pesti
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I'm a 70 yr old lady that needs some basic info on a solar system that belongs to my little sister. Her husband passed away in Sept 2024 and he handled all the details for everything. They live off grid in a rural town in oregon. Over the past months after he died the system shut down and she had neither the knowledge to fix it or the money to hire someone to address it. If she can't get this corrected she will be forced to give up her home and have to live elseware. I have come here to help her. I am fairly handy with home and building maintenance, electrical, plumbing, woodwork, drywall..but I have never worked with solar. I understand basic wiring components, how to install and how they work, ie fuses, converters etc .but a lot of solar components are brand build specific and unless I can get my hands on a user manual I can get lost. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS....lol in regards to resetting the system so far I've learned that I need too first shut down the connection between the batteries and the controller. Then the panels from the batteries, then the connection between the controller and the inverter. Wait at least 15 min and then reconnect first the batteries to the controller, then the panels, then the inverter. The connection at the panels has an HA 4Way it looks like it has a breaker switch but when I tried to activate it, it doesn't move...also none of the components are lit up at all everything connected to the system is off...so I'm kinda lost
Thank you for reading this. Long post.
Thank you for reading this. Long post.