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That part of the installation should be undertaken by a qualified electrician.So the cable size is their decision. They use look-up tables when deci...
Can I refer back to your first post in this topic? You stated your strategy was to use three battery packs.The only cables which have to carry a pos...
That will probably work fine, but is noisy and doesn't offer the optimal strategy. The output side of a fan has turbulent air.It's 'out of control' ...
I'm unsure of the sources from which you derived your initial list, but I'm pleased to see it being altered as others contribute to this topic. Low-...
I'll have to think a bit about the balancing method. I'm not familiar with the Active-Balancer you're using.The ones I have here are the larger/newe...
No, it's the existing Seplos BMS which will be getting warm.It should be burning off the extra voltage through its resistors.The whole point of a pass...
The active balancer is only measuring differential voltage. Since each wire has approximately the same resistance added to it by the fuseholder, the v...
Interesting points you're making @robl There is probably little harm in doing things unconventionally... especially when in discussion with others o...
That was also my interpretation.But it doesn't seem to me a feature likely to be used by those reading this Forum. Keeping a battery topped-up is us...
Welcome @jeepster So you seem to have started out at the Rolls Royce end of the market with Victron kit,to which you then add the tried & truste...
If you need more help @majordennisbloodnok then please ask. You can post a photo of wires leading from your Growatt connection ports if you'd like c...
To save you flitting all over the place, let me re-post here a basic introduction to Modbus over RS485 RS485 is a serial protocol which runs ove...
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