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My battery is a 24v forklift battery. After the breaker tripped I felt the wires with my hands and they did not feel hot. I believe the wires going from the controller to the battery is 4 gauge, the one specifically from the controller to the breaker may have come with an old inverter. I was...

Is it a good idea to bypass it until I get a new one?

I tried 3 two panel strings this morning. After a couple hours and the sun was higher the breaker tripped again. I may need to clarify that the 50a breaker is between the battery and charge controller. Here are a couple photos. This was the current volts and amps a few seconds before it tripped.

Over voltage at 132 watts on a 150v 40a charge controller? I get what you're saying and I will give it a shot and see if that helps. I will need to buy more connections for 3 strings.

150v 40a

I reduced the array to 4 panels and seems to be holding fine. My guess is the epever tracer 40a controller can't handle 1590 watts

Hello, First time posting. I followed your plan for a 24v 4000 watt system. I am using the 40a mppt charge controller. Everything has been running great. I recently purchased 10 265watt panels off Ebay to upgrade my system array. I started by hooking up 6 of the solar panels 3 in series and then...