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Re: It's going to be close to cost effective! or Off grid at 26 cents a KWh!
It makes me sad to see people buying "old school" flooded lead acid now days. AGM's are so much better for high performing systems, charge and discharge at much higher rates, are no mainten…0 · -
Re: Figuring out Breaker Sizes For a 48V Off-Grid System
I only use one time fast acting fuses coming out of my treefort solar arrays into the charge controller and from the controller to the battery bank. Breakers are too slow and must get hot prior to tr…0 · -
Re: Battery bank sizing??
I would check for a water leak. If your pump is coming on much more now, it would explain everything. And get one of these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO_d9Ek5nXg Chinese inverter (if 1500 watts …0 · -
Re: Charge controller thinks battery is 24v - it's 12v?
LOL,, why would you do that? Just to be able to spend extra money on wire? Solar panels are 80 cents per watt now. And if your running multiple panels in parallel when you have a 24 volt battery bank…0 · -
Re: Charge controller thinks battery is 24v - it's 12v?
Yeah,, you probably got a fake mppt. If it was less then 100 bucks,, its a fake. As stated above, always hook up your charge controller to the battery bank first, then the pv. here is my quick guide …1 ·