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I notice no one has answered. I hope you had some luck in figuring it out.

I noticed no one has answered. I hope you worked it out OK.

I hope you sold it at a good price

Great videos.

The Off Grid Garage covers many BMS's comprehensivly.

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What would you pay for good quality LiFePo4 batteries 8 years old hardly used in a caravan but trickle charged and maintained the whole time. Would 50% of the original cost be too much?

I produce 12KW every night from 5PM until 7AM or 900Watts for 14 hours Going two years now no effect on batteries yet. I have 18KW of storage. The battery protectors set at 23.5V - so that's the lowest voltage they go. I charge LiFePo4 to 28V every night. I watch Gumtree & Facebook sites & buy...

Very nice setup.

Nightmare stuff. Buildings that hover off the ground might work.

How many plys?

For me. All is hardwired. I avoid WiFi wherever possible.Good Power line adapters are my next best friend. Purchasing hard wired versions of any device comes first. Reluctantly I use WiFi then Bluetooth. Even then I look to replace those at any given opportunity. Although that is getting harder...

Things that didn't exist 100 years ago? I think you might be surprised.

Maybe it's some sort of tax dodge.

I haven't seen bare copper in any twin core solar cable in Australia. It is all tinned along with the lugs. Tin and tin oxides are known to react with phosphoric acid to produce highly insoluble and relatively inert compounds. I didn't know your twin core solar cable had bare copper in the USA...

Sorry I missed that one.

Sorry. I just read some of the other replies and some them are kind of similar to mine. My reply was directly off your initial post.

For me I would only use 120v AC plugs. (In my case 240V AC in Australia.) There are so many types 120V AC plug in power packs etc. out there it is unbelievable. One to suit every need you could think of. Adding 12v around a cabin/house can only create problems. IMO It increases the complexity of...

OK thanks. I will keep an eye out.

All Micro-Inverters have a MPPT voltage range. In this case 27v-39v. But the operating range is up to 48v So..... from what I have seen if you go over 39v the MPPT turns off. You don't really need MPPT if you have constant power from a battery. How micro-inverters perform when you "switch of"...

Thanks very mIuch for this. I had a sneaking suspicion about this. I decided to use, after much research, to use 24V because it has been around a long time and there are a lot of devices that just work with it really solidly & robustly. Initially I only purchased 2 new 24v LiFePo4 batteries...

I only use solder. I dip each end in phosphorcic acid then solder. Not sure if there is Ranex rust remover in the USA. That has phosphoric acid and works well. When I crimp a whole bunch one or two usually pull off on testing strongly by hand using pliers. When I soder I can't even pull the...

I am not a fan of boost converters on bigger draw devices as I find the adjustment fiddly. At $29 you are not going to get a good quality boost device IMO. I would only use a 24V inverter myself mainly because moving away from a simple system to a more complex setup requires more devices &...

If the ATS is there you might as well use it. IMO I gather the MP will go through the EMS?

This may be interesting. I am not promoting it but it is an interesting take on LiFePo4 charging. He promotes a device that combines Lead acid & LiFePo4. (64K Followers)

Sorry, one more quick question for you about battery voltage: All of your results after 2 years of continuous use have been with a 24VDC battery, correct? _Correct You experimented with DC-DC boost up to 32V and maybe even close to 48VDC but you have not yet tested anything running directly off...

These are the cheapo DCDC boosters I’m going to be experimenting with: _I have some notes here: _https://diysolarforum.com/threads/using-solar-micro-inverters-with-batteries-instead-of-panels.8353/post-753344 They have two potentiometers hard-wired in for control, one to set current limit and...

I'm apologize for coming back with all these additional questions, but I've been carefully reviewing the detailed pictures you attached and just want to assure I've got the details correct: _No problem. Initial Setup: Victron Battery Protector inline (and no other relay) - Battery Connect...

Thank you for taking the time to contribute this detailed post. I greatly appreciate and have been planning to follow in your footsteps without knowing it. _Anything that reduces Greenhouse gasses I am for it! I have a spare 250Wx2 dual Microinverter that I am going to hook up direct connect to...

Note: Over the last three years I have tested so many combinations of devices you would not believe. Starting with a computer UPS that 4 different electricians said would not work. What I have distilled is our best observations, that we have shared, over that time. OK, so the Micro-Inverter...

Well it's worked for two years so far. Re properly sized to handle load. Keeping the voltage at the low end seems to work fine. The imicro-nverter can take from 20v to 46v. I stick with 24v. This gives me 200w @ 240vac. I do have one set up from my original experimentation that has a boost...

As well as serving as a 5KW @ 240v UPS... The LFP I have gets used every night. It supplies 300 W @ 240 V for 14 hours 365 days a year. If the power outage is at 4 AM in the morning I would still have enough left to cover the outage until I have sunlight. It has been running 2 years. My payback...

Not sure - none of them get hot. They have all been running for over a year. By ramping up the voltage to 30 volt using the buck converter one is producing 300 W @ 240 V AC and still not getting hot. That one is still running. I pefer my new method.

Please lay out your questions so they are easier to read. I use a 24 volt system to keep each in a small package size. You can just plug the Enphase Inverter straight in to the 24 volts - the inverter starts producing after about 5 minutes. Please look & read at pics I have supplied - I just use...

https://diysolarforum.com/threads/using-solar-micro-inverters-with-batteries-instead-of-panels.8353/post-602495 I am grid connected. Any excess power from panels or batteries (minimal) goes to grid. Trying to balance on your own excess power is too expensive & complicated. IMO I use 240 Volt...