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I used 6 AWG 50amp bypass x1.25 = 62.5

UPDATE: I had to leave the house yesterday BUT at around 08:30 the PV kicked in and it did start to charge but I lost a good hour of typical PV input. Fast forwards to today, my batterys are in good shape and i'm not on bypass and my solar is already charging at 7am as expected. @EG4_Jared I...

@AZ Solar Junkie looking for any suggestions here - so my battery ran out during the night (I raised the cut off to 20%). The bypass kicked in as expected but now the sun is up and my solar should have started to recharge but it hasn't. 07:30am is when I see charging start at the moment (April)...

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Hi - Looking to add more panels to my 6000XP off-grid. 1 string is in use so i'm looking to add a 2nd string based on the details below. Does this selection look ok or could I do better? Panel dimentions are critical to fit the rooftop location & some over-paneling. Canadian Solar CS6R-390...

@AZ Solar Junkie well it worked ! - I had to go out and leave the house but watched it on the web and it worked. Nothing happened at 15% and I started to think it wouldn’t work but once it clicked to 14% a few seconds later it updated and switched to grid. From what I can tell there was no loss...

Thanks - I should have mentioned ECO was enabled I have now set AC Charge to 13% as a worst case so this would also kick in if it did not bypass for what ever reason. Is that correct ?

Thanks for sharing the info, trying to set my unit up to work the sameway with bypass based on a 15% battery SOC. Does this look right ? Expecting to run out of battery today for the first time in 3 weeks, so great opportunity to try it.

I need some short lengths for my 6000xp install down to the wireway - am I stuck buying 10ft lengths of each size? I thought lowes did the PVC in 3ft sections but can’t find it. Tried ACE & HD

For the updated enclosure do I have these sizes correct for what fittings I need to purchase ? Going with PVC conduit. COM = 3/4" BATT = 1 1/2" GEN/GRID/LOAD = 1" PV = 1 1/4"

As per the title really, I have one 6000XP and one EG4 Power Pro wall mount 14kw battery. Can I add a 2nd 6000XP into the mix. The battery has the additional terminals. Could both invertors charge the one battery if the second invertor had solar connected, or would one XP just be a slave for...

I'm in Lake County and did DIY off grid with roof panels, I used Greenlancer online for my plans sets and engineer drawings. I filed the permits myself and dealt with inspection. Was not too bad in the end. Just be organized, know exactly what you want, hardware and specs upfront. Be ready to...

As title - I’ve only been aware of Signature solar for the past 4-5 months (yes read lost on the negativity & positivity - I’m aware) but don’t really know how offers work though the calander from them. I saw 5% on memorial the past month and 6% for July 4th. Is this as good as it gets typically...

After deliberating this is what I came up with which is more in line with what your suggesting. As I drew this, I also thought what’s stopping me taking the full 150amp grid service to the 18KPV Using the sub panel lugs in my main panel compared to adding a smaller 50 or 70amp breaker? There...

@dougbert WOW thank you for sharing your build, i've been looking at that flow for the past 20mins and went down the rabbit hole of your build thread. Some real inspiration of what can be done, will come back to it for reference

That’s some great information, thanks for sharing! Your correct about the drawing. I'll do another one as I was making assumptions on the 1st, It was just showing how my grid AC was today (as is). I 'm thinking ill move to 2 subs and keep my original as the main just suppling the battery backup...

Looking for suggestions / recommendation on how to move my house consumption over to an EG4 – 18kPV unit but still maintain a live grid connection for battery recharging ONLY. I have a 2 panel (typical layout) Main panel outside with a few heavy loads and a Sub panel in my garage. The easiest...

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Thought id come back and close this out - Inspection day today by the City. All passed ! The guy was nice didn’t want talk much until he started asking the questions, he is used to seeing grid tied non battery systems all day long. So once I explained to him a little more he was pretty cool...

I'm close to finishing my rooftop solar install and before I call for inspection I wanted a double take on my grounding seup as its niggling me a bit. Property is 1997 in FL and we are under NEC 2017 rules. My whole install is completed using steel boxes and EMT, all interconnected with...

I took a 2nd look at the install instructions for the midnight solar GFP63 unit and at the bottom of the page there is a note that says# For Battery-less DC-GFP installations connect the white wire to PV negative rather than Battery negative Could this be applied to my situation, would this be...

Hello - I looking to see if anyone has found a working solution to ground fault protection compliance for many of the portable all in one units from Bluetti or Ecoflow as an example. I'm installing 2 strings on my residential roof and I have to pass inspection (NEC 2017) by having GFP, the...

More Great info thanks ! I'll be sure to continue the EMT inside the building (garage) for all my conduit ! - Is there any part of the code you can point me to for reference on this incase I get challenged? @x98myers7 - Earlier you mentioned the ground-fault DC breaker and I stumbled on your...

This project fell behind quite a lot due to my panels on my permit no longer being available so had to go through the permit amendment process but ready to start ! I'm looking for advice on where to add my ground level DC disconnect, is there a preference or stipulation if it should be before...

As always a long shot - but does anyone know of any LG Neon 360watt panels for sale. Looking for 4 units, based in Florida, but can travel. Thank You !

Thanks Todd good to hear from a different prospective, Florida is on NEC 2017 to the best of my knowledge. I just setup the Bluetti with a panel to test the PV input remaining high. It was sitting at 40v for 3 seconds after disconnect then dropped to 75mv and continued to fall. This would...

By some small miracle I was granted approval for a 2-string solar setup (4+4) on my residential home in Orlando FL with very little input, engineer drew them after telling them what I wanted & an engineer stamped them and permission was granted. The setup is "off grid" specifically using off the...

Thank you for responding to my questions - in fact I just managed to get my permit approved for my off grid system just a couple of weeks ago here in Orlando !!! On to the next steps of hardware & installation, your information is greatly received and I will take on board. I did choose...

Hi All New to the forum and was going to make a general post but found this which seems to be Florida specific already. I'm looking for a company to draw a plan set so I can mount my solar panels on the roof of my home. I have an off-grid system for emergence and power outages of which we get a...