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I purchased and installed a Victron 500a smart shunt nearly a year ago. It works great, if I stand within 10 ft of it. Its bluetooth range leaves a lot to be desired. My off-grid batteries, and all the electronics... and panels are 100ft + from the hours. I want to be able to view the shunt...

I have a Victron SmartShunt to monitor my solar battery bank in my solar electrical room. The shunt uses bluetooth communication which can be connected to, using a smart phone. The app VictronConnect has all I need to monitor my OFF-GRID system. The device is great and so is the VictronConnect...

I finally got access to the Victron SmartShunt 500 via a new Cerbo GX and wifi AP. Connecting to the shunt via Bluetooth standing next to the electrical cabin in the snow wasn't cutting it. Nuff Said! With the Victron Cerbo GX connected to the Smart Shunt all connected to an AP, connected to...

My SCC's are EpEver clones sold under the rebranded name of "ACOPOWER MY40 Midas Y Series, MPPT Solar Charge Controller." They are 40amp 12v/24v auto detect. I am using them for a 24vdc battery bank, see below for configuration. The SCC's have various settings for charge rates at various...

I have 8 100h Sealed Deep Cycle RV batteries for my battery bank. I had them wired 8p for 12v and that gave me 800Ah. To cut down on current I changed the system over to 24v, and rewired the battery bank 2s4p. Is the rating now 400Ah or is it still 800Ah?

Today we had a "Brief Moment" of sunshine here in NW Oregon today. The panels were producing and I turned on the house to solar to cut the electric bill. One of the 3 600w panel racks was not producing as it used, only about 1/3rd the amount of production. No shadows, all facing solar south...

I currently have 13 (1300w) mono panels feeding 3 40A MTTP CC's, 8 100Ah lead acid deep[ cycle RV 12 batteries in Parallel, and a 12v/3000w PSW Inverter. When the sun is shining, the CC's put out a combined 85amps. All of that is connected to a 10-circuit 30amp manual transfer switch that is...

I have a smart shunt in my solar power system to keep track of my batteries. I get alarms from the app saying that the battery voltage is too low. The problem with that is that the shunt is telling me that it's sitting at a state of charge of 96%. Bring up the app and sure enough my battery...

My system is 24v, with (3) 600w panel racks. (2) Racks are 100w panels wired 3s2p. (1) Rack is (2) 320w panels, wired 2s. Inverter is a Giandel 4000W PSW, 120vac only. Battery Bank is (8) 100Ah Deep Cycle Lead Acid wired 2s4p for 24v. There are (3) ACOPower Midas Y Series 40A MTTP Charge...

I installed an off grid solar panel system and have it up and running with 6-100w panels and a 40A MPPT charge controller. I would like to monitor the power production. I have a laptop connected to the MPPT CC through a cable and had that running for about a month. Hate to dedicate my lap...

I have 6 100w 12v MONO panels wired 3s2p. Panels are tilt-able and can also easily pan to track the sun during the day (manually). I have 4 new 100Ah Flooded Deep Cycle RV batteries for storage, all wired in parallel for 12v. I have a 12/24v 40A MPPT Charge Controller to charge the battery...

I have had an off-grid solar system online for nearly a year. It has been in various stages along the way. In NW Oregon this time of year, sunshine is in real shortage. When it does shine, it is only 21-26 degrees off the horizon. The elevation of the sun at the winter solstice is 21...

I have 2 racks of 6, 100w mono panels which have been in use for about 1 year for off-grid emergency power during outages when the gas generator is off at night. . I use a Renogy 3000w PSW 12v Inverter for AC power. It draws 2.5amps under no load. All this is connected to the main load center...

I'm Adding a couple of 320w Renogy panels to my system. The panel specs are as follows. Maximum Power: 320W Maximum System Voltage: 1000V DC (UL) Open-Circuit Voltage (Voc): 40.1V Optimum Operating Voltage (Vmp): 32.7 V Optimum Operating Current (Imp): 9.79 A Short-Circuit Current (Isc): 10.36...

I need help trouble shooting my new “not working” solar panel kit! I purchased a 500w system which includes 5-100 Watt Mono Panels with z mounting clips, cables to parallel all 5 panels, a 40A Midas Y Series Charge Controller (MY40), and cables to connect the charge controller to the batteries...

Does anyone know where I can get the Android software that connects to the charge controller using WIFI with the EPEver eBox-WiFi-01? There aren't any EPEver apps on Google Play,nor does there seem to be a place to download an app for android or PC. Bought the eBox-WiFi-01 device but find no...

I have a small 6 panel (600 watt) solar system that is temporarily installed and has been tested for about a month. Consists of 4 100Ah RV Deep Cycle batteries, MPPT CC, and iinverter. I am running the output from the panels, 120ft from the house, through 6 AWG. MPPT, batteries, and Inverter...

When my batteries in my off grid system reach the inverter shutoff voltage, the inverter does what it is supposed to do. It shuts off. But when the voltage creeps back up with no load, the inverter comes on again. The battery voltage drops, and the inverter shuts off again. Is there a way to...

The battery voltage never drops below 13.1 volts. 8 x 100Ah Deep Cycle RV batteries, 27 form factor. At the 20hr rate, each battery can do 20amp for 5 hrs. They should be able to handle 5amp for 20hr each or 40amps 20hrs combined, till depleted. An 800 Watt microwave causes the system to...

Does anyone have any comments or reserves about connecting 2 of these panels in Parallel to feed a MTTP charge controller charging a 24v lead acid battery bank.

I recently purchased a 500w, 5 100w mono panel kit with an MPPT 40a charge controller. Panels are currently wired, 5 parallel, yielding the highest current under ideal conditions but low voltage in cloudy skys I am noticing, after 3 weeks of testing before making a permanent installation, the...