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Do you have a voltmeter to check the battery voltage against the monitor? Did the monitor manual have anything about calibration? And you can also check the connection between the battery and inverter. What gauge wire between the battery and inverter? I have a Renogy 700 watt inverter, but...

If you ran for about 3 days at 1200 watts per day that would run your battery down below minimum voltage. Check your battery voltage. The good news is you ran about 3 days with no sun. If you are not using a shunt-based battery monitor, you'll have to be more careful with watts in and watts...

I use 3/4 inch EMT with flexible panels for a portable system. Even with light weight flexible panels, it needs lots of bracing.

My system was installed in 2017 and I haven't looked at the tax description since. Requirements may have changed especially since California's had so many grid issues. Something like a backup power system.

I have a portable system for my daughter's house. Had it up and running by 11AM the morning after hurricane Ida. It uses 12 175 watt (2100 watts) Renogy flex panels, 3k Growatt inverter and 15k battery bank. Worked fine, but I'll say you can never have too much solar. The panels are easy to...

Pretty much every inverter will have a fan. Smaller Victron charge controllers have a heat sink, so no fan. I have two Midnite CCs and a Cotek inverter. They are in an enclosed patio and the fans for the inverter never stop. The CC fans are on from sunup to sundown.

I have 4 small inverters and MPPTs wrapped in foil inside a sealed metal box and recycled amorphous solar panels as backup. Besides that, I have lots of components that I've outgrown as I've upgraded. But for an EMP even, my focus is on food, water, hygiene, first aid and defense. I live on...

I think it's 1/12.

This started out as a backup system for power outages and hurricane season. It was a 24v 2000 watt kit from Renogy with 8 panels. My wife said no holes in the roof, so Ecofoot was perfect. It went together and was producing power in 2 days. It went so well; I bought 12 more panels and made...

Silicon seal. Things have changed so much since that install. Those are 255 watt panels.

I need them for wind deflection during hurricane/storms. But no, they aren't needed. One caveat, if you don't use them, you need to ground them. The wind shield connects the panels and you only have to ground at the end of each row. I think there's a white version of the base. Let me look...

This is the first 2 rows. There are 5 rows of 4 panels now. The difference is the first row has 3 cement blocks the sides have 2 blocks. There is a pitched roof to the right (behind the array) and to the left with provide additional wind protection.

Will do. If I can't find any, I'll take some pictures tomorrow.

If the batteries are full, there won't be any demand and the panels won't push any power. You need more demand for the panels to produce more power. If you change the inverter setting to run from battery only for a few days and deplete the battery to 50%, than change it back to solar, you can...