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I totally understand your point. I remember buying my first ever CD burner computer drive in 98? perhaps. 1X speed at $350 and if you used the mouse more that a couple times it would ruin the disc. It was indeed terrible. As far as the renogy batteries, I am a lot more salty about being...

Are you speaking of just SOC not matching or cell voltage? Soc should be close but I have seen 5-10% difference in mine sometimes

No, but I was a step child for 98% of my life.

This is the same problem i had. it was never fixed. THEY LIED

Umm if your condensor has a 50 amp breaker it may pull 42 amps constantly. That would be 10,000 watts at 240v. That isnt doable

That is so true!! If my ground mount wasnt next to my garden I wouldnt clean them. I just happen to have a hose in my hand so why not.

Are you concerned about dendrite formation? At 85% SOH

Better run out and get some toilet paper!

This is basically my setup :) I like it for preparedness more than usefulness.

I would. BUT I would keep max loads to around 2000 watts and charge no more that 1500 watts. You can set charge and discharge limits in the 6000xp so it is totally doable.

You are supposed to double side tape your bms to a yellow insulator board that you might have found on those 4 screw standoffs. I'm not kidding. I saw a video on jk bms with this case. I bought the same one. Isn't it sad?

This is my bet. BANG on man.

There is NO Utility/SUB/SBU/SOL choice.

Now you're thinking!

Here is a nice chart for reference. Keep in mind if you are charging or discharging the chart is lass accurate the more you are charging or discharging. Also, I dont believe anyone has mentioned voltage settling. You would charge to 14.4 until the current drops to basically nothing. Your...

I tested that on my own system when I saw that. Quick charge works over here with AC charge off. Ac charge is for SOC. voltage and scheduled charging. Somehow "quick charge" works with it off.

No one asked but, please dont think about 4, 12v batteries with 4 charge controllers. That isnt the way this goes :)

I am slowly bringing my entire house on solar. Right now 1 xp is routinely powering 2 bedrooms and 2 window ac plus breadmaker. Air fryer, ebike charging. Fridge and now my water heater that I converted from 4500 watts to 1500 I do not run a well pump. With all the loads mentioned. It...

So knob and tube was indeed a good idea in free air!

At 3.42 they should be VERY close in voltage. This doesnt mean they are balanced tho. When I balanced my 280k's I charged them to 3.47 and held them there until .005 difference. Then charged them to 3.55 and held them there until .005 difference. Then I called it done... of course you need to...

An inverter style microwave can heat food more gently. but for longer I have an inverter microwave and it draws 2000 watts on high/default. I love dialing back to 30% for soups. (no eruptions) Its wonderful for defrosting. You can soften butter and ice cream nicely without any melting! That...

nice :poop:

No one said anything?? That is quite telling...

Cell over voltage in your BMS is set to 3.75. This is a bad practice. I would change that to 3.66 Cell under voltage i would set at 2.8

Right, They would be in parallel I bet the slave inverter would shut down without grid. I hope Im not going to discover ANOTHER bug that outputs 500v lol

Nope, not ok. You are going to need to charge the low one at the very least. They both should be the same voltage.

So I guess we found out the problem in your setup. You only had your charge controller charging one of the 2 batteries. You had the inverter feeding on both batteries.

What should I do with my 8 50Ah not DIY batteries that already have a BMS. Since they are only 50 Ah getting 8 Class T's set up would starve my children for a month.

Thanks for that. Unfortunately I have been thru those steps and the cited thread. My problem is the web view graphs are 1 hour off. It probably needs to be changed somehow in the web page.

I have been wondering this entire time how you are supposed to open the window without going in the room...

So there is something to be said here. Lets say I was pulling in 1000 watts, the shunt on my battery and my BMS would never say 1000 watts because of losses. You will lose just a bit in the wire to your battery, but the biggest loss is the DC/DC conversion. Your PV is at 90V but your battery...

The pheonix inverters are awesome for low idle draw.

I would think it is do able. It would be a huge undertaking. You would need to cannibalize a pc power supply connector. You would need a 400+ watt 12v supply You would need a 5v supply You would need a 3.3v supply I am not saying these voltages are right. just a general idea.

Good news! Yeah it will be slow. There isnt a whole lot of energy between 3.5 and 3.65. That means you are nearly done.

Hate to state the obvious but dont forget to get the house mains off of there then before you connect the 6000xps. Perhaps Im reading that wrong, but still worth saying.

Are you really looking to draw 400 amps or is that a type-o?? I dont know much about multiplus's, is this one only 3000 watts?

Bad things? What could happen besides ac charging window be 1 hour off?

Got the lights on, on the dongle? How many? Any flashing?

Yes! BUT, summer is typically a lot worse at sustained peaks. For instance, here in March, I can hit 100% just about any good day. In the summer I never see 100% rated. That could be because I have my panels angled at 42 degrees for fall and winter being the priority. Alas I am too lazy...

There is no memory with lithium batteries. Cobalt and lifepo4 included.

This thread is probably the answer to your question. https://diysolarforum.com/threads/continuing-diy-or-give-up-diy-to-buy-already-assembled-battery.81270/

Pretty simple to understand that.... I think 99% of us took it that way.

No reasonable idea here lol

oops, thats 250 / 70

Some are compressed well, some are compressed with an afterthought. My non DIY batteries are compressed with a thin metal shell with "locking tabs" and tape from the factory. Good enough?? Who the F knows.

I dont believe there is any need for this. The idea is to charge to a voltage that the BMS starts balancing that is in the hockey stick curve of the charging process. If you dont have that info or its not available, dont worry too much. Even balancing at 3.5 yields very limited gains. If you...

Not sure that makes sense. The context is wrong. That statement came from someone who wanted to be able to max draw their batteries. You and I are not looking for that. We have a different situation. I dont fuse the total output of the batteries... I fuse the wire that I selected to use for...

7. Its ok to buy extra inverters as an upgrade. Backups are great!! I am in the process of setting up a secondary system with my old but still useful 8X 100Ah AGM batteries. I have an extra inverter, charge controller and batteries! Now I will have 2 systems. I can use the 6000xp I have to...

Yes, but mine are at 32 degrees and 15 inches off the grass. So negligible bifacial gains I think.

I like your attitude