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It was the PIP setting 4. I’m pulling power from 120v output of PIP. I do have a 24v down to 12V converter for 12v appliances that I’ll wire a 12v receptacle to for 12v appliances. Everything except my fantastic fan is running off the 120v for now unfortunately. Working great after that setting...

Thanks for that info! I understand better now why to ground D/C batteries inverted etc to chassis rather than installing grounding rod if connected to utility for charging.

Thank you so much everyone! I figured it out. It was bad crimping. Im buying a legit crimper. I was ruining the pins with the crimp so I think it wasn’t engaging all the way. I also had male pins in female Mc4’s ??‍♂️. I I could get some voltage when I messed with it a bit. All I did was connect...

lol. “And we were all running around screaming kill kill”

Will Prowse. . Probably won’t heat up at 0.5C rate but may as well stay on the safe side. I have used CALB 100A cells so I think that after use the C rating changes precisely because of the heating. I’m assuming they’re grade B and 0.5C but they should be 1C if new Grade A . Plus one of my...

Thank you for the valuable information! I hope I’m not coming across as arrogant. I know I’m dealing with fire literally and potentially 100’s of dollars. Now that I know the panels are decent I’ll set the BMS parameters such that the bad cell won’t go above 3.65. This brings the charging...

What mistake?

Am I wrong in my thinking that the wire and connections are all just metals that need to come in contact to conduct. The male and female and color codes are jus a way to insulate and protect from short circuit and know which is which as to also not short circuit by reversing connections?

Cool, thanks!

Yeah I have a multimeter. I’ll try to increase the charge rate to 60A and connect a load when there’s full Sun to see if that’s it. Just tested again in the shade and am getting 95 Watts with parallel connection. If I blanket shade one panel I’m getting 34-45 Watts and vice-versa for blanket...

Yeah I’m planning on charging and discharging each cell between 3.225 and 3.35 to get close to 75% down to 25%. When I’m needing larger loads or extended time while I’m on the road or don’t have utility I’ll use more of the capacity. For now I just have lights and fans.

It’s 120v, had an electric electrician run a 50A outlet to main breaker in the shed. He used 8g wire which could supply 240 if I ever wanted to install a 120/240 system to the RV, or if anyone else has a 50A service they would want to use. I have a 50a-30a pigtail going to outlet that I...

No My AC breaker box is not energized by any other source unless I plug in the 30A extension chord to the side of my RV and turn in the main breaker in the shed.

Understandable your not understanding my question. I have a 30A AC extension chord running from a shed to my RV/trailer. I used 10g wire for connecting the 30A male to the breaker box in my trailer. I then have 12 gauge wire suppling 2 AC circuits in my RV/trailer. I have 4 outlets and two...

So if I get this to work, I’m thinking I’ll get a 30A breaker that I connect to the male end of an extension chord supplying my power in from solar/inverter. Then run 10/3 wire from 30A breaker to my mains on the already installed breaker supplying my two circuits. Anyone have any thoughts? One...

I think y’all were right. Parallel connection seems to be working good now after connected to a load and upped the charge to 40a. Interestingly I can now move it to 10a and it seems to be charging only 10a as long as I have a load on it. The battery is also drained to 26v. I think the PIP Charge...

Hi all, I was hoping I could get advice on why I my Inverter LV 24v PIP won’t supply continuous output for certain appliances. My phone charger, coffee maker, and small fan won’t work. They will blink power on and off for some reason? My temporary solution is to turn on my light at which point...

Yes 120V dc is coming from inverter connected to PV 24v PV panels and 24v 100A lipo CALB cells.

Ok thanks I’ll try that!

Thank you for the suggestions. However, as described above, I get around 33v on all cables if connected directly to the solar panels mc4 connectors and testing with multimeter. This includes the extension cables and the small mc4 connection I made. As soon as I connect an additional mc4...

Hi, I have two 320 watt 24v Renogy In parallel and getting some output problems. During peak sunlight with no shade I was getting only 5 amps and roughly 175 Watts. I through a blanket over one panel that had an angle tilted less toward the sun and the amps went up about 0.5. I then through...

I just have a single bad cell. Already have a new cell coming as mentioned already. I bottom balanced them all and when charging or discharging that one cell has a huge voltage drop or gain. I discovered this when I first received the cells a couple months ago. I’m reading with multimeter and it...

Awesome that worked. It was setting 4. Hit the nail on the head!

PIP-2424LV-MSD aka 24v mpp solar. I had it set to charge at 10 amps with solar and though that may be it so increased to 20 to no avail. I looked at every setting again to double check there wasn’t a a setting changing the draw. I have read they will only draw according to the load so maybe...

Max Voc for that mpp solar model is 145v and this panels are oc of 40.1. So it’s 80.2 together.

No that’s not it as explained above. I explained in detail that that was the first thing I tried. I thought maybe a bad crimp too but have tested on wire with no mc4 at end. The one10 ft I crimped female on female and male on male as extension cord but I tried with the precrimped 15ft and raw...

Oh ok, thanks!

Hi, Im wanting to wire my mpp solar to my ac panel that has two circuits. I tried a sketchy test by wiring the male end of an extension chord to the ac breaker main live bar and plugging to the output female extension chord attached to my mpp solar. Not a good idea because that male end would...