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    Defective eg4 chargerverter?

    I did find that video... just added the word defective to get to it. That guy should seek a job in SS support, heh. Looking inside, such a thing is EASILY prevented with a little thought in the engineering department, quite honestly. Yep, there are some pretty decent, and even dare i say...
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    Defective eg4 chargerverter?

    I guess that what I can reasonably expect from Chinese quality control. Wonder why the tech couldn't have pointed this out. Thanks, I'll check that out. I looked previously under chargerverter keywords and have never come across any of those videos, but I'll try again
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    Defective eg4 chargerverter?

    So i have an eg4 chargerverter, and I've never been able i get this thing to go past 47a for some reason. Every time I program it to go to 100a, it will stay there until the auto display off occurs, which it will then set itself to somewhere between 47 and 49 amps. This means I've...
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    Signature Solar Charger Not Meeting Specs..?

    Id send an email direct to company, but as I've never received a single reply from the 5 previous ones I've sent, I've quickly realized SSs priority is public relations on forums rather than customer service on the individual level. An observation I'm apparently far from alone with...
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    Signature Solar Charger Not Meeting Specs..?

    So, SignatureSolarJames, what's a status of "backorder/partial ship" mean? I ordered the chargeverter, which on the site, doesn't mention anything about it being on backorder. Wth?
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    Signature Solar Charger Not Meeting Specs..?

    I just took a peek at the spec sheet and general features...a variable voltage, variable current (up to 100a) output with dual voltage input, for $400? That's an abnormally low price point, to say the least. If it really does what it says it does, with reasonable longevity, that's a...
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    Signature Solar Charger Not Meeting Specs..?

    However, I'm thinking it's possible to run these chargers through my classic 150, which will be out of a job once my Hawk's Bay CC comes in.
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    Signature Solar Charger Not Meeting Specs..?

    So. I had passed along this information regarding these chargers to the Kilovault tech support, and received this verdict, for whoever might find it useful, "In short the constant voltage chargers are not acceptable. The voltage is too high. The BMS will protect it, but that is only meant...
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    Signature Solar Charger Not Meeting Specs..?

    So it would be accurate to say that it's ac to dc constant voltage power supply set to 58v then?
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    Signature Solar Charger Not Meeting Specs..?

    How is that charger working out for you? I'm searching for suitable chargers for my pair of kilovault habs (48v, 300ah bank) to integrate stand alone chargers, and keep coming back to these for the price, thinking on 2 or 3 of them all tied into my bus bars. Anyone have any experience with...
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    AC charger

    The quoted amperage limitation was for the ac input side. For a grid tied backup power situation, it's fine for smaller banks I'm sure. I do get why some companies do elect not to list prices or vendors, but i prefer when they at least list their MSRPs and their list of verified and trusted...
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    AC charger

    Downloaded all the files for the Lester chargers, couldn't find any documentation for the setpoints. Hell, I couldnt even find the price or even the ordering form or a link to vendors (if they don't sell direct, which... who knows?). Confusing website anyway. But, whatever else, a 48v...
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    AC charger

    Well, sort of. I set the lvd to a somewhat higher voltage than the batteries bms, too avoid the batteries ever going to sleep mode from extreme depletion. I have however ran them to that point, and had the inverter failsafe come on, which whistles really loudly to let you know your at your lvd...
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    AC charger

    Ah crap, didn't know that. I wonder if one can't simply get one shipped overseas from here via an intermediary, if one were so inclined. I think they did go up to $1300 recently as well. I myself have been in the market for an external lifepo4 charger, for efficiency gains and less noise...
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    AC charger

    My Genetry Gs6000 can do all this. I can specify nearly any set points I want with it, and it has a bulk to float function that fully customizable... switching from constant current to constant voltage modes with a timer function of so desired. It's pretty slick, and the designer, Sid, is...
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    Complete Off Grid Grounding??? some Questions

    I've seen this very thing debated amongst the various electrical gurus across multiple forums. Perhaps it's a matter of lexicon disagreement, I don't know. I'm clearly not an EE (though apparently many of them do not agree upon then terminology either), but the way I've always understood it was...
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    Van Life - Sleeping Above / Near Batteries Inverter etc

    Yup, depends on ones inverter. I have a 6kw (really a true 8kw 240v) inverter who's transformer is so well designed and wound that there is no audible hum whatsoever, which is rare for a LF unit. However, the 3 fans in it, which come on periodically even with low loads, are anything but quiet...
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    Van Life - Sleeping Above / Near Batteries Inverter etc

    Psychology is greatly influenced by biology, of course, so it would be hard for me to divorce the notion entirely. Even if relegated to ancillary or more indirect roles. The magnitude to which the issue is expressed across various cultural and geographical milieu certainly and solidly supports...
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    Complete Off Grid Grounding??? some Questions

    I had posted earlier in the thread about nearby lightning strike/and or ground lightning being about to travel into the system via the ground rod, and subsequently damaging the system. To sumise; a 100% off grid neighbor had an issue where his inverter (Samlex pst600) and his dsl modem went the...
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    Van Life - Sleeping Above / Near Batteries Inverter etc

    Good question. I get the impression that, from what I've read, two emf wherein one is not significantly stronger than the other and are "travelling" in sufficiently oppositional directions, can create a twisted and entangled (for lack of a better phrase) field which could complicate things for...
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    Complete Off Grid Grounding??? some Questions

    I was more interested in the difference between stateside and non US view on grounding really. When I say mine system is ungrounded, that's really to say it's a floating ground which I've never had an issue with (not the definitive form of data conclusion, I'm aware, but valuable nonetheless)...
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    Complete Off Grid Grounding??? some Questions

    https://iaeimagazine.org/columns/photovoltaic/ungrounded-electrical-systems-ungrounded-photovoltaic-pv-systems-what-is-the-world-coming-to/
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    Van Life - Sleeping Above / Near Batteries Inverter etc

    I'd be more wary of the inverter moreso than the batteries, especially transformer based units. By their very nature, they create strong (relatively) EM fields. My inverter is a low frequency unit with a 45lb transformer in it, and it buries the needle of my Trifield T2 em/ef/rf meter within 4...
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    Future of DIY LiFePO4 looks bleak…

    You recommend one over the others here? Looks like lifetech is an Australian company, which I'm guessing one would have to get shipped from there? I poked around looking for stateside vendors but didn't turn up anything.
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    Complete Off Grid Grounding??? some Questions

    My off grid system is intentionally left ungrounded, and has been 9 years and running. I'll tell you this, for what it might matter to you... I've seen grounded systems fried by nearby lightning strikes which traveled through the ground and found their way into the system via the ground rod...
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    Future of DIY LiFePO4 looks bleak…

    Sorry, didn't mean for you to type out your entire system, I was asking expressly about the battery itself. I should have been more clear on that. I plan on building one come spring, so plenty of time to order the parts. What's the difference between the 2 BMSs?
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    Future of DIY LiFePO4 looks bleak…

    Yup, inverters that are poorly designed can go right up in smoke real quick. Quality inverters will shut down to protect themselves... Like mine did recently when I screwed up the initial deployment procedure of the HABs by not giving a 5 second wait between throwing the battery breaker and...
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    Off grid internet

    The "Freemium" business model has really taken off across far too many sectors of commerce. Funny though, I just started seeing articles of a noted phenomena about cats having a habit of laying on ground mounted Starlink dishes... I'm going to go out on a limb here and say they like the warmth...
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    Future of DIY LiFePO4 looks bleak…

    Forgive me if you posted this elsewhere, but did you have a full guide with parts to program laid out somewhere?
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    Off grid internet

    That's far more palatable than what my system is, and pardon the pun here, dishing out to keep thems internets coming in. 31° and light snow and we are pinging 180w on the kilowatt. I've identical storage as you actually. Makes sense the smaller form factor of the 2nd gen would use less power...
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    Future of DIY LiFePO4 looks bleak…

    And yet, these personal interactions are of benefit to the global community, are they not? You asserted that all these companies are sending Mr Prowse their products to review because they are looking for his expert observations in order to improve upon their product, which is absolutely false...
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    Does an MPPT solar controller, turn excess voltage into Current/Amps?

    For the end user that is more interested in getting the most out of their mppt rather than wanting to grasp the engineering details of how they work, the general rule of thumb here is that mppts want a minimum 30% increase of incoming voltage over the nominal voltage of the battery bank they are...
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    Future of DIY LiFePO4 looks bleak…

    If batteries are anything like grow lights, you can have every component UL listed in your diy rig, but because you did it, it won't count for anything.
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    Future of DIY LiFePO4 looks bleak…

    I get that a lot, lol. I just place a high value on directness and open dialogue without the hindrance of tip toeing around emotional fragility minefields which litter the landscape of mass communication these days. I truly mean no offense, and the worst thing that can really happen if any of...
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    Future of DIY LiFePO4 looks bleak…

    Have you posted a guide somewhere showing all the components you use? I'd be interested in delving into the whole shebang, from parts to programming to optimization of charge/discharge practices.
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