Recent content by JAndle

They did not (long story but still do not) talk to the sigineer inverters. BSL has been responsive and helpful but getting the *correct* RJ15 serial dongle to upload firmware took a while. Now I am just too busy to do it. Short answer, order programming cable 'just in case' and refer to Jeff...

I have one of them installed and the bank of 6 will go in this weekend or Monday (waiting on tile under the rack). see my install pictures in show and tell. There were delays in Panama for a month and customs delays (picked a bad broker) in Belize port for 70 days... finally!

My biggest system threat is salt humidity and lime dust... 150' from the ocean.

Floor and tile prep for 5x 10kWh Wisdom/BSL battery rack... Corner of 2 12x16" cement reinforced cast beams at a 12x12 post sitting on a 36' driven piling to bedrock. Floor is 5" prestressed T-beams on 2' centers with foam plugs and 3" cement slab with steel mesh. Area under the battery rack...

Professional trunking of lightning protection and inverters. 3x 350Vdc in with breaker, midnight solar surge, fuses, smaller surge then into 3x Sigineer 5000W EU style inverters. Far right panel has 3x 40A 230V inputs from the 5kW inverters (10kW surge capable) and 2x 100A 230V outputs. Left...

The professional, in-house version. 3/8 stainless rod epoxied into T-beams of the flat roof. Fitted with alternating nuts and washers and cast into 3" cement and steel mesh slab plus 1.5" thinset + ceramic tiles. Solar wedge 5 degree supports (Belize is 18N and I want peak summer power for...

I have 6-7 series 50V Jinko Tiger Pro (6 in one string on one inverter and 7 on the other three). I used a 20A/400Vdc breaker, a 600V Midnight solar arrestor, a pair of 600V/20A fuses (pos and neg.) and another molded case surge arrestor between the roof panels and the inverter/charge...

I am running one of my four strings of off grid solar using Wisdom/BSL batteries and I am quite happy with them (and the Sigineer inverters). They are 51.2V 200Ah LFP and they also made a cistom combiner and rack with 5 batteries. The batteries have built in breakers and snap on stud cables...

Roof picture shows bolts for future panel rails. Welded bolts onto the container and then attached solar rails on wedges

A year ago I was researching and planning. I settled on Wisdom/BSL 10kWh 51.2V LFP (6 total), Jinko Tiger Pro 530W (pallet of 31), Sigineer 230V single phase 5kW off grid inverters (4), Victron auto transformers (2), and various glue parts and mechanicals. In September I got Belize PUC...

very specific to retiring in Belize... and for personal goods in the first year. Qualified Retiree Program. I cannot have any business dealings in Belize or with Belizeans other than as a user of services, have to inject hard currency into the banking system annually, and get a year of...

I have a broker on this end who looked over the B/L, but I also have a tax and duty free letter under my visa program, so I expect to be OK.

apologies in advance for going sideways on the topic... I am building in Belize where I can bring things in my first year with great tax incentives but after that warranty parts even cost crazy on tax and duty... I spent six months circling around between Rosen (48V vs 51.2V), Wisdom, and...

I was planning Rosen but got a better package from Wisdom/BSL, departing for me soon (at the logistics company). 51.2V 200AH - 5 plus a custom combiner and a sixth solo. the 200AH batteries were under $2000 when I bought but prices are up. Using them with Sigineer but they are identical to...