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    Newbie Question about SOC vs Voltage

    Hi, I have two 24v EG4's setup in parallel to my split phase setup with 2 MPP Solar LV2424's. I am trying to set some conservative settings to retain some storage for an actual power outage. The battery nominal voltage is listed as 25.6 volts. I have them setup to stop discharging at 24 volts...
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    Lifepower4 24v and MPP Solar LV2424 issue

    Hi, I received one of two of the long back ordered Signature Solar EG4 24v batteries. When I replaced the lead acid batteries with the new battery to my MPP LV2424, it starts to fire up, then shuts down right away. I hear a little tick, tick, tick noise until I breaker off the battery. The...
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    Charge controller recomendations

    I have a 2k grid tie system up and running, and a 1k off grid with battery backup for emergency use at the moment. The 1k off grid is a PIP LV2424. I have 24v of flooded lead acid at the moment, but no way to equalize them. I guess I either need to do this with a AC charger, or maybe put my PV...
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    One set of panels and two grid tie inverters

    If you took all your array and paralleled it to two Sun G2 inverters, you'd loose MPPT tracking from what I understand. But on an array that is pretty much in full sun for the peak hours, would it be beneficial to have excess DC going to the the leg that is drawing more at any given point vs...
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    Battery Math

    I'm struggling with understanding the capacity of my battery bank. I have 8 Trojan T105 6v wired series/parallel to 24 volts. They are rated at 225 amp hours at 6 volts. So double that in my system to 450 amp hours. To get watt hours, I take 450x24=10800 right? Divide that by 50% to get...
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    LV2424 equalize charge voltage

    I'm not seeing a thread on this, but need to equalize my lead acid 24v bank monthly. Will the DC connection on the PIP be able to handle 32.4 volts from shore power, or a better MPPT charge controller, or should I take it off line?
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    Adding a MPPT solar charge controller

    Since my my bank of T105's need to equalize and the 2424 cannot provide that, I was thinking about getting a Renogy Rover 60amp, and a Victron 712. I would use the 2424 as an inverter/transfer switch and run 200-500 watts 24/7 that would pull from the grid when needed for the loads. This seems...
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    Solar forced air heater

    I was going to go to H4H to look for glass for the top of a solar heater to warm the basement and my hybrid/heat pump water heater. Is there a forum on here for this type of solar I'm not seeing? I wanted opinions on what type of glass, or glass vs plexi, etc to build this around.
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    Check my 24v settings please

    Hi, I have eight T105 setup in series/parallel for 24v. Per the data sheet I have a bulk charge setting in my charge controller at 29.1, float 27.1. For the health and safety of the bank, I have the cutoff set 24.2v or 50% state of charge. Is that too conservative? When at rest, the bank...
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    Hello

    Hi, after I saw the video with the MPP solar all in one, I decided to purchase a LV 2424. I've been running it for almost a year where the inverter runs a media server, washing machine and a couple of other electronics. I have about 1KW of Renogy solar panels and plan to expand that to 1.6 once...
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