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    8 AWG Wire Terminators

    My small 400W solar system came with 8AWG wire to connect the battery to the charge controller. The battery ends have lugs with a stud ring for connecting to the battery terminals, but the ends to connect to the charge controller are just loose stranded wire. It's always a challenge when...
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    Remote Electric Vehicle Charging

    I’m considering my next vehicle choice and something like a Kia EV6 is in the running. Given that this is an all electric vehicle, I’m of course thinking about charging on the go and wondering if it’s possible to design a portable system that could be deployed while remote and not near a...
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    Raspberry Pi Bluetooth Monitor

    I've been trying to get a customized system working to monitor my Renogy Rover 40A charge controller using a Raspberry Pi and Grafana. I've had some success with other open source projects, but ultimately decided to take some of the best parts of other projects and customize them into a system...
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    Automatic Transfer Switches

    Hey Everyone: I've got a small system I put together more or less as an experiment to power some gear in my office and learn about setting up solar systems. It consists of 4x100W panels, Renogy 40A charge controller going into a 200Ah battery that's tied to a 2000W inverter. Pretty standard...
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    Order of Disconnect

    I need to shut down my system for a few minutes to make some adjustments and am wondering what's the best order for disconnecting the system from the charge controller? I'm assuming: Turn off inverter Disconnect the tray cables from the battery Disconnect PV cables from charge controller...
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    Monitoring Renogy Charge Controller over Serial Port Broken!

    Hello! I recently set up a system with 4x100W panels into a Renogy Rover 40A charge controller. Coupled with a 200Ah battery and 1000W inverter. The whole system works great. The kit I purchased included the Renogy BT-1 bluetooth module for monitoring through their apps. But I wasn't happy...
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    Renogy 1000W Inverter Serial Port?

    My Renogy 1000W inverter has an RJ-11 port for a remote on/off switch. The port looks very similar to the data port on the Renogy Charge Controller, which I was using to connect to a Raspberry Pi and run Solar Shed. I'm curious to know if anyone has discovered whether the RJ-11 on the 1000W...
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