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    Setting up solar installation

    I have now ordered the (8) batteries and cables necessary for the battery part of the installation - I will update once they've arrived and been connected in case I still have any questions/just to keep you in the loop should you wish! I have one last question for tonight: I had previously...
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    Setting up solar installation

    I appreciate all the advice that you give and would indeed appreciate seeing the procedure you have mentioned - I think by posting it here (rather than in PMs) that more people can benefit from your expertise (and reduce the probability of dangerous/unsafe installations). The manual refers to a...
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    Setting up solar installation

    I can confirm, before you leave for your dinner, that I will be needing a little above 8KW at peak and thus both inverters and two battery packs. I live in Fontvieille, 13990, in the south of France. Bon appétit!
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    Setting up solar installation

    I set up the cabling from the inverters to the panels in 16mm2 - it is an 80m run (160m there and back) - for the sake of learning, what would the appropriate cable thickness have been? In the SolarPower application, there is the possibility to run two or more inverters "in parallel" - can I...
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    Setting up solar installation

    I have worked out a diagram showing my intended set-up using your advice - using all 38 panels and both inverters. I hope that it is all in order (and would appreciate any advice you would have to offer, as you have done so well up till now!). Thank-you again for your ongoing help and expert...
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    Setting up solar installation

    I am trying as much as possible to become off-grid but if there is no PV or battery available, I was thinking about using the grid, too. However I run into the problem of setting-up the grid to start at the right time i.e. when neither the PV or battery are available, and I don't want anything...
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    Setting up solar installation

    Would these batteries work for my set-up? They seem, at first sight, to fit the description. Thank-you again!
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    Setting up solar installation

    The 5 strings of 7 panels were a test run (perhaps overzealous) - I intend to return to my original set-up of 2 strings of 9 panels for one inverter, and 2 strings of 10 panels for the other inverter. (Each would be a little less than the 2*10A outlined in the user manual [would be 2*9.26A for...
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    Setting up solar installation

    Thank you - I have estimated the total load to be +/-8Kw at maximum. If I were to have 4 12V batteries at 200A, arranged differently to yours, I'd also get 9.6Kw - this seems appropriate, no? On the inverter, it says that the maximum battery current is 138A, but it does not give a maximum Ah...
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    Setting up solar installation

    Thank you (again) very much for all of your help - I will look through once more at my energy requirements (but last I checked, I had expected it to be 8Kw. The important part of this is a 2.2Kw, 14A water pump essential for my olive production.) Another follow-up question: I have currently...
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    Setting up solar installation

    To answer your questions: 1. I measured the PV current and voltage a few times, on one occasion, I had connected an electric heater labeled as 220-240V, and 1500W. It worked then, but when I disconnected it and reconnected another electric heater labeled 220-240V and 2000-2200W, it didn't work...
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    Setting up solar installation

    I have the manual here for you. Thank you for your help.
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    Setting up solar installation

    I had previously attempted to connect just 4 batteries to the inverter (making it 48V instead of the 60V here) but it made no difference to the inverter's ability to function - and the range for the inverter is between 48V and 60V, this being a set-up possibility in the inverter's adjoining...
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    Setting up solar installation

    Hello, I am setting up a solar installation (in France) for the first time. I currently have 38 solar panels (+/-38V, +/-9A), with 35 currently wired in series + parallel (7 panels in series, arranged with parallel wiring 5 times) and am therefore expecting to have 266V (7 panels in a series *...

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