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    Voltage Drop

    So I have an outback system. One day power died in house. Turned system off and on and power game back on. There was an error that said battery voltage error. I have a 48v system consists on 16 6v 415amp rolls agm batteries. At the begining of the day voltage usually reads 48.6 . I noticed...
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    Looking for Lithium Ion

    I am years away from getting some lithium ion batteries hopefully atleast 6. I have 16, 415 amp 6v agms now that are a good, but I figure when they start to die will need to procure something new. And I know this is far off, but I figure I would like a atleast 20kw of usable power, does anyone...
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    Solar Combiner ?

    So I have 12 panels, 3 in series giving me 9amps 90volts x 4. and this go into a combiner box. This is my question I want to add 3 more panels, but I only have 4 prong bus bar, can I still add the other circuit breaker and use piece of 8ga cable to link them all?
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    Wire gauge?

    About to put panels on roof. 5 series of 3. 30v 9 amps each 270watt panels. Will need to run it 80 feet to controller. I take it 8gauge will work it seems do people use higher gauge. Seems gauge would become less flexible for running through conduit pipe
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    Light Flicker

    When ever the water pump kicks in, 5hp hp it pulls about 1100watts, there is quick very brief dimin of the lights. I have the flexpower one outback system with a 3kw inverter can surge to 5.4kw. Could this be a wire gauge issue? I am running 8 gauge from batteries to system about 8feet away...
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    Mixing solar panels.

    I currently have 15 270w solar panels connected to my outback solar charger this is set up in 3s x 5p set up I want to basically double that. So when I get the second inverter do I have to get the exact same panels and set it up the same way?
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    Dont seem to be getting proper amount of power.

    I have 8 30v 9amp 270 watt panels. 4 in series n parell if that makes sense not sure of the terminology. So technically I should get 60v 36 amps. Theres full sun on them at 930am and I am getting only 12.6 amps. There connected using an mc4 4branch connector not a box. Any help would be...
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    1670w of Solar

    I have 6 panels 270watts. I pretty much have to set up a battery bank as 48v correct.
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    Combiner box?

    I currently have 6 panels. Parelle 3 sets of 2 in parallel and then series connected them. I run this straight into my charge controller. I want to add 2 more panels and was planning on parelle them as well. I dont have enough connectors to join it to the main array bu have a combiner box. Can...
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    Charger inverter question

    Do I still need a solar charge controller with this http://voltronicpower.com/en-US/Product/Detail/Axpert-VM-II-3KVA-5KVA
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    Battery set up

    So I have 12 12v 100amp batteries what's the best way to set this up? As 4 series and three in parrallel for a 48v?
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    Noob ? 20hr or 10hr

    whats a better battery one that has a 10hr 100amp rate or a 20hr 100amp rate?
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    Gel battery charge atate

    I have 4 gel batteries in series to make 48v. What I am trying to figure out is at what level is 50 percent. If the in inverter is reading 48v are they about to die is 51v 100 percent etc. These are donated chinese generic batteries so no documentation and bi english on side except gel 12v 100amh
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    Water Pump

    I am looking for a water pump that pull water from my water tanks and push it into a water pressure tank, the current one I have is a flo tech 1/2 hp but this think kicks the hell out of the generator, I am wondering if there is one out there thats not so power intensive.
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    Renogy rover issue

    I have a renogy rover charger. It was working fine but now inhave odd issue. The led screen all the info is displayed in reverse. Like is you were to hold a book to a mirror. Just curious if anyone has had an issue like this
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    Voltronic Inverters

    Has anyone heard of Voltronic Inverters?
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    Need Help

    This is what I currently have. 4 12v 100a gel batteries, 6 270watt 30v 9amp panels. I really only would like to make sure that my fridge can run indefiantly or atleast during sunlight hours. fridge is rated for 606khw a year which I think is roughly 1600 watts a day Now for the questions will...
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