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    Renogy Support on a failed inverter...

    I woke up one day to my inverter beeping wildly, fans on then off, then on, before it completely shut off. I checked the batteries, they were holding at 13.4v, and with the inverter off, my system seemed quite happy and fine. I left it a while, thinking it was heat related, then turned the...
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    New LiFePo combined with old

    Beauty, thanks!
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    New LiFePo combined with old

    Unfortunately I only have the ability to charge from Solar here, unless I were to rig up some sort of DC output onto the PV inputs on my CC. Would a full day of 100W be enough to consider the batteries full and near-equal?
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    New LiFePo combined with old

    My understanding is that too many discharges down to these levels can cause longevity problems, and I was concerned that any differences between other batteries in the bank might be an issue. But I like what you're saying. It sounds like this should be fine as long as they're equal charge when...
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    New LiFePo combined with old

    I bought a 50AH 12v Renogy battery and hooked it up to my system. Unfortunately, it wasn't sized big enough for my load, and on a few occasions the voltage dipped as low as 12.1V (according to my Renogy Rover output, not a meter on the lugs). It was clear I needed more capacity, and I bought a...
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    Inverter Overvoltage Beeping - Intermittent and self-healing, but clearly problematic

    On it, regardless if this fixes it or not :D Not sure I can set a float time, or other parameters on this CC.
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    Inverter Overvoltage Beeping - Intermittent and self-healing, but clearly problematic

    Yeah, I'm really feeling like this is the issue here, I appreciate the insight! I didn't realize until right now that I could adjust the charge voltage on my CC for the LI profile. I've adjusted and will see what happens! Thank you
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    Inverter Overvoltage Beeping - Intermittent and self-healing, but clearly problematic

    I've posted this to Reddit (the thread died) and sent it in to Renogy whose response was lacking to say the least. Going to start posting here first, because this is where the experts seem to spend their time. In the last week, I've been able to get my battery to a nice full charge in the...
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    Off-grid Solar / Battery monitoring and control freeware

    I'll likely grab the 16 for my panel, and the smaller one for my inverter. Thanks!
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    Off-grid Solar / Battery monitoring and control freeware

    Whoa, the Emporia monitor with 16 sensors is on my WANT list now, thank you!
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    Off-grid Solar / Battery monitoring and control freeware

    I know this is a massive thread, and perhaps someone asked this earlier, but I'm curious if anyone is tracking the load on their battery/inverter somehow. As I am not using the Load pins on my SCC, I can't track the battery consumption from there. I'm currently using a dumb power meter on the AC...
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    Off-grid Solar / Battery monitoring and control freeware

    I've adapted the Grafana dashboard to suit my purposes by removing a few items that I didn't need and placing the items I need to see next to each other in a way that fits on a single screen. I've attached the JSON to this post for anyone who wants a starting point like this. Thanks to everyone...
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    Off-grid Solar / Battery monitoring and control freeware

    I spent a LONG time hacking at this on the hardware and software level, only to realize that my particular version of Renogy Wanderer required modbus channel 0xFF. If you're using SolarThing's modbus scanning function, be aware that it doesn't scan modbus above 240, so you won't catch this. In...
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