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The demonstration was to show what happens if the current flow through the device is not in the correct direction for a polarised DC breaker. Sometimes I wonder why I even bother with this forum any more.

Why wiring your breaker properly is vital. https://diysolarforum.com/threads/dc-breaker-wiring.14618/

The topic of DC breaker wiring polarity (ie, which side of the breaker is the source and which is the sink) has been raised a few times on the forum. I'm not sure if this clip has been posted before, but if not this is a must for everyone to watch.

It'll probably be all gooble-de-dook to you but you can at least tell if there is any attempt at serial communications between your PC and the charger. Grab a copy of sysinternal's portmon, start it running and then open the solareagle program and see if anything is logged. You can set it to...

The problem you'll face with the portable 'solar generators' is starting power tools. Some tools are well known to be gluttons when it comes to starting current. Check the DavidPoz youtube channel, he has had a few adventures with his saws and breaking inverters. I'm not sure a soft starter...

Jaycar says that one is discontinued but it goes up to 95V on the solar input so that's OK and 50A so covered on the battery output side too. https://au.renogy.com/rover-li-30-amp-mppt-solar-charge-controller/ Only basic options available via the front panel. More detailed programming needs...

They seem to miss badly too, if recent events are anything to go by ;)

OK, they have Vmp of around 30V. You are good to put two of them in series if you want to use a MPPT controller. Both panels would give you around 23A to the battery full tilt, if they ever get there, so a 30A MPPT controller would cover you if you weren't going to add more panels down the...

If the controller is well designed it won't go poof. I think there has only been one instance of a MPPT controller possibly going poof reported on the forum, despite several people, myself included, trying to provoke just that. In my own testing I found that some controllers produce output...

PWM controllers output a bit above battery voltage. They work by, effectively, connecting the panels to the battery and letting the load of the battery pull them down to near battery voltage. You say your panels in series are about Vmp 30, that's a pretty low Vmp per panel so please post a...

Are you dealing with shading? If not the panels in series with a MPPT controller would be a better solution as it would give you more power out at the same sun exposure than the PWM controller would. If the PWM controller is working correctly it shouldn't have gone over voltage so that might...

You can't exclude gravatar.com from its filtering?

Open Chrome's console, go to the network tab, then force refresh the page and see if gravtar is being blocked. I use Firefox (with ghostery) and Chromium under linux. Chromium doesn't block gravatar, but who knows what lurks in Chrome.

It does sound like some electrolytic capacitors vented. The big ones can burst with quite a pop - note this is not exploding just the vent on the top rupturing. It's possible your charger went over their voltage rating. The battery's BMS may have disconnected without you noticing too...

Ghostery's default rules were blocking gravatar for me. Might be worth checking browser extensions etc. Open the brower's console (F12 perhaps), force refresh this page and see if gravatar is being blocked.

You'd have to prevent voltage flowing back into either bank from the other. The reason being they have very different charging requirements. Yes, some people do parallel them direct but they understand that either the lead acid suffers, or the lithium does. Typically they set up to preserve...

A 'step down transformer' would be a better choice IMO. The cheaper ones do the voltage change just as well but don't provide isolation from the mains, which isn't a problem normally. The 50/60Hz thing shouldn't make any real difference apart from rotation being a bit slower...

FWIW 100% of the SCCs that have load output terminals that I've had my hands on the load output terminals are essentially paralleled with the battery but can be switched off, typically the - lead is switched. If the SCC starts without a battery present it may turn the load output on, but it...

BigClive took one of the typical buck regulators apart in this clip. Lowering the current involves a couple of resistors, but it is all at mains voltage so not something a beginner should be fiddling with. As a side note, it's a buck regulator so the output is referenced to mains too so if...

Do this first then report the results on the forum for further advice. source document

If you are buying from Australia I tracked down a good seller that has decent terminals. It took a few refunds to get there though. So many fakers selling fake junk. One supplied terminals that were 0.1mm thick stating good for 100A. Presumably it was for lighting a kero heater so needed to...

Looks like a SRNE charger. Do the pin assignments below make sense for your RJ socket? 5, 6, 7, 8 aren't use so they could be being used as shield (RFI) wires.

You'll be glad to know you aren't right. The Victron SCC will operate entirely off solar including powering up. This is a requisite since it can charge a flat battery which in the case of lithium means providing DC to wake up the BMS after low power disconnect etc. As far as being a battery...

Monitor your battery voltage and current directly, ie use a decent meter. A clamp multimeter etc. Ensure your charger is actually going to absorption/boost voltage. Monitor the amps flowing. If they rapidly fall once you reach absorption voltage either your battery was not really half...

What voltage is your charger changing to float mode? Absorption for a typical AGM is 14.2 to 14.7V. Once there the charger should not just switch back, it should hold there until the current tails off, for a 1040AH battery call it 30A, or until many hours have passed assuming it has a time...

24V battery, 2.4kW inverter, so at least 125A, next size is 175A and as it turns out that is what the battery uses. You can buy them from bigbattery too. https://bigbattery.com/product/anderson-sb175-connectors/

Typical 100W panel is 12V class, let's pick one of Renogy's. Vmp 17.9, Imp 5.72. Miady battery is 12V lifepo4, so put it at 12.8V to 14.2V. Assume the panel actually produces 100W at a given time. MPPT, 100W in, 98% efficient conversion - may not be depends on the curves, 98W out. PWM...

Did you mention this catastrophic fuse on the leadin last time service fuses were bought up?

Yet... no service fuse on mains leadin to premises. Don't worry, if there's a short the wires will melt off the house and break the circuit. ;)

Sometimes I wonder who wrote your standards. Sometimes paranoid, sometimes fire is OK. :LOL:

15A is your plug/outlet rating though, right? The cabling and breaker behind it has higher, ie one can have more than one outlet on a circuit even when taking into consideration diverse loads. Standard outlets (a single General Purpose Outlet, GPO) here are rated at 10A but the wiring and fuse...

11V was measured under load / excessive charging current / batteries are degraded. Pick your poison. Measuring voltage under load does not give a true indication of the state of the battery. When charging is performed the load will be largely powered by the charger so the battery floats up to...

Reviews are only useful if the reviewer knows what they are talking about. 99.99% of the reviews on youtube, 'social media' in general, are done by people that have absolutely no clue at all. That goes for any product, not just solar controllers and certainly not just one brand of solar...

Everyone knows the radiation is from the 5G networks being rolled out.

What a PITA style of sheeting that is. Can't put it in the valley, even if leak risk wasn't a factor, only a single hump so you can't use standard corro mounts. Googling here turns up kliplok sheeting mounts. It allows you to drill through the ridge for water handling, but will spread the...