nowwattsup
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I purchased this home with a solar system. At that time i hooked up to the grid. Primarily using this system when the power goes out. Initially the system was left without maintenance, battery's were mostly dry i filled them and the system has worked fine for the limited amount i use it. Recently the system no longer will work more than a short time and the alarm goes off and beeps. I plug the inverter into the power and it charges but still only works a short time. Typically the charge/ load controller shows from 1 to 5 amps . I,m wanting to keep the system not spend 10s of thousands on a new system. How do i know what way to go ? do i need new panels? or just replace the battery bank . Their are 8 trojan battery's. Can i upgrade to fewer better battery's? . My intended use is to run lights internet tv pellet stove, not anything major i use my generator for that when the power goes out. When i call solar company's they just want to sell me a new system. Any advice will be appreciated. I have attached pictures of the system, their are 3 panels all connected on the roof. Thanks