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  • Post in thread: Sol-Ark 12K - Batteries Drop from 75% to 0%

    1) I do not have washers nor dielectric grease....will correct. 2) I have maintained water levels. 3) Recent hydrometer and multimeter voltage readings attached. 4) Photos of charge settings attached....possibly set at 70A? 5) Several current photos attached...I'm new to this stuff.
  • Post in thread: Sol-Ark 12K - Batteries Drop from 75% to 0%

    Off grid
  • Post in thread: Sol-Ark 12K - Batteries Drop from 75% to 0%

    Does this chart shed any more light? SOC in percent and battery voltage.
  • Post in thread: Sol-Ark 12K - Batteries Drop from 75% to 0%

    Batteries have been in service for 10 months.
  • Post in thread: Sol-Ark 12K - Batteries Drop from 75% to 0%

    My Setup: 24 ea. 320 Watt panels, Sol-Ark 12K Inverter, 16 ea. Crown CR430 batteries. I am experiencing an issue where my batteries seem to be dropping from around a 75% charge to 0%. I get an F56 error on the Sol-Ark, my generator starts up and charges batteries to about 45%. Around 45% the...
  • Post in thread: Sol-Ark 12K - Batteries Drop from 75% to 0%

    Switched to Batt-V - Everything in PV Pro still displays as %, but inverter screen shows batt V now.
  • Post in thread: Sol-Ark 12K - Batteries Drop from 75% to 0%

    Here are several current photos of setting and voltage. Water levels are adequate and SG / Voltage readings attached.
  • Post in thread: Sol-Ark 12K - Batteries Drop from 75% to 0%

    Here are some current photos of my settings and of recent SG & voltage readings. Not sure how to tell if batteries have been severely sulphated?
  • Post in thread: Sol-Ark 12K - Batteries Drop from 75% to 0%

    I had the 16 batteries wired in 2 series of 8 in parallel (photo attached, corrosion since cleaned). One of the batteries has seemed to experience an event that causes the post terminal / housing / adjacent cable to melt (photo attached)...probably not good. While a replacement battery is...
  • Post in thread: Sol-Ark 12K - Batteries Drop from 75% to 0%

    I am not knowledgable enough to answer that question. Any thing that would point me towards a yes or no?
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