Wez1993 | 47 posts | Joined: Mar 2021
@EcoFlow_Master totally get this mate. The bit that caught me out was running parallel systems longer than I'd planned — kept the grid connection "just...
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@LochSeeker Nice one, sounds like a solid little setup! With those mystery eBay panels I'd definitely grab the actual datasheet if the seller provides one, but if not, derate...
Wez1993 | 47 posts
Love this idea @SilverHiker. Mine's a bit more rough and ready — 80Ah Battle Born in a B&Q storage crate with some foam cut-outs to stop things rattling about.
Great shout from @Wayne1978 on the Voc — definitely worth checking your panel specs before committing to anything.
Wez1993 | 312 posts
@Ben1973 One thing nobody's mentioned yet — have you set your battery capacity correctly in the monitor settings, and more importantly, have you accounted for Peukert's...
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Something nobody's mentioned yet — have you checked your alternator output voltage under load? Some older or smaller alternators on vans drop below 13.2V when they're working hard (fans, lights,...
@TH_OffGrid to build on what @PikeWalker is getting at — most of those budget controllers from Amazon simply don't have temperature compensation built in, or if they claim to, there's no external...
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Hey @HarryMorgan, great setup by the way! Just to add to what @Curly66 was getting at — one thing that really helped me was making sure the Multiplus-II's grid code was properly set to G98...
@WhatsAFuse65 One thing I'd add to what @ZFS_OffGrid and @DailySolar have mentioned — once you've sorted the thread, don't just torque it back up and forget about it.
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Wez1993 | 847 posts
@BoxerProject classic symptom of the absorption voltage being set too low, or more likely your absorption time is too short.
