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    Welded posts

    These were from a US seller that buys from eve directly and eve welded the terminals on I guess. I would have to go look and see who they were I got the link off a YouTube review of the cells
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    Welded posts

    Got these new 280ah eve cells today and this was the first time I’ve seen the welded terminals like this so thought I’d give them a try seems like a lot more contact area
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    48v low power consumption inverter

    I’m just planning on powering random small stuff. The other night I powered a work light so I didn’t have to run 150 foot of extension cord but a 7 watt led plus 150 watts for the inverter just seems like a waste. Plus in a power outage I would run some house lights with it most of the time then...
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    48v low power consumption inverter

    I am looking for some suggestions. I have a GW 12k and want to get a second inverter that I can use for little things without drawing the 150 watts it takes to run the GW. So any suggestions on a low consumption 48v inverter maybe around 2k watts would be appreciated
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    Growatt 12k unboxing

    I have a Westinghouse 9500 dual fuel that I charge my battery with
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    Growatt 12k unboxing

    I have 8040 watts of panels but haven’t ever hooked them all up. It just isn’t possible at my current location. I have 24 335 watt qcells 3s4p in each input. Ian said it was fine but sounds like I may want to just get another scc
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    Growatt 12k unboxing

    Also over paneling is only on the watts side don’t go over on the volts. They have calculators to factor in temperature. I haven’t looked but I’m sure you have to be close or over with that set up you don’t want to have a cold sunny day and fry your controller
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    Growatt 12k unboxing

    Well the growatt has 2 inputs so I went with 3s4p x 2 so 24 335 watt panels 8040 watts
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    Growatt 12k unboxing

    Been awhile since I’ve been on here but the Daly bms’s I got sucked one was junk and Daly made me ship it to them and pay for return shipping so they could fix it even though they sent me a junk bms. I’ve purchased a jbd bms 300amp but haven’t had a chance to install it yet
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    JBD 300a smart bms

    Yeah that’s the one and I just chose LIFEPO4 16s 300a in the specifications
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    JBD 300a smart bms

    Yeah something would have to be wrong if the bms had to trip so I would want to intervene. Also as far as I can tell they don’t list the power consumption so I will have to try to figure that out once I get it. Really I don’t know what my Daly bms uses either since my shunt is after them.
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    JBD 300a smart bms

    Gonna give this a try Daly has been a big disappointment so trying this as a replacement.
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    Source for wire

    Crimp some ferrules on your wires. Should be better
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    Source for wire

    Why did it say not to use 7 strand?
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    Looking to upgrade my current Growatt 6kw inverter to 18kw: advice/questions

    Ok I have the growatt 12k it uses 150w and just charging 12w
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    Looking to upgrade my current Growatt 6kw inverter to 18kw: advice/questions

    What is the self consumption on the 18k?
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    SOC

    No it settles back down after awhile “hold” was the wrong word yes lifepo4 32 280ah eve cells I had it set to 57.8 and 54.4 so I moved it to 57.2 it all depends on where you look seems like everyone has a different opinion
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    SOC

    Opinions on if this is to high to hold this? It doesn’t fully charge everyday but a couple sunny days in a row and this is pretty much where it shuts off.
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    I'm The Only One Who Wants This? No Way.

    Pretty sure panels are panels just configure them to work with the charge controller. Post a pic of the numbers on the back of the panels and the charge controller numbers. Also you can just add another charge controller and a separate array to charge the same battery.
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    Is there a thread that is about current LiFePO4 pricing & recommended suppliers

    I haven’t seen any that include 8 bus bars for 4 cells but he got what I was saying a double order to make sure he had enough for top balancing. ( Amy refers to it as double bus bars)
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    Daly 8S Smart BMS DL-BMS-R32-01E - unexplained shutdown a common problem?

    They didn’t want to cover anything on mine and it didn’t work when I plugged it in all they said is they would give me 50% off if I bought another one but eventually they agreed to replace it but I had to ship it to them so that was weeks ago and it’s still in customs in China. I may never see...
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    Daly 8S Smart BMS DL-BMS-R32-01E - unexplained shutdown a common problem?

    No idea if this helps since it’s ran for so long fine but you have disabled the sleep setting right
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    AWG solar panel size?

    https://www.calculator.net/voltage-drop-calculator.html Fill this out you want less then a 3% loss
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    Source for wire

    They pretty much are it’s a thick outer coating on the wire so they can be exposed to sunlight on a roof where you can’t really put the wire in conduit
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    Sanity Check Please

    AliExpress And I would put 2 15 amp fuses at c and d but I’m no expert
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    Is there a thread that is about current LiFePO4 pricing & recommended suppliers

    Bus bars and nuts and welded studs? I forgot to ask about double bus bars so I ended up having to buy more later
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    Daly bms junk

    Yeah spd is to big but that’s exactly what they have in the combiner boxes so that’s why I ended up with it. As far as the ground wires the spd has to be right on the line it’s protecting so it was the best spot for them. The line goes through the brick and then underground.
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    Daly bms junk

    I was able to get the lifepo4 to stay when I used Bluetooth and not the touch screen but yeah I’m not having any luck with Daly one was junk and the one that is working I can’t go over about 70 amps charging cause the switch opens and triggers over voltage on my inverter even when battery is...
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    Where to buy wire? Lots of local trouble ...

    Ordered it on a Friday shipped on Monday arrived Thursday
  30. J

    Luyuan New batteries shipping

    Full enough right??
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    Daly bms junk

    Even more bad news for the Daly bms. The one 500 amp smart bms I have left won’t let me charge over 70-80 amps. Anything over that and it opens the circuit fast enough it doesn’t even throw a fault code but it makes the inverter throw a over charge code (fault 03 on growatt) guess I need to try...
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    48V Battery Bank Wire Gauge

    Here is another site you can order by the foot
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