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Finally getting around to upgrading my panels. I'm trying not to drill anymore holes in the roof so plan is to utilize the Girard awning brackets and the threaded rods I initially installed. I'll be mounting these Renogy 320w panels horizontal and tilted up a bit to get above all the ACs...

My Victron system has been getting alerts from my SOK batteries about high voltage when the batteries are fully charged. It seems they're reporting the voltage limit as 56V so I lowered my voltage down to 55.8 in DVCC and no more errors. Problem is its reporting the charge is only 88%...

My 12v bay was feeling neglected so started on rearranging them. Actually managed to fit 2 air compressors in saving a ton of space in another bay. I ordered a couple 200a mrbf fuses and blocks to connect the batteries to the Lynx. I'm thinking of adding that little breaker for my small...

Seems large 24v chargers are hard to find. My coach came with a power a 30a charger but it died (my fault, likely dropped it too many time) . I'm wanting to max out a 120v outlet so ideally something like 75amps. Anyone know of a 28.5v 60-75a charger? The plan is to have it as an emergency...

Noticed with my SOK batteries (Pylontech) the new ~2 beta recently released seems to not work with BMS control MPPTs. I've swapped back and forth a few times and seems ~1 works fine.

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/how-an-entire-columbus-neighborhood-is-getting-free-solar-panels/ This is the first I've seen something like this where solar is projected as basically a welfare benefit for low income areas. So many things here, I wonder if the residents own...

Does anyone have this enabled on a Quattro? I'm playing with it now until I can get ESS setup and feed excess solar to my house. On my system I have Shore coming into AC1 on my 48V dual Quattros then I have OUT1 from the quattros going to a panel powering half the outlets, and to my 12V...

Is there a max number of devices for the Cerbogx/vrm? Just added another mppt and got this error. I did unplug my 2nd shunt to connect the mppt as I need to order another vedirect cable. Device list shows 7 Victron devices and 7 ruuvi temp sensors (2 are hidden somewhere in old RV and...

I live in the woods in Ohio and currently no leaves. On my RV I have 18x100w panels, 3x100w in series to my 12V and 5s3p 1500w to my 48v. I'm noticing about a 20% increase in performance in the series vs parallel when under shading. On days when I'm on the road and parked usually under...

I'm getting around to ESS and configuring my Victron RV system to offset my house's power consumption. The plan is to have 4kw solar on the RV, plus 2kw solar on a trailer and maybe more on a ground station. These will plug into the RV's MPPTs 48V system which then will use the split phase...

I'm finally getting into building solar array for my houses and confused on the order on how to do a self install. So far I have 4 pallets of panels and a SolarEdge 10kw inverter. This will be specifically for AEP WV (Appalachian Electric Power) net metering. My sole goal is to save on...

Mounted my batteries with posts and everything up to make wiring easier and fit better. Found out when massive storms a couple drops can get into the hinge of my bay door or somewhere and follow the rj45 cables right into my batteries BMS. Fried one 2 weeks ago but didn't find the root cause...

Anyone have Auragen or know any info about them? Seems to be able to connect to engine to provide 120/240 AC directly regardless of RPM. I've seen a couple other coaches that have 8500w models but they have up to 20kw. This would be ideal to charge while driving Found a couple on ebay but...

Currently I have a 24v 70a alternator set at 27v then have a 24v 270a alternator set at about 28v. The big alternator is oil cooled, industrial and weighs like 100 lbs. Well the field wire came loose on the big one so I'm replacing it and now wondering if there's a better setup. Currently...

Are there any built systems that use LFP and provide UPS backup without loss of power? Any rack mountable 4u or similar size? Should I consider something like an ecoflow to use as a backup? I manage a bunch of smaller offices with a few servers and network gear. Most are under 1500w...

Running Victron inverters in split phase but using this dogbone adapter going from 240v 50a to 120v 15a and it appears that it powers both legs. I know many including myself on here said we need to modify these dogbones but apparently not. https://a.co/d/imQcNmm Victrons showing both legs...

In my RV chassis system I have 4x lead acid batteries running series/parallel to power the 24V engine and aux loads as well as each 12V side runs all the electrical components. The system uses a 100a Vanner equalizer like below to keep the batteries in balance...

Working to finish my cargo trailer build once it warms up. Could I plug in 1000w+ of solar into the ecoflow then use it's 12v output to a DC-DC converter and keep my trailer battery topped off, along with leaving the outlets on all the time? Say if I want to leave it running for months...

I was told by someone that they have solar at one property which they have a 2nd house with the same utility and it offsets this property's bill. I've tried to search but haven't heard of this before. Is this normal for net metering? I'm planning an install in WV with AEP (Appalachian...

How exactly do MPPTs work? So I have an enclosed trailer I sometimes take behind my RV and other times its just sitting around my house. I added 1000w solar to its roof and likely will put another 600-1000 more. Inside the trailer is just a SLA 100ah battery for lights and tongue jack but...

I keep having issues with blowing breakers when at campgrounds when I set my Victron inverters to 50a. Someplaces I'm able to set to 45a and others have to be below 40a. I know NEC has a 80% rule but that's over 3 hours and usually it trips within 30 minutes. I believe Victron should limit...

Found out the Lynx shunt doesn't seem to have an aux voltage monitor like the smartshunt. I'm wanting to add both my generator battery and my chassis batteries to Victron's CerboGX so I can log and monitor them both but not sure what I can buy to get them added. I bought a Smart battery...

I have a 24v alternator so have 24-12 dc-dc converters and 24-48 dc-dc converters, all victron Orions. Seems I can't get either to charge to 100%. The 12v system is cranked all the way up but can't seem to get above 70%ish charge and it slows down the more charged the battery gets. Still...

My 20kw genset in my RV has a dedicated battery which I replaced with a Optima D31m bluetop. I also removed a huge 240v fan in a squirrel cage and replaced it with 2x80w 12v fans. The genset seems to have a very small alternator and can't handle the load, so I added one of those htrc 20a...

I have a few solar projects I'm planning on starting and was planning on using unistruts/superstruts but the brackets all seem to have a couple inch gap for the screw then just clamp the panels down which doesn't seem ideal. Is there some mounts that'll secure from the bottom of the panel and...

My 48v system has been working perfectly, but randomly today I got bms failure on my master SOK battery. The screen shows failure when checking bms status and voltage at 0. The other battery is working perfectly fine and even switched it to the master and shut the issue battery off. There's...

Just saw this product was recently announced. Anyone have one or any comparison to the wakespeed? $800 so a bit more than a wakespeed but is wireless and seems to have more features. I don't use my wakespeed anymore since using dc-dc converters now but haven't heard of this product...

Just found out there's a whole new GUI for the cerboGX coming out and the beta is available now. Anyone using it? For some reason the instructions to install were deleted from the page. Anyone know how to install before i dig into the github?? https://github.com/victronenergy/gui-v2...

Sorry for blowing up this forum this week lol but trying to finish my electrical plans. I'm a bit ashamed on how bad the wiring looks into my inverters and have things like neutral wiring going from one inverter to the other. Now my system is all working properly I can finish the project and...

Finally getting around to installing solar on the cargo trailer (7x16) we tow behind the RV. The goal is to install some POE cameras and a NVR inside the trailer then use it as backup cameras over wifi when driving or as a security system when parked. On top of this I want the solar to keep...

Winter's here and I'm starting on insulating my batteries and RV water tanks. I have a tank heater pad sandwiched between 2 batteries and plan to wrap them completely in some form of insulation and looking for something about 1inch thick. Since its not house insulation and I'm not concerned...

Yesterday I was out of town and my wife met me driving a Tesla model3 which we just bought the other day for an xmas present for my daughter so still getting used to it all. This was our first trip out of town and since my daughter goes to UK (Lexington, KY) and we're in Columbus, OH she'll be...

I had an issue over the weekend where my batteries BMS's were tripping and needed to precharge the 2x5000w Quattro inverters which have massive capacitators. I know the SOK batteries have a precharge setting but it a bit complicated and I need to google it everytime.... I really need to print...

I have 2 completely isolated systems one 12V and other 48V, have the 48V system connected to the 12V inverter to charge but the entire communications systems are separated. Ones completely in a rear bay and other is in the front bumper. Lastnight at 10:04pm got an error saying no data from...

I have 18 of these renogy 100w panels in 6s3p. Voc is 24.3 each so 145.8v should be the max right? Hooked up to my 150/100 Victron mppt and today got multiple high voltage errors when driving and solar was odd since battery was full. It was during heavy rain with complete cloud coverage...