Search results

Oh, I suspect that would be fine. In my case all fans were back away from that bottom raceway so it made most sense to just attach directly to it.

I'm using luxpower and can confirm that it does have arc-fault built in. This is an annoying us vs Canada difference. My panel array is ground mounted with a dedicated power shed for the inverter, which in the US would have excepted me from needing arc fault. Canadian code brought over the arc...

Everything in BC is supposed to go through Technical Safety BC. There is little direct enforcement, except for insurance and building permit process though.

Does anyone have the "customer code" for GSL that I am supposed to put in the app to connect to the wifi dongle? Thanks!

It is solar assistant capable.

Got hold of GSL and they have given me the LCD update files. Thank you!

Hi, I have the luxpower inverter and it is working quite well! My problem is that it is on the earliest firmware and I cannot seem to get a reply from my vendor, GSL Energy, for the LCD update files (and presumably after the LCD update the firmware update itself.) I would love to get AC coupling...

In regards to 3), I had to do that. Canadian code, but similar. https://photos.app.goo.gl/mJj77mTg3virJumL9

Well, the existence of a generator was relevant to allow for winter charging. But the sizing of that generator was not critical. With one important caveat - the generator was connected for inspection such that it ONLY charged the batteries. If there was a direct connection to the main power...

Ah, just in case anyone stumbles over this thread in the future, the magic words were 64-102a After going through 4 electricians who didn't know, and 3 inspectors who didn't know, I finally found someone who has done off-grid work. Eric at Viridian is my saviour. I may do an Elon Musk and name...

I don't think use of SA blocks updates. I haven't tried it yet but the install page indicates it connects using the wifi dongle supplied by the inverter, so I'd presume it is still able to be accessed by GSL. https://solar-assistant.io/help/luxpower/configuration

I did not. I also have an older furnace and could see some poor solder joints on the control board and fixing those is what allowed it to work again, so the problems were likely pre-existing in my furnace, but the additional thermal stress of spiky power was enough to make it fail. I have not...

I guess we should probably start another thread on this, but I'd love to hear your surge protector experiences. I've had to re-solder my furnace control board because of an lv6548 surge. When I had to change to my current GSL inverter I hoped no more surges, but they still pop up (although less...

There are problems. I would make the same purchase again for my use case, I believe. The threads, and my experience, seem to indicate that for a significant subset of people the end goal of a stable and sufficient system is being met. Is that subset big enough? No way, I'm not even sure it's...

I had this problem on my lv6548's. I never did get the small Furman generator to work. Power was too noisy for it to lock on it something. One thing that worked with the multiquip generator, though, was to make sure it is loaded before you try to get the lv6548 to lock on. I have a little 1500...

Pretty happy here too. I haven't updated firmware yet, but if AC coupling to the gen is working now then I probably should. I'm off grid charging from panels and a generator with two of the gsl 10kW batteries.

Oh, that's beautiful! I have storage envy :-)

Oh interesting, thanks. That might explain why I can set the inverter to either pylon or gsl and both seem to work without changing the protocol on the battery side.

But luxpower is a protocol rarely enough supported that another supplier option is good to know!

Oof. Totally understand. I can't leave the place unattended at the moment for similar reasons. Sorry to hear the inverter isn't working out for you currently, I hope it is able to be made right.

Don't despair! I'm still having a decent experience anyway. Very much more limited scenario than above, in my case being completely off-grid. I haven't learned to completely trust the inverter yet, but it has fewer weirdnesses than the MPP-Solar units it replaced. I was disappointed, now that...

oh man. Just no. I haven't given any of their techs access and that is a pretty good reason not to.

I am. I just got my batteries and have to hook them all up and maybe eventually update off original firmware to get the generator to AC couple. There's always things to play with, but mine has been doing great. (edit for context: off-grid with about 7.5kw of panels in a cloudy winter, so mostly...

*shrug* I'm happy with GSL so far. The inverter arrived quickly and is working well in my application now that I've corrected my installation errors. GSL has been responsive to questions and it seems like a nice piece of equipment. I haven't needed to do a firmware update yet because my simple...

Ok! I can now confirm that I am an idiot, and that this machine has advanced anti-idiot reverse polarity protection! Thank you. I had reversed my wires as they came into the external PV fuse box and not noticed the negative voltage indicator. (Just editing to add the lovely picture of charge...

I do not see the voltage there. I see the voltage when the wires are not connected to the terminals, but when connected there is about 1.5V.

Oh no, please check the dumb assumptions! I suspect I've missed one of them. The switch on the side isn't it, though. I've actually pointed the ct's to the generator, since that is acting as my grid, although the attached image makes me wonder if I have them right (generator is pushing in 800w...

Thanks. I am getting a good connection now. I am not yet successful in getting any power in, but I think it is likely a settings problem. Still working on it. For reference, though, I have two strings of 10 470 watt panels each. I'm seeing roughly 480 volts when I have the inputs disconnected...

Thank you! That makes perfect sense.

I'm just getting set up. Not quite to the point of AC coupling, but I'll let you know soon I hope. Generator is a 6kW multiquip diesel. The power seems fine for the inverter. I can charge just fine from it as passthrough to the eps connections works well. Strangeness - I got an error...

Canada in winter. Option 1: heat lifepo4 Option 2: hybrid system Option 3: physical switch between systems when freezing (Biased towards lIfepo4 because of charging rate, though, so not dipping into agm is preferred.)

Anyone have any further information on this? I have begun to see the same error.

OMG, after talking to 4 electricians, my electrical inspector and two other inspector's from nearby areas, I finally found someone who knew to point me to 64-102(a). I don't need to fully power the panel! I can power it only to the capacity of the inverter, as long as the inverter is sized to be...

For what it's worth, GSL didn't require TT payment, they were fine with credit card as long as it was paid through my Alibaba account.

My purchase was also through Alibaba. It sounds like they are looking for a local reseller relationship, which given the shipping time/cost and end user question overhead would make a lot of sense. I think there is likely a good business opportunity there for the reseller as well. At least if...