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    24 volt AGM battery pack configuration

    My neighbor is running a battery bank consisting of 8 Powersafe SBS 190 AH 12 volt agm batteries. He has them wired in 2 banks of 4 batteries in parallel. These 2 parallel banks are then wired in series so there are 4 batteries on each side of the series connection cable. Electrically this...
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    Advice on Solar charger

    Somebody set up my offgrid friend with bunch of AGM batteries and a 280 watts of solar panel. He has 1700AH of 12 volt AGM batteries in parallel, divided into 2 banks. All are 12 Volt and that is also his inverter input. He has borrowed my 150 amp charger, and is using a gas gen to recharge. He...
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    Using aluminum #1

    I have a couple hundred feet of Aluminum underground wire meant for feeding a house with 120/240v I think it is 9 strands of aluminum. I am wondering if I can use it to carry power from the solar panels to the inverter. I understand DC current flows best in a multiple fine strand wire, like...
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    Has anyone used a JTT BMS?

    It looks very good, but email and phone messages don't seem to work. http://www.jttelectronics.com/products/bms-controllers/s-series/s4-bms-controller
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    Battery size decisions

    Good Morning All, I have made the decision to go with a solar system, not grid tied. Yearly average solar hours are 4.7 in my area. Average consumption of my house and Machine shop is 28kw/day. This can be cut down a bit by shutting down the electric clothes dryer. Present average daily use is...
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