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Post by tattoo on Mar 3, 2018 6:38:12 GMT -8
Cool thank's for that Bird. I understand it a little better.... But for 99% of the people out there it's useless.... LOL No need trying to get people to understand it... Thanks
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Post by tattoo on Mar 2, 2018 19:26:57 GMT -8
I do not. Rep from Papa. The view star shows volts and amps delivering from PV. Volts and amps going to battery from PV. Other than that I have no way of knowing what state my batteries are. Sorry Tattoo I told I'm OCD. Ribird thanks form comments. Please keep it coming. Should I invest in a mt5o? Would that give this Oldman the numbers? Yes sir buy a MT50... I had one of them with my 40a CC and it was great... Not as good as my 60a CC commander but it was almost as good...
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Post by tattoo on Mar 2, 2018 18:46:35 GMT -8
These controllers have a State of Charge algorithm (SoC) which is meaninless as best I can tell! Bird all BS aside... Why do you think the SOC is there at all... Before I decided that it means nothing I tried to understand it... It changes with every little draw, charge everything is a variable.... So it doesn't make an sense at all... Since you have a way to look at it as a graph or do you, what does it look like? ??
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Post by tattoo on Mar 2, 2018 18:32:26 GMT -8
I know that's what I'm trying to understand. If soc means nothing why is it on the screen. I've already come to terms about it. All I'm looking for is an indication as to when I should shut down. What screen in the veiwsrar can help? Thanks I don't have or ever used a viewstar.. What I would suggest is what ever screen that shows the voltage of the battery is the one I would choose... If that's what you are asking...
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Post by tattoo on Feb 28, 2018 13:01:57 GMT -8
Nope it sounds great... How many fuses are you using?? Or breakers... I have 8 panels and a 60a cc but other than that we are about the same.... It's a great set up... What are you hoping to run off of it??
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Post by tattoo on Feb 28, 2018 12:58:23 GMT -8
One good tip I took from him was to run everything from the controller through a separate fuse box, so each device is fused according to its amp rating Which raises a question about the inverter, for which I'll start a new thread. Cheers. That sounds like some good advice.... Very similar to my set up...
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Post by tattoo on Feb 28, 2018 6:14:21 GMT -8
For the record, if anyone reads this: when you buy the Renogy Pole Mount Kit make sure to message the seller details of the size of panel you intend to mount on it so you get the right end clamps! Yes sir glad it worked out for you... They do need to tell you which clamps are included in the kits... Thanks for getting back to all here...
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Post by tattoo on Feb 27, 2018 8:15:03 GMT -8
Thanks. I will remove SOC from my OCD worry list. The batteries are small for ease of carrying. During the install it was only a sore old man getting it to the cabin (me). LOL Man I totally understand.... I bet I'm around your age and I have 6 215ah batteries that I carried in my cabin and my solar system is upstairs.... They are only about 75lbs a piece... LOL I'm glad I don't have to do that everyday... LOL
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Post by tattoo on Feb 27, 2018 7:38:13 GMT -8
There is NO understanding SOC.... It's useless I don't even know why it's there... If you want to keep worrying about it have at it but it means NOTHING...
Can I ask why you have such small ah batteries??? Is it because of room??
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Post by tattoo on Feb 26, 2018 17:11:17 GMT -8
SOC means NOTHING today, tomorrow, or a week from now..... Forget about it act like it isn't even there...
Now tell us more about your batteries and everything else...
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Post by tattoo on Feb 24, 2018 16:46:47 GMT -8
Send it back....
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Post by tattoo on Feb 23, 2018 15:49:18 GMT -8
Good luck with that.... And they are NEVER on here.... I needed to call Renogy USA this week. I called twice, and both times got fast help on a technical question. Just saying, I think calling is best. Glad it worked for you... I never had any luck calling them... It's pretty much a waste of time...
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Post by tattoo on Feb 22, 2018 5:50:19 GMT -8
No response so far from customer support. Good luck with that.... And they are NEVER on here....
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Post by tattoo on Feb 19, 2018 8:04:31 GMT -8
Hi I bought a Rover 20 amp controller recently. I have a 150w panel and 200 AH battery. I would like to run some LEDs off the load terminals so I can have the lights on the built in timer. My problem is that I can't wire in a DC-DC step down voltage convertor to protect the LEDs because as soon as I connect the convertor wires, the Rover throws a E4 error. I've tried two convertors, neither work on the Rover but have no problems on hooked up to a cheap Chinese charge controller I use on another smaller battery. The convertor specs are: DC to DC Step Down Voltage Converter Module - Input voltage: 6-28V DC - Output voltage: 3-15V DC - Max output current: 1.5A Does any one know how to turn off this Short Circuit "feature" or have any other ideas how to limit the load voltage to 12v so it plays nice with my LEDs? thanks Andrew Why would you want to disable the short circuit feature?? That's there for a reason... Does your CC work without a load??? What are you hooking the inverter to??
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Post by tattoo on Feb 17, 2018 7:01:58 GMT -8
I had the same set up a while back.... It worked just fine...
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