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Watching the video and reading all the comments above, everyone seems to be saying the same thing as I understand it. Both the video and comments above could be more clear however. One of the confusing issues is that people will sometimes refer to DC negative as a ground. Not the same thing at...

Screech has explained this the problem very well. When first encountered it after installing my inverters, I attributed ot to the inverters not having an Absorption mode. I set a manual time for my batteries and that solved the problem. Other than that, and that they needed to be OFF to use...

This is the best way; then at solar noon, I paint the shadow on the ground. Without knowing the time or anything, you can also put a stick in the ground (vertical) and the smallest shadow, will be solar noon.

And the answer is? I'm doing much the same with an on-ground array mounted on wood.

We need to go back to nature. Everyone just needs to go to sleep as the sun sets; wake up when it rises and all will be perfect.

We're in south Texas, near Austin and running 1400 to 1800 kWhr per month. That's in a big 3,500 ft2 house, running two A/C units, but I try to keep the house pretty warm, like mid 70's. Also two fridges/freezers and large 25,000 gal pool with variable speed pump which is new and makes a big...

I am interested in the same, but probably 30+ panels. Anyone have any thoughts???

Just says don't connect if you have any short circuits. Works fine connected to shore power and inverting and charging as needed.

This, resetting the Float is exactly what I must do, if I want the batteries at 100% Normally i don't though, so I am happy to set Float to 13.3v, which is where my MPP 1012 stays when connected to shore power, which is most of the time. So the only "fault" I see with the MPP is that once it...

Not clear to me why you want a second BMS. Why not just do as the first article you quoted and be done with it? Why make it more complex than it is? having said all that, I added 200AH LiFePO4 to my SLA battery bank last spring. It has worked exactly as described above. I did not add any extra...

I have the 1012 and the fans are loud by any measure when they are on.

The fans run speed seems dependent on inverting power, not battery charging by solar.

No. You need to protect the Li . So set up for Li and the LA will be fine.

You're planning on living on the boat, right? I think you are vastly underestimating the amount of energy you will need to just to make your living area function without feeling you are living on small boat using a cup of water to shower in and washing dishes in salt water. People who live in...

Just a few observations because most on this forum know more about SP than I, but here I go. I like your getting 10 3.2v cells. I have one 200ah 12v LiFePO battery in parallel with my SLA, since June. This hybrid system has worked extremely well and I like it. So, I would try to keep your...