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    Underground wire short....

    I had an issue that I think is caused by very alkaline/salty water getting into my cable run and causing a short. I am using a 150ft run of 6 gauge copper connected to 15 240 watt panels in a 5s3p configuration. I have two sets of panels wired like this, each to its own inverter and all...
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    Anyone have a NodeRed flow EG4 6000EX-48

    I use Node-Red to build monitors and control pumps and other stuff at my remote site. I have working flows for Trophy Batteries, Victron BMS and EpEver solar charge controllers. Now I have EG4 6000Ex inverters, I'd like to add them to the mix. Even though I have a document that sorta...
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    Trophy Batteries - Using multiple packs

    After the usual research and hand wringing I went ahead and purchased three Trophy 100 AH EVE batteries. Dan over there is very helpful and answers my calls at all hours, which is impressive all by itself. The monitoring software works ok with just one battery (it sometimes stops talking to...
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    Ongoing Solar Pump Saga

    Back in March I purchased a Shiyuan SPDC24V solar pump from pump supermarket. I installed it in April and it worked for about three days and it quit. I contacted Armin at pump supermarket and he said to ship it back and they would do the warranty. They said that once warranty was...
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    Solar Pump's quit after week or so...

    I suspect I will get back "you get what you pay for" but seems like what I have should work.... I have a bank of 10 100A/hour AGM batters wired in 5 parallel banks for 24V output. I have a couple charge controllers keeping them feed from bunch of panels. My static water level is about 40...
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    How do charge controllers compute battery capacity?

    I have very off grid system (it takes a long time to get to my very remote property) and it needs to run by itself for periods of time. I have a setup that turns on a pump once the batteries are fully charged. I rely on the solar charge controller to tell me that info via a RasperryPi and...
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