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8.6KW of solar on this one.... Currently sitting with a total of 17.5 KW of solar on my property and it still feels empty... I guess ill build a second one. So i built this out of treated wood (mostly). Its 42 feet long x 4 feet wide x 6 feet tall with 11ft uni-strut. Total cost for wood: $420...

These are battery cells from my coworker. My coworker is a licensed electrician and insisted he knew what to do. He decided that a BMS was not needed and that the inverter would take care of regulating and protecting the cells. So he left the power on in the middle of winter, the batteries...

So after fixing most of my system failures at -40C, i installed my first victron smart shunt. Its monitoring (2) 48v battery banks. I have 3 battery banks with more cells on the way to make it 4. Total (current) capacity of battery storage is 930AH. This will change in 2 months to 1240AH. So the...

I am designing a new house around my current and future solar needs. I am curious as to how many people here are running multiple inverters dedicated to different sections of their homes? My original plan was to have 4-6 inverters powering different sections of my house. But i am not sure if...

Before i start... i search the forum and i saw a lot of back and fourth on yes over panel and no. I have 3 6KW Growatt inverters. Right now all 3 inverters are have about 3kw of solar attached. I just finished building a new solar mount and i want to max out these units. My max PV for this...

Hi guys, Im sure this has been covered soo many times but i bought a DIY battery kit from QSO i am having issues getting this monitoring software to work. I got a RS485 to usb adapter and wired it according to the manual. The software.... so i followed the instructions: first import the...

I just bought a smart shunt and i want to wire it up to 3 battery banks to monitor. I know that it will work with 2 bank, what do i need to do to get 3 or even 4 battery banks working on this unit? My second question is connecting this smart shunt to multiple banks. Right now i have 3...

I am in heavy debate right now regarding batteries. I am moving from a 12v system to a 48v system, and i am having a hard time deciding on batteries. I need some help. Currently i am using flooded and sealed batteries but they are old and wont last too much longer. I was leaning more to lithium...

I have 2 cells in a 16s configuration that are 3.86V. The remaining cells are all perfectly fine, all in a normal range. I reached out to the supplier of JK bms and they believe that the welding in the cells are faulty. These cells have worked fine for 4 months. They have been charged to 100%...

I have a 100ah 48v battery at my cabin and i am looking to expand. I was planning on adding 16 230ah 48v battery bank in parallel. Is there any cons to using 2 very different sized banks together? I have a friend who is interested in buying my 100 ah cells. My other option is to buy 304ah cells...

I currently have 3 (48v 304ah battery banks), each with their own bms (2 JK bms units and 1 with a jiabaida bms). What i am finding is my battery bank with the jiabaida bms is basically controlling everything. If that bank runs out of energy the entire system shuts down. I have checked the...

Hey guys, I have a strange problem going on with one of my growatt inverters. So i have 2 growatt 6K split phase units and 1 EG4 6000ex (just for reference). Both Growatt units have solar and are drawing from the same battery bank. Both units have been working issue free for 2 years. Each unit...

I am sure this has been discussed in the past, but i have a few questions. I have 3 - 230W solar panels and 1 - 40A & 1 - 20A EPEVER Charge controllers. Right now i have 2 panels connected to one controller in series going to my battery bank. I would like to add another panel and controller...

Good day, I was recently given 8 used solar panels from a farm down the road. These panels were only in service for 4 years. Each panel is 230W. I really didnt plan on jumping into solar so quick but since i have them, i want to make use of the potential energy. I was thinking about adding power...