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    Need help with wire order for replacement fan for inverter.

    Good evening, One of the pc fans in my inverter stopped working so i ordered a replacement but it came with a different connector and the wire order and colors are different. Here are some photos, New on LEFT Old on RIGHT The old fan was wired Blue (4), Yellow (3), Red (2), Black (1) The new...
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    Invertor fan stopped working, how to clean it?

    I have a growatt 3k inverter which started showing error code 1 which is fan lock, when I opened it u one fan is jittering and not working. Everything is very dusty inside so I would like to do a clean to see if that fixes the fan. any recommendations on how to do it would be lovely. I was...
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    Just got hit by a hurricane. What to do with my Equipment

    Hey guys, on Monday I got hit by a level 2 hurricane and my Growatt inverter got alittle wet. When I opened it up I could only see a little water on the display and the buttons for the settings. The main components all looked dry. It has been air drying for 4 days. Am I stupid to want to turn it...
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    Can i connect a battery equalizer to only 3 out of 4 batteries

    I have a HA02 Battery equalizer to connect to my bank of 4x 12v 205aH FLD lead acid batteries, One of them is dead so i turned down my CC and CV by 2v and it seems to be keeping the dead battery at 11 and the other ones are arriving to the correct voltages, nothing is over charging. Will it...
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    Results after equalization. Advice on what to do.

    Good afternoon to all, quick thanks to everyone who has been following my threads. So i have equalized each battery for a good 8 hours until they stopped improving and the results aren't very promising. Battery one: 1.235 1.235 1.235 1.235 1.218 1.218 Battery Two: 1.218 1.235 1.208 1.208...
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    Looking for recommendations for 48v battery equalizers/balancers for lead acid.

    I would like to buy a battery balancer for my 48v lead acid system, it has 4x 12v batteries. I have only found two options in my country and they both seem to be generic. Does anyone use one of these models? are they reliable? option one or option two
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    Looking for Growatt experts! Discrepancies between manual and settings?

    Good evening, I have a growatt SPF 3000TL LVM 48V with 4x 12v Lead acid batteries. First problem i am having is that my batteries are normally fully charged by 2pm. Once the batteries are in float and my fridge turns off the growatt starts changing between 52-60V. Sometimes the overload...
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    Charge controller manual?

    I recently got a cheap PWM charge controller to be able to charge my batteries individually to do some tests and charge my car battery if i need to. The controller says Max PV voltage 50v and Max PV power 390W. In the manual it has a note "12v battery with 18v solar panel. 24v battery with 36v...
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    Hydrometer results

    G'day, some of you may have seen my other post where ive been having problems with my batteries, i was told to get a hydrometer so here i am back with the results. they are all lead acid with 6 cells. Battery one 13.1v at test time. Battery manufactured 5/21 Used for 6 months. cell one: 1183...
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    will a dead battery in series damage the others?

    i have 4x 12v batteries in series to make a 48v battery, one of them is dead. is it safe to use my system until i replace the dead one or do i need to turn it off until i replace it?
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    Need help diagnosing problem after 6 months with first system. (cant piece the logic together)

    Hey guys, I am having some issues with my system thats fully offgrid and im not sure if i have the settings set up wrong or if my batteries are just very low quality and failing already. Equipment: 2x 385 panels in series 8 AWG cable 20 meters from inverter, inverter growatt SPF 3000TL LVM48v...
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