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It's a 24V system following one of Will Prowse's designs (YouTube). 800W series solar array, 2000W Inverter, 50A MPPT charge controller, 4.8KWH battery. Mainly for refrigeration. Gives about 4 days of autonomy. Not online but in reserve. In the photo, I was in the process of pulling...

HB 414/SB 504, Mar 2020. New Virginia law prevents HOAs from blocking solar installations. FYI

Copy that! County here will definitely get involved. I must have the roof structure evaluated for load for sure. I'll stay off-grid so no involvement with the local power company. I've not gone deeper than that yet. If I keep the panels are at ground level, County will need a permit to...

No feedback from the original poster ! I have had the same problem with the identical hardware and system voltage as above. Thanks to mikefitz & rickst29, I've managed to get the MT50 to take some values where it wouldn't before. But, I don't understand why the 'HI' alarm from my Giandel...

No further problems with the inverter shutting down with a 'Hi' error code. Thanks for suggestions above. RDL

I'm in Virginia, so the sun an hour ago was somewhere between 30 and 36 degrees. I used the shadow method to get the angle correct. Specs on the back-panel: Voc is 21.9V, Isc is 5.79A, made by ACOPower (Vietnam). BTW, I have some 250 watt panels putting out 36V and 9A. I can get 9A from...

I asked Giandel about the HI shutdown code. Their response: /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Hello...

I really appreciate the comments regarding heating water this way! It's not working at all; I can hold the heating element in my hand while connected to the panel. I'd expect it to be very hot. Nope! Just lukewarm. Don't need it to boil. 110-120F would be great. So, is this panel...

I bought an ACOPower 100W panel and a 12V 150W heating element from Amazon. For the purpose of heating a 3-gallon jug of water. Hooked it straight up, good sun on the entire panel and the rig didn't heat water. To the touch, the element was just warm, not hot like expected. Open...

No. I didn't get fooled by that. I just posted my b/u solar system in show and tell. Title: Emergency Power in an HOA community. Something like that.