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20 feet is alot of conductor. Are you trying to stay energized while moving the battery ? I think you should have a really good reason for that if so. Otherwise shortest length conductor to put it where you want now. Buy the extra conductor and hang it on the wall for if and when you...

Could you quantify regular basis ? Can you clarify that in a usage vs. a storage application?

So 3 ferrites on a string? One per conductor and one over both conductors?

There is a gentleman Arthur T Bradley that did some videos I found informative, and he also did sell, or his company sells special ferrites.

I believe you can use any manually adjustible ground mount rack, you can get (or form and pour on site concrete blocks approx 1-2tons each, mount the ground mount to it, and then backfill the blocks with 3 inch minus stone. When you say bedrock are you exposed granite or a foot of overburden...

Another question is, why can't we depend on devices to be 'off' or disconnected when turned off? What is the engineering philosophy behind this? I can remember an elderly relative who had a powerbar on everything some years ago. When I questioned this I was told 'I'm not paying for something...

The more we learn on these units, the more I regret buying one. That is alot of 'parasaitic draw'.

You have options: a) Fuse it at or below the given spec in amps, and see what happens b) get different panel, c) or buy and try and film it, in case it goes wrong quick (not recommended)

Man, I love the forum for this, excellent video that guy is putting out with details. The One 24kbtu that is performing less reliably is 4x445 watt delonghi panels. The other is 4 x 345 watt canadian solar panels and it works more reliably and regains power etc. These were both testing...

I think it is dehumidify setting

A relay might work, but I would likely need a/c mains power to keep that relay powered. I updated the other thread, one of the 24kbtu units will not cool with solar except under the dehumidify/dry setting. I do not recommend buying until these problems are sorted out.

Sorry, I missed a word above, it should have read "will not work without alternating current". One of the 24kbtu units today would NOT start drawing dc/solar on the airconditioning/cool setting. Despite turning off, disconnecting pv, reconecting and connecting pv again. However, in...

My understanding from Mr. M1 was that you needed wifi and an active internet connection for that feature to work. There is no WAN available at this location.

So the bottom line is this is not an off-grid capable heatpump/airconditioner. It needs alternating current to do. Which means that you/we/me are only saving the inversion loss by being batteryless. i.e. buying an a/c only heat pump that is most efficient and running from your main solar array...

I would say neither start up without a/c. They do try, but timeout before stable sun is available. If I could set them to only look for sun at 10am or later daily, and shut down at 5pm, that would likely work really well.

I will need to check this more specifically now that we have the parameters. The replys from signature solar were not encouraging or as specific as these details. Basically they said dc will not work without ac present. There seems to be some difference between the two 24kbtus behaviour but...

My experience so far with the 24kbtu units connected to DC only is that after entering LP (lower power mode) they will not wake back up when the cloud cover has moved. I have to power cycle the unit with remote to get it to start working again. Does anyone have any experience with connected to...

Does anyone have experience with this 'new' 12v air co unit? https://velitcamping.com/products/velit-2000r-rooftop-air-conditioner-12v-24v What do you think about use case would be while in motion , engine speed 2100 rpm or greator. 180 amp alternator. Sprinter 1500 3.0 diesel.

Excuse my language to get your attention. Get that F'ing battery out of the circuit now before you go to sleep again! If that battery is a load and no longer a power source, and it sees enough charge to it, you could ventilate it. I haven't read the finer points. I skipped pages 3 and...

What inverter do you have? Why not get an inverter that is adjustable to exactly what you want?

jbatx, where is the best source in your experience for the heltec products? I see they also have an interesting reasonably costed physical display for individual cell voltages. https://heltec-bms.com/ Do you buy direct or is there someone that stocks them in usa? That is excellent and...

In your photo the constant current led is illuminated. When I was charging, I had to turn all dials on power supply to zero, and then slowly turn them up, the power supply would switch back and forth between constant current and constant voltage depending on which dial was turned up more. I am...

Can breakers be sourced that are load rated ? What is used 144vdc on your set up to disconnect ?

Could this monitoring solution be also used with logic to trigger is a breaker to disconnect solar input to charge controller? i.e. just before the charge fet opens, solar input breaker opens? Ditto for over voltage situation being discussed in other thread?

I am asking this same question, what is the best way to charge the AGM's without changing settings on charge controllers and inverter and switching banks constantly. I was thinking only option was to decide between 120v charger and 120/240v charger. Leaning 120v so portable and can be used on...

Thank you for that input, I will move that value back up.

thank you Jim.

Good day, What is a goal for Mv delta between cells after charging in parallel? What is a goal or ideal for Mv delta once cells are in series and being charged and discharged? What is an ideal or goal for Mv delta for a battery bank at rest for 7 days? I.e. what I should I be watching for to...

I haven't looked at that inverter manual, but back when I was running a gasoline screamer the manual had instructions on how to remove the neutral ground bonding strap on the generator (when using on a system with a neutral ground bond downstream). Shane what does the manual say?

Was curious you noted the separate 12v circuit as being '12v' so that made me ask the question. https://baymarinesupply.com/bussman-mrbf-fuse-30a-to-300a.html They seem to be in stock?

What will be the nominal voltage of your new battery system once running?

Where does the negative on the 12v breaker positive that is pictured circuit return to?

Does he need all the power? Does he already have the 4 wire conductor? If the inverters want 120 and the generator has 2x120 outputs, that seems like a match to me. If there is ever an issue with one inverter it is pretty easy to disconnect one and still have the other going. Sorry- saw your...

Like HRTKD said, can you draw this on dot grid quick? What inverter are you running at how many watts?

What is the size of the wire conductor you are using to connect to battery? What bms is it?