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Did you change the charge parameters in the SCC for LifePO4? Might as well post what SCC you are using and what the settings were.

Noticed something after running a battery down till inverter shutoff, 10v. The red light came on the battery, which I expected. I had the battery on charge for a couple hours, but the red light did not change to green. I disconnect the battery from the charger and let it sit for another...

Well, you could go medieval on one and heat it up/over charge it. If it catches fire, it's Li-Ion. ;-)

The fridge and microwave numbers are too low and those are your main consumers. I have a 1000 Watt (cooking power) microwave and it pulls 1700 Watts when running . Check your microwave, there should be a sticker some place that will show the voltage and max expected Amp draw. Multiply those 2...

I still have mine. My kids play around with it now. I have a Black Belt in dumpster diving ;-) It's amazing what shows up in the recycle bins at work.

From an efficiency standpoint, having the Panels, battery, SCC and inverter all together, then running an extension cord from the front yard to the house is probably the best, but that also puts your entire setup in the front yard where anyone driving by could easily take it. I have one of the...

There really isn't a "Best" schedule. At work, we cut over to backup once a week for about 30 minutes. A customer I worked with ran off backup power every day for about an hour. I test my generator every month or 2. My batteries/inverter will most likely be run on a similar schedule. It...

If you have just moved to NC, you have yet to go through a summer in your new place. Your electric bills will go up. This winter was very mild, so I would treat the current bills as "best case" as far as power usage goes. Most homes use 240v to run the HVAC, electric stoves/ovens and Dryers...

Power company pulled the meter of a place that was found to be back feeding after hurricane Fran paid a visit to North Carolina. Those folks waited a long time to get things turned back on. Pretty sure there were fines involved as well. A few folks died from carbon monoxide due to running...

My dad still has one of his chemistry sets from the 50's. Lots of fun stuff in that....

With Maast's comments, I'm curious to see if the UPS battery monitor will still shut things down after a certain run time, regardless of actual capacity left. I'm sure the flat discharge curve of the Headways will screw up whatever runtime calculations it has. Ive had some APC units that...

70 amps is max charge rate. They can be charged at anything below 70, it will just take longer.

The Valence U27 batteries can be charged at a max of 70 amps. A single battery is rated for 150 amps continuous, 300 amps surge. As others have mentioned, the shunt size depends on intended loads and charging current. I went with a 300 amp shunt since I knew I would want to be able to run my...

I also watched Will's video, the truck had some neat features, but obviously isn't sorted out. I think the larger issue is the third party charging stations. It will be an issue for anyone wanting to go farther distances from home. Will had trouble finding functional charging stations...

The Valence software runs fine on Win 10.

As Rider mentions, you need to measure actual usage. The rating numbers on the sticker in the fridge tell you max current it will draw, not duty cycle (how often it runs). The duty cycle changes depending on how hot is it in the location, how much stuff is in the fridge, how often the door is...

It doesn't matter where you installed it, there's some part under Program files and you have to run the app as administrator for it to work. I tried installing under a user folder I think I hit the same thing. The security model changed quite a bit from Windows 7 where users could run things...

Got the software working. I see similar to what somewhereinusa does... Running as a user, I see 5 tabs in the lower section, but cannot select a com port, thus the rest of the fields are blank. Running as administrator, I can select the com port, see data, and only have 3 tabs. I have a...

Nice set up. So no lawn darts at your place then...

Well, there's a couple possibilities. Lone wolf pissed about something, or a test. There have not been many details about the timing. If both stations were hit within a couple minutes of each other, we would know that more than one person was involved.

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Possible? Yes. Safe? That depends on what you consider dangerous. Yes, you need a different charger and you should have a BMS capable of delivering the amps needed for the motor. Both need to match the battery chemistry you end up using. My son has a Razor RX200 with dead batteries. It uses...

I had one of mine hit the LV cutoff and turned the light red. Put it on the charger and it charged fine. I had the software hooked up during the charge. I watched it for a little while, didn't see anything worrisome so went on to do other things for 40 minutes. Came back and the green light...

I was able to run a 32 amp load for 3.5 hours on a single battery (100% SOC down to inverter shutoff), so something may be off with your setup. Granted, higher amp loads will alter the overall capacity a bit, but 62 amps in a 4p setup isn't that much in the grand scheme of things. Are all...

There were some articles (think it was on EVTV) about how Colorado is playing games with grid tied systems. They force your inverter off line by messing with grid frequency. Many inverters take 15 minutes to reset, this forces you to use grid power, then charge you their minimum service...

Have you had any issues with pollen build up on the panels during our spring here in NC? At least with ground mount, it's easy to clean the panels of needed. That Pine pollen covers everything although this year wasn't too bad.

My 17 cubic foot top freezer fridge uses 100-110 watts when running the compressor and 300 when in defrost mode and about 450 on compressor startup. It seems to go through the defrost cycle at least 2 times a day for 20 minutes each. My kilowatt meter says the fridge uses 1.2 kWh a day...

Interested if still available. What would shipping be to 27519?

To add another data point to what Rider has started, I have been monitoring my refrigerators with a Kill o watt meter for a couple days. These are full sized units, freezer on top. For the GE 17CF, Startup is about 450 watts, once running it settles in around 100 watts. Over 52.57 hours, it...

Local article said the windings are damaged, the transformers are not repairable. https://www.wral.com/gunfire-damage-led-to-moore-county-blackout/20612201/.