Recent content by vdub

I'm late to the game on this thread, but WOW, you will have one serious system when all is said and done. The quote above was from someone way back on the first page. Unfortunately, that is true of the entire stinking RV industry. Crappy, shoddy, patched up, piss poor workmanship. They totally...

I'm not sure what I was thinking, but I did know EP Ever was a single word. I had been to that page twice, but I saw on another site where those settings had been referenced and it was reported they didn't work. It was suggested on that site that the parameters for low voltage reconnect and...

I always understood "2s2p" to be two in series with those two pairs then in parallel, that is, simply 2 series, 2 parallel. I've never heard of "2 strings", but maybe its just a different way of saying the same thing. 4s2p for 8 panels would be 4 in series with final out as 2 parallel. At any...

Sure wish I had his shop!

I have an EP Ever Tracer 6415AN MPPT solar panel controller. I searched everywhere for the proper settings for the user parameters for Battle Born batteries and came up empty handed. Finally, I sent the parameters to Battle Born and they came back with the settings below. Battle Born is a...

Now that's a damn good way to do it!

The batteries don't charge well when the panels are disconnected.... :cool: I want my batteries to be fully charged all winter because I'm running a verizon mifi router and 7 security cameras. We tend to get a lot of snowmobilers and hunters trespassing through our property. In the spring...

I insulated my batteries just yesterday and I'm now ready for winter. I'll be snowed out of the property in a few weeks and won't be able to get back in until March. So, we'll see how well it works. I have security cameras trained on the mppt status panel and a thermometer, so it should be...

Are you in Australia? That would explain why its backwards. :-) I'm 20 degrees from vertical -- 70 degrees from horizontal. Its just how you look at it. I also wonder how mine will hold up in wind. All the pine trees should break up the wind, but still, it could get strong. The posts...

My panels are mounted with a triangular mount made by Eco-Worthy. I was initially appalled at the cost, but after checking the price of dexion, I discovered the cost wasn't bad. At any rate, when installing the mount, I made sure the lower part of the triangle was level, then I use a few...

Something I've wanted from the very beginning of this project was a way to monitor how my system was doing from pretty much anywhere. I find it hard to imagine that none (at least, none that I've looked at) have a way to connect to the internet. Most have a local connection on an intranet for...

Thanks for the extra info. My panels are set up as S2P2. The Voc of each panel is 37.6, so that puts my max volts out to the mppt as 75.2 -- well within the rated max volt input of the mppt of 150V. GIven the shadows and the low winter sun we are now getting, I just can't possibly imagine ever...

I have sent another support request to epever. They are really good about getting back quickly.

You're right. I could potentially see 999 watts. I wonder if Epever overlooked that when they gave their blessings. This was their return. I have incorporated all their recommendations.

I contacted EPEver for some more info on if things looked ok. They responded within just a couple hours. The tech support was fantastic. They recommended several changes which I made. I wish our governments could get along -- the Chinese people seem to be phenomenal and they make really good...