Recent content by ebdesroches

Yes I got USB port working on my Lv5048 on my laptop. I also got it to work off the WiFi card and box sold on eBay to work on the RS-232 port on lv5048 very difficult to make work. Secrets found by calling mpp....through eBay. Also if you questions on wifi unit maybe I can answer!?

The bronze diameter was bought as 0.75 but the actual size was 0.8...fortuitously matches the inner diameter of the pipe.

The insulator is plastic schedule 3/4" 40 water pipe and the collars are cut from schedule 40 cap....also could be cut from a schedule 40 coupling. Plastic pipe cement is used to bind the collar to the pipe. The collars are pressed together against the through wall metal. The water pipe should...

I added a picture of a newly fabricated through box terminal. The old one was intermittent and got hot and burned a hole almost through a battleborn battery. The new one is made of bearing bronze (easy to cut on a lath or hacksaw and tap). The hardware screw, washer and lockwasher are stainless...

For the fun of it I used a DC ammeter to check the current to see how well the MPP estimates power. I remember reading on one of the threads (somewhere) that the LV 5048 MPP is not to accurate on its measurements and display. So...it said 52W on two of the panels, the MPP says 69V and calculates...

I'm afraid I haven't been too careful on the labels in my block diagram. 220vac should be 240. The output disconnect should read 240vac output disconnect.

Check out the new post with the other pictures at the beginning of thread. I posted pictures I hope you can read.

I did some trig and found out generally how to make the supporting structure fit the slope of the roof. The roof slopes in the opposite direction that I wanted it to slope....slopes to the North. I basically used the old idea that triangles in a structure makes it strong (parallels allow the...

Too small or can't open file?

I added a block diagram to my show and tell

Block diagram

Much more difficult when you build it from scratch...buying steel from steel mill, having it galvanizing cutting and drilling etc. I motorized it....so that it's less trouble to raise or retract

Yes problem is when you first connect or reconnect the battery. You may still experience battery internal disconnect....if you do use a 12v charger on each affected (measure voltage).

Again this is exactly what Will showed us how to do.

If you have only an inverter you are connecting a resistor may work to charge caps.