Recent content by timblack1

I appreciate the recommendation to favor parallel strings. That requires buying more wire. Space and weight are at a premium on a camping trailer, so some might welcome a 10% performance improvement from a TCT array. The increased cost and complexity of a passive TCT configuration amounts to...

I appreciate your taking the time to give me your opinion and recommendation regarding a better way to go. How are you arriving at that that conclusion? If that conclusion is correct, then I can see my original question is not worth answering. However, that conclusion does not appear to be...

The shading scenario I have in mind is an array on top of a camping trailer which will be in many different shaded environments, like forested campsites.

Background info I have an MPP Solar Hybrid LVX 6048, which uses Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT). TCT refers to a "total cross-tied" panel array wiring configuration, like the configuration pictured at https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Total-Cross-Tied-TCT-configuration_fig2_316359468...

@Will Prowse Maybe you could find a feasible way to increase panel efficiency by cooling the panels.

From what supplier? I'm in the market for grade A cells.

Thank you. The manual at https://watts247.com/manuals/mpp/PIP-LVX/LVX6048%20split%20phase%20manual-20210312.pdf?x65773, p. 28, says the LVX 6048's "Max. Input voltage (Maximum PV open voltage)" is 450 VDC. So I believe the 260 V the arrays I'm planning could produce should be far enough below...

Oops...I should have said it's rated for 600 volts, not 2000.

He does exist. He was right to caution me that I needed to be sure the all in one has adequate ventilation to dissipate the heat it will produce; I think that was the main point he was making.

The fellow behind the counter at a solar store gave me some good advice, but stated a few things on which I'd like to get a second opinion. Here's one: 8 AWG wire could handle 9.6 A over 40 feet if there were only 1-3 panels put in series (creating 37 - 111 V), but since I plan to put 7 panels...

The fellow behind the counter at a solar store gave me some good advice, but stated a few things on which I'd like to get a second opinion. Here's one: The MPP Solar Hybrid LVX 6048 all-in-one inverter will waste excess power coming from the solar panels by burning it off as heat. Is that...

I've made a diagram of the system I'm designing at https://diysolarforum.com/threads/5kw-48v-system-sizing-circuit-safety-check.23725/. I've found physical locations for each component to be mounted in the trailer. I haven't bought the AIO yet, but would like to buy an MPP Solar LVX6048...

I should have said "280 Ah" cells; sorry for my mistake.

Just for reference, in case someone wants a text description rather than just a diagram, I described the idea in the original battery layout above at https://diysolarforum.com/threads/mixing-12s1p-4s2p-to-stay-at-48v-but-increase-capacity.23215/, and asked if it would work.

Thank you for this feedback; I need it. I have not bought the cells yet. My goal is to have a battery with at least a 16.1 kWh capacity, to have 3 days' worth of capacity to handle a 5.38 kWh/day load. 20 3.2V Lishen 280 Ah cells would provide that capacity, but I've been unsure whether there...