Solar noob here with basic questions about adding some batteries to an existing system.
I have a (grid-tied) 18KPV with a rack of six 48V EG4-LL’s and I’d like to add a pair of Ruixu Lithi2-16 batteries (not purchased yet) to approximately double my storage.
Electrically, the busbars in the existing rack of batteries are connected to the first (left) battery inputs in the 18K and the rack is communicating data-wise with the 18K via the CAN bus.
I’m wondering if I can just wire the Ruixus to a pair of busbars and connect those to the second (right) battery inputs in the 18K. Will that work?
Do I need to do anything special to make those connections? From reading, I’m getting that it would be good if all the batteries were fully charged which I guess I could do by fully charging the EG4 bank, disconnecting it, connecting the Ruixu’s and fully charging them, and then re-connecting the EG4’s.
I understand that if I connect the batteries like this that I will not have any data communications between the 18K and the Ruixu batteries. But I do not know what the implications of not having that data flow are.
I have a (grid-tied) 18KPV with a rack of six 48V EG4-LL’s and I’d like to add a pair of Ruixu Lithi2-16 batteries (not purchased yet) to approximately double my storage.
Electrically, the busbars in the existing rack of batteries are connected to the first (left) battery inputs in the 18K and the rack is communicating data-wise with the 18K via the CAN bus.
I’m wondering if I can just wire the Ruixus to a pair of busbars and connect those to the second (right) battery inputs in the 18K. Will that work?
Do I need to do anything special to make those connections? From reading, I’m getting that it would be good if all the batteries were fully charged which I guess I could do by fully charging the EG4 bank, disconnecting it, connecting the Ruixu’s and fully charging them, and then re-connecting the EG4’s.
I understand that if I connect the batteries like this that I will not have any data communications between the 18K and the Ruixu batteries. But I do not know what the implications of not having that data flow are.
