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    Newbie here. 100w panel with portable power station. Will it work?

    That appears to be a panel with USB ports built onto it, not a stand-alone panel.
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    LiFePo4 charge problem after reassemble. Any help?

    Not sure about your wind generator, but you only have 1200W of solar for a 840Ah battery. Even your generator at 25A into the battery would take quite a while to fully charge it if it was fully discharged. As for why the solar charge controller is not supplying more than 2A, I don't know.
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    LiFePo4 charge problem after reassemble. Any help?

    Yes for the first No for the second. I really think the issue is that you never fully charged the battery. The difference between 40% and 99% is only about .6V I would just put it back on a charger and wait until you are at about 14.2V to 14.4V.
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    LiFePo4 charge problem after reassemble. Any help?

    Sounds like it was not charged to 100% if you were going by voltage change.
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    How to prevent backfeed?

    I backed less than 100 watts for maybe 15 minutes and got a call.
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    Anyone in the US still on the Starlink wait list?

    Just an update with my Starlink "experience". Note: I have the V2. My speeds had actually been getting better the last month or so. But then about 3 weeks ago, the dish was rebooting at about 9:00pm every few nights (and taking about 10 minutes to get back on line). Just the dish was...
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    Some zero export inverter questions

    The biggest issue I have is that my "idle" consumption can be as low as 300 watts. So for example when the HVAC turns off, I would need to ensure that whatever inverter I am using can throttle back fast enough. From the posts here, it seems that can be an issue with any non-export inverter...
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    Minor Backfeed Issue with Utility

    If they always assume this, then what's the issue? Point being a "true" grid-tie inverter won't/can't operate without the grid, but yet the electric company makes a big deal out having a "non-approved" one. And they don't seem to care about how many mechanical generators are sitting in your...
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    Minor Backfeed Issue with Utility

    I would bet the number of mechanical generators that are not using proper transfer switches outnumber the number of "dangerous" solar systems 1000:1
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    Updated JK-PB2A16S-20PH from v15.06 to v15.10. Did I loose heating activation?

    Your first picture shows 0% remaining capacity. A factor?
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    Current limiting

    Can you elaborate on this? Why would you get a very large bill? Some sort of fine?
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    Free Power is AWESOME!!!

    That is why I asked. At 10kWh per day, I can't see how it can pay for it's self in 3 years. Even at $.25 per kWh that is only $912 per year. $20K - 30% tax credit = $14K = 15 years ROI. Something does not compute. Even at 30kWh per day, it's still 5 years. (@ $.25kWh).
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    Free Power is AWESOME!!!

    How did you calculate a 3 year ROI
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    Failing System Analysing

    Sounding more like your controller has issues if it needs to be rebooted so often.
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    Kepworth 12v 300Ah "mini" $550 (15.1x7.5x9.6 or 385x190x245mm)

    39 at night 75 during the day. Cloudy one day, clear the next.
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