery voltage must be at least 10V for the unit to operate." But as shown in the post above from pg. 10 in the...