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"but I would question even that when it is only about 3 meters tall." The height of the lightning arrester is more than 7 meters. And the distance from the lightning arrester to the far side of the panels is only about 10 meters or less. "The PV panel mounts are on tall and skinny legs" Lol...

Good Day folks, First of all greetings to all. I am installing a 6KW Off-Grid system in my farm due to non-availability of grid. I have purchased a system of 7.5KVA/6KW Inverter, 8 Nos. of 150 Ah batteries and 20 solar panels of 330W power each. I have installed the mounting structure with the...

Did you mean 4S5P? An where did you get this PNG from? Kindly send the link.

My place is near the sea and the lowest temperature we get is 16 degrees C and that too a few days at night. Daytime temperature throughout the year is almost always more than 25 degrees C. From Feb to December we almost have temperatures more than 35 degrees C. Do you also think that I should...

Haha don't know how I missed that. I'll go with 4(S)5(P) setup. Besides my panel frames are also built to support 4 panels each. So it should be good for wiring too. I'll post some pictures of the frame setup below.

Thanks, I'll go with 4(S)5(P) setup. Yes, The mains support 240V, 50Hz here in India.

I have the 6KW system on the 1st Floor terrace and another 3KW system on the 2nd Floor terrace as a backup. Here are some of the pictures, hope it helps someone. The frames are at a tilt of 19-20 degrees facing towards South since my latitude is 19.4 degrees. I have used some foam for insulating...

Please check the pictures again. The lightning arrester is simply made up of 20 feet GI pipe from bottom and a 5 feet copper rod with spikes attached on the top. It covers a radius of about 30 Meters. So if any lightning strikes in a 30 meter radius, it'll strike the lightning arrester. The...