I Live Here
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Hey Will (or anyone)... HELP!!! I bought the Titan 500 kit. Only have room for four 100 watt panels on my van roof, so I put up 3 rigid 100 watt panels (supplied by Point Zero Energy) and one flexible 110 W panel (SunPower--specs are almost identical to the rigid panels supplied). I got it set up and it went for a couple weeks, working great, then while under minimal load (running roof fan and charging a phone) I heard popping and saw smoke. I sent the unit back to Point Zero. They said it was the inverter, and replaced it. I got it back yesterday, plugged it in, and again, everything was fine. I plugged my shore power cord into the front of the unit and gave it a test with the roof fan on, some things charging and then ran the microwave to deplete the battery to about 98% charged. I plugged in the solar panels. I have two rigid 100 watt panels, in series, coming into one of the MPPT ports; I have one 100 w rigid panel and one 110 w flex panel (from Sunpower) wired in series, and plugged into the second MPPT port. Together, they are bringing in 90 V of DC power. I got it to charge completely (29 v and 100%). I was working great. I was satisfied until about half an hour later, same pops, same smoke, and in dealing with Point Zero they tell me they have thousands that are working great, but there are about 4 of us who keep blowing inverters, and they cannot figure out why. Can you/anyone give me any trouble shooting advice? Point to any possible issue? Point Zero says the only thing they know for sure is that the 4 of us with issues are using it off-grid in an RV, but plenty of other users are also living off-grid in an RV with no problems. Any help/advice/ideas are greatly appreciated.
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