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We have a mesh filter at the downspout, which keeps out most of the bigger stuff, but we still get very fine debris/muck that passes through and our first-flush system doesn't resolve this 100% either. We have a filter between the rainwater tanks and the house/water pump so the house's water...

Sounds like a good MO to me.

I don't know whether the inlet tube or diaphragm are having issues. I'm not sure I know what you're referring to with those terms, either. Isn't the diaphragm inside the air tank? That tank hasn't been much of a problem. And I think the pressure switch is OK. From what I can tell, the pump is...

Well it certainly wasn't "intermittent" when we had it here. The thing deviated further and further over the course of about one year, before our battery capacity was reduced to around 25% and we finally decided to buy a new MPPT, and unhook the bad one. Before swapping them out, we did...

I don't plan to ever have that charge controller come back to the house. If I hook it up again here and it works, it won't make me feel any better, because nothing has been done to fix the original problem. If it does act up again, then the manufacturer would just argue that the problem is with...

That actually does sound feasible to me. Do you have any firsthand experience with charge controllers working themselves out? Obviously the problem is a PITA, because the glitch will more than likely pop up again in the future.

Honestly I don't remember. I don't think it was the cable though.

WTF? https://mitsubishi-kyw.co.th/Product/For-Home/Water-Pump/Automatic/769.aspx?NodeID=769&ProductType=5

What brand do you recommend? Here's our most recent update: https://diysolarforum.com/threads/can-an-mppt-fix-itself.81025/

TLDR: troubleshooted MPPT remotely with an engineer from this website last year. Conclusion: unit bad/miscalibrated, send to distributor for warranty replacement. Instead of doing this, I just bought a new unit and stuck the old one in a box for ten months. Recently, I sent the old unit to a...

I'm getting tired of this setup: https://diysolarforum.com/threads/what-is-this-setup-called.35716/ I went to change the filter for our rainwater tank yesterday and by swapping the old filter for the new one, we had to re calibrate the entire pressure switch. The simple act of swapping out a...

I already posted earlier in this thread regarding this. Bottom line: no satisfactory solution has been proposed that doesn't involve us going without power. Also there is mutual distrust amongst all parties. This could be resolved if there were some uncorruptable third party.

Actually, I looked up Peru's consumer protection laws on the books, and there are indeed articles against lies by omission. E.g. Promising warranty service, but then retroactively imposing/disclosing conditions on that warranty service only after receiving $15,000 from a customer.

I DON'T call BS on this post. Can't think of a good reason why anyone would make up something like this.

That's not me. My youtube channel is the same as my username on here. Mostly just videos about our reforestation project.

What video(s) are you all talking about?! I don't have any videos on Pylontech. I have a couple unlisted youtube videos I made documenting the problem with the MPPT and another video showing the unboxing of the battery returned to us by the distributor following warranty "service" showing that...

In that case, maybe we can just post that follow up response as a separate, new thread.

Very well put. I try to recognize my own self-interests and ask if what I am stating is the truth. I always strive to question myself in the pursuit of that truth. It is frustrating when I'm running towards the truth while watching the other side run further away from the truth. Let's hear your...

Has anyone noticed that the v community forum has a very sterile feel to it? It's almost like every participant in there is afraid to say something. You don't get that free flow discussion feel like you have on here.

Correction: CEO said he will have his one-sided sales rep contact me, who I was already in touch with anyway. The sales rep sent me an email loaded with lies and half-truths that he was fed by the original distributor, and he essentially commanded us to wire money to the original distributor...

I like your analysis. I was not aware of most of what you stated.

Why not? A lot of victron fanboys here would rather I shut up and get off the forum for good.

I thought it was obvious enough when they read the username of the OP.

Question is why does victron tolerate such BS? When there are barely any options for distributors in a country, it is more lucrative to have a distributor than to not have any at all. In a place with a serious lack of competition, all sorts of bad behavior is overlooked. The end-user may even...

Another often pointless feature of the Victron after-sales support is when the end-user has a problem with their distributor, you supposedly file a complaint through a victron channel, but the complaint essentially just gets forwarded back to the distributor who caused the problem in the first...

Some butthurt individuals that work for dishonest companies get mad when you reproach them for being dishonest, and can churn up frivolous lawsuits to soothe their bruised ego instead of taking constructive criticism to heart and building a better business. The name of the company you ask about...

The crazy thing about the victron company with its blue color scheme and its angle that it is top of the line in off-grid components is their default warranty policy. If your whole angle is to provide technology for off-grid solutions, why would you require your end-user to disconnect their...

Hope so. Keeping my fingers crossed. Seems so far he has only thrown it back to the sales rep, who is insisting we pay out of pocket for a new unit and then let Novum send their guy out here to poke, prod and examine the system. I would find it a little disconcerting that the CEO would tolerate...

If I get the resolution I'm looking for, I will delete this post. Currently the Victron sales rep for our region and our distributor are gaslighting us. My Victron MPPT stopped working properly about one year ago. This reflected as a battery bank that could not charge to 100%. I didn't know...

Hey @sunshine_eggo what do you think about getting a victron 250/70? There's a distributor with one of those in stock. Also another distributor has the 250/100, which is what we're leaning towards. Still trying to somehow get a reimbursement for the purchase at the end of all this instead of an...

Buy a 250V controller it is! Not going to modify the wiring of the array. Is it possible to exceed a panel's open-circuit voltage somehow? I was of the understanding that Voc was the absolute maximum voltage that a panel can produce. Still, I agree it's not a good idea to get close to the 200V...

More info on alibaba: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/LDSOLAR-80A-200V-12v-24v-48v_1600743319480.html

The coldest I've ever seen is 57F

Here are the specs. I was talking with a dealer this morning. They have the 80amp version. The engineer on the phone was suggesting I get two of them or disconnect a couple of my strings. Not sure I can disconnect strings without totally redoing my string box (see photo in my first post)...

To give you an idea of the options available locally: https://www.panelsolarperu.com/29-controladores-mppt I was thinking about getting the LD Solar MPPT 200/80. Do you think that would be good enough for temporary use (up to one month)? What other considerations? Should I disconnect a battery...