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    Max series fuse rating on panels??

    What does this rating mean? I found some cheap used panels 230w 37.8v nominal voltage and 7.8amp, but the max fuse rating is 15. Does that mean I can only put 2 of these in series? I need minimum of 3 to hit my charger minimum voltage, 4 would be better.
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    2 280ah cells overcharging

    Of the 16 cells I bought from Alex at basen I may have 2 bad. I balanced them all by paralleling them about 2 weeks. Then after trying to charge them paralleled for a whole weekend the next weekend I put them into 2 sets of 24v and charged them. When I attached my bms to each I have 3.4 ish...
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    Smoked a new power supply. Common?

    I picked up one of those cheap 30v 10a power supplies. I see them under many names but this one says tuffiom. Is it common to get these unit bad out of the box? I smoked mine immediately and I don't think it was me. I had it at 110v input. Plugged it in, set it to 3.6v to charge my 280ah...
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    Blue seas battery disconnect

    Real basic question here but I have a blue seas battery isolator/disconnect. It's rated for 350amp continuous at max 36v. I'm now running a 48v setup and most the disconnects I see for sale all say 12v to 48v Would there be a problem running this on a 48v setup? Right now I will only have one...
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    Growatt 500ES recieved

    Ian got my unit out and to me in 4 days. I went with a 48v because he had it in stock. My origional plan was to run 2 banks of 24v so I'd have some redundancy. So far the unit looks pretty good, heavier then I expected from what I had read some places about these being light. Guess that is...
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    Can I use these or should I try to return?

    I bought 2 overkill 8s BMS's because my plan was to run 2 24v banks. As it turns out in had a 48v 4k growatt in stock so I bought it and now I'll be running 48v. Am I correct thinking I can run these two in series to make a 48v? Or should I just go find a 16s unit somewhere? I'll probably buy...
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    Victron for grid as backup only?

    I've been reading victron literature and it seems like they're all about running grid and only switching to battery for backup. Can they be set to run battery or solar priority and only use the grid if you run low? I plan to be off-grid in the Philippines but I will have grid power for...
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    Growatt 230v single phase???

    Does growatt make a 230v single phase unit? I've not seen one from any of the sellers. Do they have a direct website with all the products?
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    BMS make my head hurt

    Maybe I'm just not that smart but starting to set up this system i thought was straight forward untill I got to BMS's So many options, even ones I don't know about I'm sure. So let me ask the professionallies here for some recommendations on which ones to look at and which ones to avoid. I'm...
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