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Today its 86 degrees here in Post Oregon. My 3.65kw of panels have been running a 12k mini split, 5k window A/C two 50” TVs, Xbox, satellite system, Starlink, 20cf refrigerator, 7cf refrigerator, 5cf chest freezer and a box fan. pretty impressive if I say so. And I’m buying 10 more panels next...

Not very happy with Magnum right now. I purchased a brand new 2021 MS-4448-PAE from AWS as a prewired kit On a mini Magnum panel. After getting it installed I tested everything and it all worked perfectly. Several weeks later I plugged in my generator to use it to charge my batteries and the...

I mentioned something in one of my posts about starting my Champion HSG and someone asked me how to do it. I search the internet myself looking for information but could never find anything. I contacted Champion and they sent me this. So I figured I would post it so others can hopefully find it...

First snow of the season starts the morning ritual of removing snow.

It has a inverter compressor along with 75mm thick insulated walls. To bad the only place I can find them is in Nigeria. https://www.thermocool.com.ng/product/freezers/chest-freezer-small/small-chest-freezer-htf-100ha-white/

I’ve been planning my PV array ground mount for about a month. I started trying to auger holes for posts with a 1600# tractor. That failed miserably! The ground is so rocky it will never happen. So my next plan it to just put concrete feet on the bottom of the 6 legs made of 4x6” pressure...

Looking for one in working condition. Or if someone knows of a lead on one Would be much appreciated. Thanks Dave.

You don’t see this come around very often. https://www.signaturesolar.com/products/24v-200ah-lifepower4-battery-by-eg4

Has anyone else seen these yet?

So I have my Magnum 4448-PAE and mini Magnum panel connected to a sub panel. The sub panel I have double 60 amp breaker feeding each leg of my off grid house. The reason I used it at the was I because I had the double 60 just laying around. In the pictures you will see the sub panel. The...

Ii did not know where to post this so if it’s in the wrong place sorry. I’m not much of a computer guy at all. I have a old windows 10 laptop that I would like to be able to make plans or drawings of solar panel array ground mounts. I need to submit them to my local county planner for approval...

I’ve been looking at 12000btu mini split systems. I’m assuming I’m looking for 240v inverter as it should be the most efficient? That being said. My solar system is going to start life as 30kwh of lithium, 240 split phase magnum and 3650w of panels. (I plan to add panels when I find more room)...

It seams to draw a lot of amps. I have it set @ 55amps it draws 28 from the generator. 60amps it will draw 30 amps from the generator. I don’t dare turn it up to 100 it just lugs the generator way down Until the Chargverter drops out. The generator is a Champion 8500 house standby Rated at 31...

My buddy has 10 355w REC panels he plans to run 5s2p. He also has 5 left over REC 365w panels. What would happen if he was to run them 5s and add them as another string with the other 10? thank you.

I’ve been on the phone all day long trying to find Answers as to why Magnum won’t return an email or phone call. I now believe they are out of business. Ive spoke with several vendors with different stories but that last made it clear. This guy told me he has dealt with them for 20 years and...

I’ve looked but can’t find anything. do series strings have to be. Equal? I have 11 panels that are 40.9v VOC. The max input is 450v. So I can’t run all 11 in series but can I make a string of five and a string of six then parallel them? 40.9 x 5 = 204.5 x 1.20 = 245.4 string one and 40.9v x 6...

I have 6 Lifepower4 48v. they are not discharging or charging at the same rate. I just noticed this today. I may have caused this problem with my conservative charge profile. 55.20 bulk absorption and 53.60v float. Now I have to figure out a way to fix this. 1. 98% 2. 75% 3. 87% 4. 100% 5...

Hi all new to the forum but not solar(small R/V systems anyway) I’m currently living in my 30’ solar powered RV awaiting funds from the sale of my house to start buying equipment for my new off grid property. On my property now located in Post Oregon I have a small manufactured home 14x32 About...

I have searched the forum and the net but don’t understand what I need. I have a Magnum MS4448PAE with 600ah of LifePO4 batteries. I’m powering a small 1 bedroom manufactured home that they handle no problem. But I have a Red lion 1/2hp 230v shallow well pump hooked to a 500 gallon cistern...

I didn’t know where to post this so if in the wrong place just move it. I live in a 2018 Skyline tiny manufactured home. It has an asphalt shingle roof that I would like to metal roof over. I have found products to deal with flashing the stove pipes and plumbing vents. I can’t find anything...

How many people here have spare panels? I already own 10 matching panels that are running my house. I found what I thought was a smoking deal on a full pallet of the same panels 33 total. So I bought them. my plan it to double my array size to 20 total panels and sell the rest to a friend 23...

So the other day I decided to wire up my Magnum A/C input. Got that all done and set all the charger settings and gave it a try with my generator all seam to work fine. I’m only running off a 120v generators and wanted to turn off the charger so more power would bypass to the house. so I...

I’m currently living off grid illegally in the mountains of Oregon on my own property 25 miles from the nearest town. Sometime in the future I plan to get all the proper permits but they are very expensive. Ive looked over the county‘s web site and cannot find any answers. I don’t want to...

I’m trying to help my neighbor. He bought 6 Canadian solar 435w panels for a good price. We would like to know what victron charge controller would work for a lead acid 24v 740ah battery bank. We’re not sure to run them 2s3p or 3s2p. 100v in or 250v in? specs in picture below. thanks all.

Anyone know what a new one costs? I’m an idiot and let out the magic smoke on a couple of mine. And WOW! The magic stinks bad. Dave.

So I thought that I was buying made in America quality. So far the damn thing won’t start a 1/2hp water pump without flickering all the lights in the house. Now I find out it won’t run my 120v clothes washer. On top of both of those irritating items the internal Magnum charger don’t work...

I set my Magnum ME-ARC v5.3 to LFP to charge my 6 Lifepower4 48v batteries. I start the generator and the inverter starts to float charge at 5 amps. The SOC indicators on the batteries show 50% and a little over 53v. I’m wandering how low the voltage has to get before the charger will bulk...

I have 600ah of Lifepower4 batteries 3650w of REC N-peak2 panels 5s2p running though a Victron 250/70 thats set on factory LFP settings 56.6v. I never use anymore the 80ah of my batteries at night. Even on overcast days my panels will recharge the batteries all the way up by noon. The panels are...