lkpat
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Yep
Excellent reference if anyone needs one:
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Excellent reference if anyone needs one:
lkpat
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lol SnapI guess this is yet another reason I'll never touch Felicity. Simple physics says the top battery is going to work much harder than the bottom one
3. Battery bank wiring
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I agree it's not the best, it was just to show there are multiple manuals out there. I'm not going to find each one but when I researched a year ago I found a fewI guess this is yet another reason I'll never touch Felicity. Simple physics says the top battery is going to work much harder than the bottom one
3. Battery bank wiring
Mike Hoxbig
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This is why busbars should be made mandatory on all installations. Too many people out there taking chances...
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I'm pretty doff when it comes to this. Can you maybe mark the pic on how it should be connected? From what I understand, positive and negative is coming from battery one, but positive should come from battery one and negative from battery 3?
I haven't manually set it too 300. I thought it should pick that up itself. But I can do that.
I switch off mains earlier, the battery charge changed from 80% to 99%. When I switched mains off again, it went back to 80%. Very weird.
I bought a WiFi extender to place next to the inverter. Solarman went offline after a few hours as usual.
I'm pretty doff when it comes to this. Can you maybe mark the pic on how it should be connected? From what I understand, positive and negative is coming from battery one, but positive should come from battery one and negative from battery 3?
I haven't manually set it too 300. I thought it should pick that up itself. But I can do that.
I switch off mains earlier, the battery charge changed from 80% to 99%. When I switched mains off again, it went back to 80%. Very weird.
I bought a WiFi extender to place next to the inverter. Solarman went offline after a few hours as usual.
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furpile
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A typical WiFi extender picks up the WiFi signal and transmits it again. So if the signal next to the inverter is poor, the extender has nothing to work with. Try placing it halfway between the router and the inverter. I had issues with Solar Assistant losing connection often as well, moved to a network cable and problem was solved. Also try a wired AP closer to the inverter. The inverter also generates interference while working that messes with WiFi .
lkpat
Executive Member
There's a picture on this page. Up top.
Regarding the battery connection, yes what you have described is correct.
Look at this post or manual listed in speesters post, the bottom connection example:
All things Sunsynk (Deye, Inge, etc...)
When the installer comes give him a proper PK. Those batteries should never have been connected like that - absolute rookie error. Positive and negative connections to the inverter should come from opposite sides of the bank. Yep Excellent reference if anyone needs one...
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Is your battery protocol under the battery settings set to 00?
Here's a setup manual for volta with sunsynk/deye:
Manual
isie
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also check the SSID that the Extender creates to connect to - might not be the same as you main one
although personally think not a good idea to use an extender they just create more problems lol and don't even fix the one they created to fix properly.
I guess this is yet another reason I'll never touch Felicity. Simple physics says the top battery is going to work much harder than the bottom one
3. Battery bank wiring
My current cables are too short so going to have to order to do this correctly. Shouldn't negatively impact anything in the short term right?
Speedster
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Yes, the battery bank will still work. You're just loading far more work on the batteries closer to the inverter connection.
Cool. Im thinking of just getting someone to come and fit busbars. Was going to do option 4, but it says its not optimal.
I may be able to connect halfway using exisitng cabling..
Speedster
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4 is what most people will use as it is very simple. Busbar is best.
Any recommendations on which busbar to buy?
Just a little update.
I ended up going for the Dyness over the above two batteries. They are rated 0.5C but figured, I am buying more than 1 battery so doesn't really impact my 5kw inverter from my understanding.
Sunsynk was too expensive and Volta had spacing issues for the installer.
Katelknaap
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Can pick up Dyness batteries for very decent pricing lately. I agree, the Sunsynks are overpriced and brackets and cables are all still extra.
lkpat
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Easily this for your setup:
Lynx Distributor | Victron Energy
Monitor the status of each fuse and see its condition with a LED on the front of the Lynx Distributor. Find a Victron Energy dealer near you.
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Or the simpler power in which can be adapted to add fuses:
VICT LYNX POWER IN
Victron Lynx Power In Victron Lynx Power In Overview A Modular DC bus bar, the Victron Lynx Power In is used to connect batteries to the Lynx DC distribution system. The Victron Lynx Power In module is used to connect batteries via an external fuse. It can be useful if you have multiple parallel...
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Easily this for your setup:
Lynx Distributor | Victron Energy
Monitor the status of each fuse and see its condition with a LED on the front of the Lynx Distributor. Find a Victron Energy dealer near you.
FML, another R3600... Isn't there something cheaper...this dam system is like a money pit.. I was thinking of getting solar assistant too but not sure it's worth another R2800