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Sorry to hear that. What did they end up doing? Did they have you let it sit for a couple days at 100% to fully equalize? All the batteries seemed to be balanced when they where done?

Did they get you back in good working order?

Good. Now that they know what the problem is hopefully they get you going again soon! Normally every cabinet comes with 3 jumpers which you have to install one for each battery you don't use. I started with 3 at 9kwh so I used 3 jumpers. I upgraded to a full cabinet so I'm not using any now...

I haven’t heard of anyone using this for anything other than Generac. It’s pretty proprietary. Maybe a kilovault or something like that would work better?

Service manual.

It sounds Like you have it setup well. I bet your cooling fans run a lot! Is the filter underneath checked regularly? I’m sure with that phoenix heat you won’t want anything else causing heat build up. Did they test individual battery voltages? You could have a cell imbalance and need to do a...

It’ll be interesting to see what they say about your batteries. Are they inside or outside? How old are they? How much throughput have they seen? Do you recharge them with the grid or just from solar? I switched mine from “self supply” to “clean backup” when we started getting cloudy days...

I’m with you. It might work but I’d rather heat my toaster not my wires. :)

Yeah. It does seem that the red and black are line and load but 12awg is too small for 50, let alone a surge of 200. I saw the 3 pin connector in the photo and thought that might be for the shunt.

Do you have the instructions for that? The devices I’ve seen for measuring current and voltage require a shunt. That would need to connect to a shunt and battery power I think. You’re on the right track. The best way to learn is to put something together and play with it. A dc amp clamp meter is...

Well, what all have you figured out?

I’m a dealer/installer so that’s not a problem. when you own something and can dive into it daily you get a more intimate understanding of the unit and it’s nuances. I may be able to answer my own questions soon, as I should have mine up and running tomorrow. I installed one last year and I...

Now that you’ve had it a while do you still like it? I installed one for a client and will be finishing mine this weekend and would like to pick your brain on a few things If possible.

No problem. I think it’s because the conductors have to have exactly the same characteristics or else more current will flow over one conductor and overload it. The smaller the conductor the more chance of an overloaded conductor. Like you said sizing the breaker for the smallest conductor...

Found the code reference.