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    Frustration in spades!

    The charging is not an issue, ... blending in "more" power than my inverter makes from the grid and reverting back to the inverter in slack times ... consistently is what I'm after. I will look into Sol Ark, thank you
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    Frustration in spades!

    Sooo... I am blessed with a Outback Radian system and the inverter and panels work well, the FlexMax 60 works impeccably. But, the plethora of options offered via the Mate3 is obnoxious, I really don't want to devote a lifetime to learning all those options, nor relearning them when an...
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    How to know if you lost 120vac power

    The one indicated has both a LED and a piezzo speaker...perhaps the judicious application of some wire cutters (or if your feeling particularly classy, a toggle switch!) would tune it to your exact specifications ...
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    How to know if you lost 120vac power

    https://www.amazon.com/Automatic-Failure-Alerter-Indicator-Included/dp/B07JPL7W7N/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2F072OL5ZJZHE&keywords=circuit+loss+alarm&qid=1696306222&sprefix=circuit+loss+alarm%2Caps%2C155&sr=8-2
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    Fire Safety of Electrical Enclosures

    I've looked at this a lot, and I'm wondering about Aircrete. Youtube "Honey Do Carpenter" and watch his intro to aircrete, its resistance to thermal transfer is remarkable, its weight acceptable, its weak point seems to be that its brittle perhaps introduction of chopped fiber would overcome...
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    Alternator that produces AC power?

    Soo if you had an AC " alternator" running "near" your desired voltage you could use a Sola Isolating Transformer to clean up the sine wave and voltage, also a clever individual could use a freq drive to transform and tune up the voltage and sine ( a freq driv converts ac into a "pool" of dc and...
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    Flexible Panel disadvantage nullifier?

    So I'm building a skoolie,...with a wonderfully intact, un-penetrated roof! Currently I'm in the process of trying to keep it that way! I understand there are reservations about heat build up with a stick on installation but ... the elegance of this solution is very appealing. Would a high...
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    Add a string!

    Sorry for the long delay!, computing time is a low priority for me... I recognize their will be a penalty to the longevity of the new batteries, via directly coupling them in parallel, My question was: Does anyone know of , or is anyone able to conceptualize a blocking diode or Arduino...
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    Add a string!

    Soo... I have a 370 AH string of six Trojan L16's, I bought them used, they are currently 10 years old and provide yeoman service. Resting voltage on the string (after charging and sitting 24 hrs disconnected) is 50.4 volts. Currently they carry the required load for around 15 hrs and then...
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    Waveform Clipper

    So I have a Flexmax 60 working well. But working on the philosophy of "panels are cheap, and charge controllers less so" it keeps tickling around the back of my mind that Flexmax is way under utilized! Specs give me a shutdown voltage at 145v and damage ensues at 150v so a constant input at...
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