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I hope this is the right spot for this. Wonderful, air is just 22 oC and the temp in my shed is about 36-37 oC. That does not bode well... -
Dr. Dickie replied to the thread My plan and looking for suggestions.Thanks, As of right now, I will not be expanding things, as I plan to retire in about 3.5 years, and the wife and I plan to move out...
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Dr. Dickie replied to the thread My plan and looking for suggestions.Excellent, thanks so much!
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Dr. Dickie replied to the thread My plan and looking for suggestions.Yeah, but it is tripped by the Watchmon. Does that have input and output for the shunt trip?
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Dr. Dickie replied to the thread My plan and looking for suggestions.I am watching your video right now for hooking up the Watchmon. Still got some stuff to learn. I guess I will need a transformer to...
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Dr. Dickie replied to the thread My plan and looking for suggestions.Okay, yeah after thinking about it I figured it was to protect from over-discharge and over-charge. That makes sense.
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Isn't the shunt trip switching the main battery breaker, thus there to protect the battery? I mean, the main battery breaker will be put...
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Dr. Dickie replied to the thread My plan and looking for suggestions.MPP, I thought that was a type of charge controller. Is is a brand name? I am split on whether to do a combined controller and...
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Dr. Dickie replied to the thread My plan and looking for suggestions.Yeah, sorry, just 120V, not split phase. Growatt, I just heard about them looking into this. So Growatt is a good name. I found this...
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Dr. Dickie replied to the thread My plan and looking for suggestions.Sorry, I guess I gave the wrong impression. As far as I know there are no controllers who communicate with the Batrium--at least I don't...
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Dr. Dickie posted the thread My plan and looking for suggestions in Solar Panels, Charge Controllers, and Inverters.My plan is to get the Batrium Watchmon 4 with 500 amp shuntmod to handle a 14s160P (18650 battery~20.5 Kwh) with a 2.1 Kw solar array...
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Dr. Dickie replied to the thread Circuit breaker for Solar Panels.Yeah, I am going to put a breaker on the common line in the shack. I would just like to be able to take out the panels if needed, so...
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Dr. Dickie replied to the thread Circuit breaker for Solar Panels.I am only going to parallel them after the 15 amp circuit breakers. Will put a 50 amp breaker before the solar charge controller.
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Dr. Dickie replied to the thread Circuit breaker for Solar Panels.Thanks, that wasn't in the link was it? I looked for amps every where on there. Still think 15 Amp should be okay, right?
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Dr. Dickie replied to the thread Circuit breaker for Solar Panels.Looks good, and midnight solar makes 15 Amp breakers for that box!! Excellent, thanks!
