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    Lithium battery issue

    The inverter powered the loads of my cabin. Load was at about 10 Powered the load that I was running at about 10% capacity. It was charging, but not close to what the panels are rated. That said I know I needed to fine tune positioning etc. According to the growatt I was getting about...
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    Lithium battery issue

    I’ve been running a growatt 3000w 24v inverter with 2 SOK 12v 100ah batteries in series 0ff grid. Charging from PV seemed to be working, albeit slowly. Ran great for a day and a half, and then the batteries ran out, even though the growatt was displaying 75% or so battery capacity remaining...
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    Yes they can.
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    Thanks for everyone's help. I have learned a lot, and have a final update for you all. Turns out my wiring was correct. The key thing to keep in mind, which I think should be noted in BOLD in the manual is: even if you aren't using utility first mode, AC input needs to be connected to a...
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    Will do. I'm at home with a property grounded system, so I'll give that a shot. Thanks
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    I just did this and the lamp turned on.
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    Yes red on L black on N
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    BTW, I'm in touch with Ian from Watts247 now, and he's helping me troubleshoot. Will post back after I have found the issue/solution and let you all know what I've found out.
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    I put my meter on the following output terminals and got these results: N to G = 123v L to G = 0 N to L = 123v
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    Here's a few pics of the outlet wiring. The power is coming into the GCFI outlet from the right, then to the regular outlet, and then exits through the left going to up to another outlet in a separate box.
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    This is on the top of my to do list when I get there. I believe that there is a grounding rod near/around the generator shed. My great grandfather who built it was an electrician (I clearly am not), so I suspect the old generator was grounded somewhere.
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    No PV hooked up at the moment. Just testing the AC output with batteries hooked up.
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    Thanks for the comments. No AC input hooked up yet... eventually will be hooked up to a generator, but I only plan on turning the generator on if the batteries are drained and there's there's no solar power. This is for an offgrid cabin... only needed to run LED lighting... fridge, stove...
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    Thanks for the quick reply... here's a few pics: 1. AC output Labels, and my wiring out of it. 2. Meter on ground and Neutral, showing 120v 3. Breaker box 4. Outlet tester. Let me know if there's any other pics that might help
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    Growatt 24v - AC output reversed polarity?

    Hello, I'm new to this so there's a large probability I probably screwed up, but anyway here's my question. I have the Growatt 24v 3000w all in one, and I just hooked it up to 2 12v SOK batteries in series. I have the AC output going through a breaker, then feeding a GCFI outlet. The outlet...
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