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Some good discussion on them, along with an arduino sketch, Here.

Nice rig, Matt! Good luck with the sale!

Hairy, the simplest solution is to plug your motor home shore power cable into your inverter. You will likely need a 15A male to 30 or 50A female “dogbone” adapter. Google RV dogbone.

Panto, the vectors of the two phases in your home are 180deg apart, whereas 3-phase power vectors are 120deg apart. Check out DPS Store on Amazon (Digital Phase Shifter) for more info.

Much respect! I wish more of this generation had your mindset!

If the intent is to confirm a low resistance connection, consider a DLRO (digital low resistance ohmmeter). We use a Megger brand model at work, but others can be found for much less. EDIT: other more cost effective solutions if a moderate current can be passed through the termination: thermal...

Thumb cuff Use weather resistant materials.

Great find, thanks!!! Costco equivalent

Link Ordered from them several times, never disappointed.

I believe they are referring to the welded studs, which I agree are the least favorable terminal option.

Your guess is correct. The current exceeds the ampacity rating of the switches, which will likely overheat and fail.

Definitely not recommended due to the much lower internal resistance of your bank versus lead acid tech. If there’s a radio control hobby store nearby, they will likely have a LFP compatible charger (that hobby calls it LiFe) that will get you by. Hope this helps…

As with most things, it depends. Are your panels wired in series or parallel? If parallel, it doesn’t really matter how you park. If series, are the curbside panels in series or are the front-most panels in series. Can’t tell from pics how many panels you have.

Your request reminds me of an old racing adage: cheap, fast, reliable - pick any two.

Is your buck converter outputting 12v or 13.8v? If higher than 12v, that might explain the lower than expected currents.

Not sure, but if they don't it appears they could be drilled out and through-bolted with a backing nut as suggested above. In either case, a definite improvement over other options on the market!

I'd like to see all cell manufacturers offer this type of terminal:

@Jenny Wu do you expect to receive any cells with this type of terminal?

Nice and clean, and meets your needs. Perfect!!!

Peltier (sp?) junctions may be of interest… To elaborate, applying a temperature differential to a peltier cooling plate will generate a voltage on the “input” wiring.

Little ‘m’ is milli, big ‘M’ is mega.

Before you throw in the towel and stick with SLA, take a look at Stuart Pittaway’s DIYBMS.

For per-cell temperature monitoring, the only capable product I’m aware of is Stuart Pittaway’s DIYBMS.

Another product worth consideration: https://diysolarforum.com/threads/bluetooth-battery-monitor-0-120v-0-600a.28564/

I’m very interested in this type of terminal for my next battery purchase. Where did you find this information?

The switch the OP has referenced has 4pst contacts, whereas the Bluesea has 2pdt contacts. You can still use the Bluesea wiring diagram, but you will need to add two jumpers: one from terminal 2 to terminal 4, and another from terminal 6 to terminal 8.

This one?

Throw a thick blanket or reflective tarp over the PV panels in order to reduce their output voltage to a touch safe level.

Here’s a pic of my 4p16s pack using 50Ah cells. Works great, but in hindsight I wish I would have built it as 16s4p and used 4 BMS in order to monitor each cell individually. Live and learn…

https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/skuPage.CCP2-2-30CC.html

No, provided that the combined current of the balancers does not exceed the capacity of the silicon wire.

Cool, thanks for the detailed explanation!!!

Check out the thread below. Amy quotes “matched” cells for one price, and “bulk” cells for a lower price. https://diysolarforum.com/threads/introducing-the-new-improved-shenzhen-luyuan-technology-co.15880/page-37#post-320849

I would speculate that “consistency” refers to similar capacity and ir, whereas the cheaper cells are considered bulk cells that have not been tested and matched.

Are you using the supplied RJ45 cable, or a different Ethernet cable?