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  1. pbuck00

    Multiple Charge controllers to one battery bank

    Greetings. I have a system currently at home so I am not a total newbie... but it is a fairly straight forward system.... now plotting on to upgrade an RV I have coming next month. It comes with a gopower package....200 watt panel on the roof/solar charge controller/1000 watt go power...
  2. pbuck00

    PV system Switch

    I currently have two solar systems. The first one is a 6 year old grid tie 3500 w PV system going into a Fronius inverter. Feeds back any excess to the power company. When the power company started doing their safety shutoffs I found the drawback of grid tie.. (i.e. no power... no solar...
  3. pbuck00

    Victron SCC - TR versus MC4

    I am looking up upgrade my Solar Charge Controller. Looking at the SmartSolar 150/70. Other than the way they connect, I can't find a difference between a TR and MC4 model.... is there anything else I should know about them? is one better?
  4. pbuck00

    Mixing my LifePO4 batteries

    I currently have two 24V BYD 3000 w/h lifepo4 batteries from BatteryBackup. Looking at the new batteries coming in, I would like add to my system for longer backup. Could I add one of the 24V 123 batteries from Big Batteries to my system.. or would it take the new battery down to the specs of...
  5. pbuck00

    all in one or seperate components

    I realize this may be that I have just been stuck in my house for to long and I am making problems for myself but here goes. I currently have a MPPSolar 2424-MSD in an offgrid configuration, with1200W of 24V panels (3S/2P) producing 135V at 12A feeding 2 - 3KWH BYD 24volt battery units. I am...
  6. pbuck00

    Parallel wiring details

    I have two 24V BYD LiFePO4 3KW w/BMS packs connected to a MPPSolar LV2424 MSD. connected in parallel. The packs come with anderson connectors. While most setups I have seen would attach both positives together and then connect to the MPP poles (Figure B).... without much work I can connect both...
  7. pbuck00

    Partial Offgrid project

    I am working to get an alternate source of critical power for when PGE decided to do one of their shutdowns... Last year they shut down my entire area for about 5 days. I started by having a small generator .. then I started looking at solar generators (Titan), and learning from this forum have...
  8. pbuck00

    MPSolar 2424LV-MSD on a power trip... troublshooting.

    Panel issue I have had a call out to an electrician for better part of a month now and while they have told me they will try to get me scheduled as soon as possible I am beginning to think that they aren't willing to come out as far as I am for what seems to be a very small job. Looking to...
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