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Different brand, but this is the solution that I use for internet. PoE LTE router/antenna mounted on the side of the house. It's literally pointed slightly upward into the woods and there's a hill between it and the tower. I get ~38 down and ~8 up. The provider is a small regional company. They...

Breaker is 50a. 40a actual with built in derating. So that makes sense. Toaster oven is a Breville which specs out at 1800w but I think it only pulls that in pre heat mode.

Interesting behavior with more house load. Before toaster oven: After toaster oven: Adding gen support: There are also two midnite classics providing some power to the battery which is why battery wattage is higher than the XW DC + the MPPT. Turning on the load (toaster), the...

Temp usually 65-75. I'm just trying to figure out why bulk wattage is as low as it is. 140a and 48 nominal is 6720w which jives with the inverter being a 6800w inverter. But I only see ~5500w of charging max...which is probably fine since why run the inverter at it's max. But I'm trying to...

That's absorb voltage. It was charging at ~54v at the time of the screen shots.

Seem to be stuck at DC Power = ~5500 . Maybe that is all I should expect with derating. Specs say 140a at 40-64v, 48v nominal. 140*48=6720w. but I get ~5500 or ~80%

Looks like a new toolkit with mobile apps and web interface. I haven't found any dependency info yet so not sure it's usable for older WM4s, etc. https://wiki.batrium.com/en/toolkit3 Anybody try it yet?

The batrium shunt issue is likely https://secondlifestorage.com/index.php?threads/batrium-shunt-inaccurate-current-measurment.8482/ I don't recall it happening with the solar charging. It seems to be only when charging via the XW.

Here's more data: 20% .2*140=28a XW AC side 2085w 8a/leg .5kw into house batt mon 52.9v 28.7a 1518w bms 52.65v 29a 1529w whizbang 52.9v 28.7a 1518w 75% .75*140=105 XW AC side 6885w 28.5a/leg .5 into house batt mon 53.6v 108a 5789w bms 91a 53.47v 4850w whizbang 107a 53.7v 5746w 85% 119a XW...

Hi, I'm trying to figure out why my charge rate seems to be capped at ~7000w. It's a Kohler 12 res. The AC 2 breaker is at 50a. AC 1 at 60 (but I'm off grid). Setting Maximum Charge Rate from 75% to 85% makes no difference. I see ~28a on both A2 L1 and AC2 L2. ~90a at the BMS. I haven't...

Just came off a long stretch of no sun so lots of 15%<->60% back and forth. At 100% post balancing, the Batrium reads 90%. All other battery monitors read 100%. I could not reset the Batrium SoC. It would go through the motions with the "sent to unit" message, but no reset. I had to reboot the...

Magic smoke. They end up in some weird state where one unit feeds the other in a cycle. For me, it was always when using the generator so probably same thing when on grid. IIRC seemed to be a race condition unsolvable by software. Here's what it sounds like I went through a bunch (like 6 or 7)...

I have 20 Suntech 285 used from Santan. In use for a bit over 2.5 years. No defects, except they came with what appears to be paint overspray on the panels. Like small hard droplets across all the panels. Seems weird, but I can't think of what else it could be. I tried to wash some of it off...

These are 69x40. My 285's are 77x39. I have 20 on two racks. Replacing would be ~34 sq feet less and 1700w (30%) more. Tempted..

I've never tested whether intermittent connectivity would cause a fault. I don't use the Batrium shunt for anything because it's almost always wrong. It drifts especially if it doesn't see 100% for a while. I've found it can read at much as 10% high when SoC gets down to the ~20% area. I have a...