Recent content by Shotgun

I find it disconcerting that there are a lot of undocumented interactions between the settings. I've got to let it run a bit, but I think that having setting 06 set to OSO is going to be the ticket. I've also limited the charging current to 5A, to limit the rate at which switchover occurs. I...

I found the manual online. Page 24 seems to be the one of interest. It appears that there is no SUb option, but there is an SBU. Is that the same thing? I think I may have found a solution. Set the battery cut-off value to 80% or 90% of the batteries capacity. . .ie, barely draw it down...

For my system, I have some panels tied to a PowMr all-in-one (I feel bad about the PowMr. Please don't judge.) There is just enough battery to say that I have battery, and then there is input from the grid. I have the output tied to a breaker box that runs a few house circuits. These...

They don't power anything for long. LOL! I have a TV, few light, and a couple computers. There are 4 house circuits hanging off the inverter. But, they are all intermittently used with low loads. I don't cycle them very deeply at all, and have the All-In-One set up in UPS mode. At night, I...

There are probably as many reasons for using solar as there are members here. Some want to save the world. Some want freedom from the man. Some have no ability to tie to the grid. And the list goes on. I just want to save some money. After six months or so, I'm finally having some success...

Don't do it, Jeff. Just don't. I've got one. If you're wanting to see what solar will do, this jet engine sitting in your closet isn't the way to do it. If your budget is that low, consider wiring the panels directly to the secondary on your water heater, turn the temp on it way down and...

No secret. A good description of my system is here: https://diysolarforum.com/threads/i-jumped-in-head-first.21963/

Thank you, but this is a bespoke kit that I put together from multiple suppliers. @Rednecktek has the answer I was hoping for, as my ultimate goal is to get the most payback for my dollar. In 2022, it seems that the way to do that is to throw some extra panels in to get more out of the other...

It does the job, but the company sucks and I've not been able to get any technical details about it so that I can track its performance. The data it reports is not believable, as some seem to be off by a factor of two. If I had it to do again, I would go with the company that they stole the...

I have an all-in-one system with exactly this setup. I have two 100Whr/12V batteries in parallel, and 1500W of panels. When the panels aren't producing and the batteries are drained, it pulls from the grid. In this configuration, my controller is just another load on the grid. The benefit is...

I have an all-in-one controller/inverter that can handle 1500W of solar input. It has 300WHr of battery backup, and the output runs four circuits in my house. In setting up up this system, the big money items were the controller and batteries. Rough numbers are $300 for panels, $600 for...

My system isn't running as of right now. The RPI Zero uses a 32-bit processor, and that is not compatible with the software I was using. I don't want to run a pc just to monitor the system, so I have no monitoring right now. I powered the PI Zero from the inverters USB port, using the printer...

Exactly what I did. Doesn't work on the latest Zero. Influxdb 2.0 doesn't work on the latest Zero, either, though some people have tried to make unofficial builds.

Another issue that somebody might run into and spend half a day not being able to solve. Grafana will not run on the latest Raspberry. It is built for ArmV4, and the r-Pi is built with an ArmV6 processor.