Brucey
Solar Wizard
Yes lots of positive reviews on this site.I've heard that Current Connected also doesn't suck.
Yes lots of positive reviews on this site.I've heard that Current Connected also doesn't suck.
I was initially planning on an rs450/100 but seems like an eventual three 150/35s for around $600 versus $1250 for the rs450 gives me more redundancy and three strings albeit while losing isolation and potentially running out of ve direct ports vs ve.can daisy chaining to a Cerbo and VRM. I've been happy with the Bluetooth Victron connect so not a big deal breaker for me.They're a small outfit, but Trent has consistently taken care of me. I've never had a problem. I've had some "installer" level feature and configuration/customization questions. On one occasion, when he didn't know the answer, he went back to Victron and got me an answer in a couple days.
I've heard that Current Connected also doesn't suck.
I have a pallet of panels being delevered tomorrow so I will need more blue stuff.35-40% price drops on SmartSolar charge controllers announced today. Inb4 someone complains it's still overpriced.
@Brucey is Pike Industries a authorized retailer for Victron to include support of warranty?Picked up a smart 150/35 for $184+tax from Amazon/Pike Industries.
@Brucey is Pike Industries a authorized retailer for Victron to include support of warranty?
I have constructed two separate modest off-grid systems on my house. One system is using 3 Epever SCCs and the other system is using 2 Victron SCCs and a Victron smart shunt and Phoenix 12/1200 inverter.
Not surprising given the voltages each charge controller is reporting.The 520w string with the Victron was producing more wattage than the 780w and 1500w strings combined on the Epevers!
Not surprising given the voltages each charge controller is reporting.
But they are showing higher battery voltages in your pic than the Victron, not lower. If they see a high battery voltage it's entirely reasonable for them to not generate much power.They lock the voltage down low
But they are showing higher battery voltages in your pic than the Victron, not lower. If they see a high battery voltage it's entirely reasonable for them to not generate much power.
Ah, thanks for the correction.That's not battery voltage.
Have you verified the lower PV voltage with a multimeter? And amps with an amps probe?That's the problem with the Epevers. They do it in the morning as well for the first couple of hours. They lock the voltage down low and they just stay on that until they can be bothered to get going properly. The Victron 520w SCC on the other hand just gets on with it and can be producing 3 or 4 times as much as the 780w string going to the Epever. Same light, same direction of panels.
The math of the PV voltage and current matches the wattage of the same display.Have you verified the lower PV voltage with a multimeter? And amps with an amps probe?
I suspect something other than the SCC is the cause.
do you have the victron ssc connected to a victron smart shunt ( blue tooth network) so you measure the real voltage of the battery without the voltage drop in the cablesThat's not battery voltage. It's the voltage that the Epevers are regulating the solar panels to.
do you have the victron ssc connected to a victron smart shunt ( blue tooth network) so you measure the real voltage of the battery without the voltage drop in the cables
Have you verified the lower PV voltage with a multimeter? And amps with an amps probe?
I suspect something other than the SCC is the cause.
It's the SCCs regulating PV voltage.
For example this morning 1 hour after sunrise both Epevers are on 19V while the Victron is on 65V PV...
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Then a minute later the 100A Epever with the 1500w string lets the voltage come up and it starts producing decent power...
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Great post!
What is the nameplate wattage of each array compared to its production at the end of the day?
Curious how much more the victron produces.
I wouldn't mind trading out my epever since victron dropped their prices.
I'd swap the SCC's around and ensure it is the SCC.Well yesterday for example the Victron 520w array brought in pretty much the same amount as what the 780w Epever array did.
I would put it down to the Victron getting going more quickly in the morning and also responding instantaneously to loads during the day when the system was on float.
Just running Epevers by themselves you don't notice the slightly poorer performance because you just reach full charged a bit later in the day. Overall you think the system is performing adequately.
I think the advantage of Victron SCC' will be going back into the winter months and shorter days. My array size is limited to my small roof space. Getting the most efficient use of that limited array size is going to be beneficial to me. I can't afford to have SCC' that can't be bothered to get going sometimes.
I'd swap the SCC's around and ensure it is the SCC.