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Hey Craig! That's exactly what I was looking for. I figured that capacity on a battery storage system shouldn't change irregardless of how many you had or how they were connected. I thought that you just added up as many batteries as you had and boom, that's what you ended up, didn't matter...

Hey Redneck, thanks so much for chiming in with some advice. You seem to explain the reasoning and the how-to pretty well, even for someone like me. I think I understand what you're saying but just to be on the safe side, if you don't mind, I'm going to regurgitate it back to you in my own...

Hey again Kauai. So it sounds like I'm correct, it doesn't matter how I connect the 4 batteries, I will retain all of their battery storage capacity and so 4 batteries as I'm discussing would give me @12kw (4x 3kw). Since the 3kw batteries at 24v have about 125Ah (3k/24) then the Ah remain the...

Hello Hedges, and once again thanks for the help. I hope you and your family had a great and safe Christmas and New Year. I'm hoping 2021 is better than 2020 but I'm ready to finish this project up just in case it's not, lol. I understand the MNEPV is good for the protection between the PV...

Hi Hedges, I appreciate you getting back to me. Unfortunately, you're shooting a little over my head. So let me see if I understand what you're saying. I understand what you're saying about the 15a fuse. But you say that I have 2 strings in parallel. I actually have 5 strings of 3 panels...

Hey all, I'm a newbie to solar and I'm working on my first system. I've made a couple other posts and received great advice so far from some of the members here. Since my last post I've taken the advice and done a lot of additional research and revamped my plans with a better understanding of...

So after I posted I was thinking about this adaptor kit that I found on the Renogy Site and it dawned on me. If I got the 10awg kit in 10' length then I could run that from the out of the Y branch connector on the final string into my breaker since on the other end it's bare wire. Then come...

Hey snoobler, I took your advice and have been doing quite a bit of research and reading. I completely understand your pointing out that I sounded way off base and ignorant in this posting. I've opened up a new thread with updated information and plans. If you have time, I would appreciate...

Hey Steve, thanks very much for chiming in. You seem to be saying the same thing as the guy I spoke with on the phone and counter to what I thought and what I understand Craig to be saying. Again I'll reiterate I'm new and not really mechanically inclined, hell I pay someone to change my oil...

Hi Balrog, thank you for jumping in on the thread. Looking at what you suggested, you're talking about one of the plugs like what I attached below? It seems to handle the full 240v and it offers the correct 4-wire cord so connection is straight forward. Is there any benefit in performance or...

Hi Hedges, I really appreciate you chiming in. To be honest with you, that being an AC breaker didn't register. I was originally going to go with the breaker attached below but it's only rated to 72volts and with my 3s5p I'll be at 90.9VMP, so I didn't think it would work or be safe so I went...

Hi everyone, thanks for chiming in. I am good at may things but this engineering and especially electrical stuff makes me confused and makes my head hurt. I have been doing research for awhile and I have gotten many different opinions so that's why I came here to verify and see if what I'm...

Hey Hedges, I've been doing some more research on the fuse vs breakers. I also like the extra flexibility of a breaker vs a fuse however with my panels being mounted so far away from my inverters and battery packs, around 100-150ft, I would have to mount a panel box to the end of my panel...

Hey all, I'll preface by saying that I'm brand new to this solar thing and came across this forum via Will Prouse on youtube. I have tried to do some reading and research but it seems the more I read, the more confused I've gotten. I have drawn up a plan and hope to get some 'good job, you're...

I'm new to solar and working on my first system. A few months ago I went on a buying spree because of all the Covid stuff and I was worried I wouldn't be able to get what I wanted. I did as much reading as I could and then I ordered my major components without really understanding what I was...

Hey all, I've finally got my panels and inverter and now need to make my final decision on my battery bank. I have done quite of bit of research but I'm still a brand newbie to solar so I wanted to bounce my two finalist off you experts and see if you have any opinions. My system will be an...

Hey guys & gals. I have a very basic, stupid question I hope I'm not drummed out of here for. I have a MPP solar 6048 inverter, I originally had a Growatt 3000tl but decided that I wanted/ needed something bigger so please ignore that in the picture, I won't be connecting that. I will be...

Ok guys, Thanks so very much for your help and assistance. I pretty confident in what you've explained. So I'm going to give it a run in the next week or two. If I don't kill myself, I'll try to give you an update.

I'm very new to solar and working on my first solar set up. I'm looking for a energy backup for power outages and potentially a medium term loss of power. This will be a off grid system and not connected to the grid. So I've finally got all of my components with the exception of my long...