Recent content by Solar Steve

These are great panels, I have 12, looking for 10-12 more.

Wonder how much they are when directly ordered. I have 12 of them running (picked up in Savannah from Santan), they perform very well under all conditions and look great. Still kicking myself for not buying more from Santan while they were still in stock, any ideas where I can buy 12 more...

thanks for the tip - I also regard the wired connection as more reliable, and when I rebuild my batteries to 48V with a JK BMS/active balancer I will add a hard wired 485 connection. I won’t rely on the data though; day to day control will still be via the Victron smart shunt

I was inspired by this post to also hook up a Raspberry Pi 3 with Venus OS and then installed @BradCagle's python code to use BT to read one of my JBD BMSs, after a bit of fiddling it works very well, I also now have two VRM connections! Thanks to Brad to putting this out there, and also we...

I wonder why there are very few mentions in this thread about the difficulty of getting Victron equipment to support NEC requirements? I’m very happy with Victron reliability and the VRM ecosystem but all-in-ones ones like SolArk or EG4 have built in support for GFP and AFP; this seems almost...

No argument from me, tinned lugs are definitely better; the only kind I use now. Curious, how long did it take to generate the pictured pitting?

Positive side is tin plated, but the negative side is copper. I used conductive paste but in subsequent builds I used all plated lugs. Also drilled and tapped extra holes in the busbars for the BMS leads in later builds.

more replies than I expected...good idea to check the bottom of the cells. I’m able to see the edges at the bottom by removing the sides, no sign of electrolyte leakage. The thermocouple leads have a bit of odd liquid on them, I wiped everything off, added more heat shrink around the affected...

Wondering if anyone else on the forum has seen this - after operating this 4s pack daily for about a year (in series with another 4s pack), I've noticed this white corrosion on the heat shrink and in particular on the thermocouple leads from the BMS, which has the insulation partially eaten...

Thanks OffGrid for lots of useful information in the link (as well as Rhino for the alternate part). This is a great forum!

Wonder if anyone has a link to DC specifications for the ABB SACE breakers - all I can find is AC

Agree - I have the same unit (SW4024) but monitor with the Insight Gateway rather than SCP. I have found the DC current measurements (and for that matter AC load measurements) to be wildly off at the low end. I simply use the Victron shunt (with Cerbo GX) to monitor power at this point and...

It wasn’t quite bad enough at first; when I finally realized that it wasn’t working properly it was too late to return

I have been less than happy with my Honda EU1000i - like many on here I went with the Honda based on their reputation for reliability and quiet operation. However, the unit I bought must have been a lemon as I have not been able to get good, stable operation at full power (although no...