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Turns out I was just using the wrong startup sequence 1 battery, then the breaker, then the inverter. I didn't get wrong.

Okay, cool. So would my idea of using a deep freezer ad an insulated box work, or is that dumb?

I never intend to run them that low. The generator *should* be kicking on automatically at 50% and charging them to 95, but even that setting is obviously not working properly.

Here are two images from the controller. First was at 9am and second at 2:11pm. Even with it showing 1557 watts the batteries have only come up to 33% soc according to the inverter.

I have 6 Life power 4 batteries and the 6000ex split phase inverter. Suddenly the inverter showed fault code 07 (overload) even though no new loads were put on it. I shut off the breaker from the batteries to the inverter and turned the inverter off, but it took about 15 minutes for the alarm...

I have a DC Solar trailer (10x265 panels, 2 FLA batteries, Midnite Classic 1500, 2 Sunny Island inverters) and it just isn’t cutting it for the amount of power we need. I just bought 60 260 watt panels to build a much larger system. Can I tie these panels in to the trailer? I’ve heard some...

I turned all the batteries on with the inverter and breaker off. Let them sit like that for several minutes. As soon as I flipped the breaker On I heard a sound like the starter on a vehicle, then all the ALARM lights went red.

I am finally trying to connect our inverter to the network and install the app so I can monitor things without having to run out to the inverter panel. We specifically chose to not have a password on our network and the SolarPower app is balking at this, not letting me advance through the...

Well... shoot. They did sit with low water for over a week because we live a long way from any stores and all the stores were out or limiting distilled water. We undid all the loads and left during that time, but still.

The SS Life power 4 batteries The SS BMS software Yes

They were working decently before and would get up to 100%. They never worked perfectly - something was always weird about the settings - but now it's just bad.

Turning on a single battery with the breaker on did it. Thank you!

I tried to get all the load off of them and un-deployed the panels. But obviously I should have just turned everything off :'(

I moved my solar setup today from an uninsulated area to an insulated one to keep the batteries warm. I hooked everything back up, pushed the power button on the 6500ex, and absolutely nothing happened. No lights, no sound, nothing. Thinking that maybe it didn't have enough power to start I...

I'm starting to regret my purchase after watching Will's review, but at this point it is what it is. We are off-grid and living in our rv trailer while we build our house. I purchased the 6000ex instead of the 6500 expecting that I could use a single one to power everything and then bought a...

The wattage never got that high yesterday, so from the post yesterday it was accurate. Yes, at our fullest sun today we were getting much more - yay. a) That's.... unfortunate b) I'm draining them below 0%? c) Is that to say that the 33% soc is ~78% of its current max charge? 100/42*33 = 78. I...

One of my Lifepower4 batteries isn't turning on, so Signature Solar told me to run the BMS software from my computer. I have it downloaded and extracted and found my correct port to use. I have the CAT - USB cable plugged into my 0 battery and the other batteries all plugged into the RS485 ports...

I don't. But the 75% is showing while running, not just at startup

Brand new here and grateful to have found this forum. We recently bought 4.5 acres very off grid to live and farm. We found a great deal on the latest model of DC Solar trailer and brought that out for our power. This has 10 265 watt panels, Midnite Classic controller, 2 SMA Sunny Island...

Oooh I love that idea! So have trailer 1 out of breaker 1 connected to L1 from the inverter, then trailer 2 out of breaker 2 connected to L2 from the inverter?

Thank you for this. Someone had said that it would only handle like 2 more panels. The reason we got so many more panels is we are currently living off-grid in 3 travel trailers but we are building a big house for the family which will need a LOT more solar, but we still need more solar now. The...

Well… that sucks :p Yes, I can get that tomorrow. It has previously been charged to 100% within the last few months.

I am planning on buying some of these batteries: https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-lifepower4-lithium-battery-48v-100ah I understand that they need to be in an insulated space to prevent them from charging in below-freezing conditions. But then I've also heard that batteries need to be in a...