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    Post your Ground Mount Setup

    Here are mine 😁 2 top panels are JR solar 385w, lower 2 are Trina 340W and i have 2 Longi 405W on moveable "sledges" All hooked up to 3 Victron MPPTs. "the Wall" as i call it, is ratchet strapped to bolts in the floor behind the panels ;)
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    Chins 200 amp hour battery at 99% SOC but only 13.4 volts

    You cant really go by that charge graph. My battery (24v) is currently on 17.3% charge, but showing a voltage of 26.34V. My battery is made up of 4 x 100ah batteries. I use a Victron smart shunt to monitor solar production & usage.
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    UK Victron ESS, 2 x 48/3000 and 14.5Kwh DIY LIFEPO4 (work in progress)

    Where did you get your cells from? Fogstar? Any panels connected?
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    UK Victron ESS, 2 x 48/3000 and 14.5Kwh DIY LIFEPO4 (work in progress)

    A watcher of off grid garage by any chance? Looks very neat ?
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    100Ah pack with yellow lid/top and a dozen names (Ogreen, Konce..)

    Well, they've both have the same brief information spiel! Both go on about blue sky & greener mountains. Both have the same spec sheets, just different colours. One has reviews, but mostly about cells and not the batteries in question. Great price tho. the 25.6V has interested me.....but...
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    Questions for people using the Victron Smart Shunt

    I Sync'd it yesterday as it wasnt resetting. But yeah, I'll try lowering the voltage to 28V. Cheers ?
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    Questions for people using the Victron Smart Shunt

    Yes, has been for days. Gets to 28.6V about 1-1:30pm ish. As mentioned earlier, its only started happening since the last update.
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    Questions for people using the Victron Smart Shunt

    Here are my settings. Been on 98.8% for over an hour now. Should I change anything? Thanks.
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    Questions for people using the Victron Smart Shunt

    It used to do it automatically before the last update and I havent changed any of the settings since setting it up.
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    Questions for people using the Victron Smart Shunt

    I've found recently is doesnt change to 100% SOC after being on float for a while. Today I had to manually change it to show 100%, but then last week, it did it automatically after about 15-30mins of being at full charge (28.6V). But apart from that, its great at giving the right SOC...
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    Impress your friends with a 3kw electric kettle

    We use a 1Kw kettle in summer (on solar), then the 3Kw kettle in winter (on mains) ? We also have a Tassimo coffee machine thats plugged in to the solar plugs in summer, but mans plugs in winter.
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    Off grid office!

    Yes, I learnt the hard way about that! Bought a 1Kw inverter as I had checked the washing machine usage more than halfway through the cycle! Thought "ooh, only uses 350watts, a 1kw inverter will do"! Got the inverter, panels & battery, Saturday came (laundry day), put the WM on, tripped the...
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    What Mini-Split did you use, and Why?

    I've been looking at mini splits here in the UK I'm a bit confused with the power usage. A lot of them show the output at say 3kw, but then also shows usage at say 750watts. With your experiences, what is the average watts usage of a 9-12BTU mini split? Could I run one off my 3Kw inverter...
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    Victron 100/30 Only pulling 35 watts

    I think your smart shunt is wired in wrong. Its showing your usage AND the solar production. The shunt should be wired inbetwen your battery and inverter, but looks like its wired between your inverter and SCC instead. (I think).
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