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Sounds like the batteries are paralleled as a bank, and the bank connects to the bus bars rather than each battery having it own cables. Cable sizing is more than X amount of current requires X gauge. There is a relationship between the conductor gauge, its length, the material it's made of...

I am not sure connecting the chassis alternator and battery to the LiPO4 batteries without some sort of regulation would be adequate. Victron makes a DC-DC charge controller just for that purpose that would help. Victron is obviously not inexpensive, but it's on a completely different level of...

Depending on where your main service panel is, it might be most practical to install a load center next to it, pull all your branch circuits out of the main panel, and move them all to the load center. Inverter documentation will refer to that second braker panel as a "critical loads" panel...

Edit: thinking about this more, you might run into a problem with MPPT, assuming the MPPT function can be disabled in favor of a hard-set voltage, where the "PV" input voltage from the DC converter might not adequate at 48V. I saw you mention the 32-95V input spec of the MPPT, but generally the...

I can give you some background on the mode of operation of an MPPT. Maximum Power Point Trackers utilize the voltage vs. current output curve characteristics of the PV array to regulate their output to the battery. A PV specification label provides details from which a power output curve can be...

If those are the same ones I am thinking of, I am pretty sure they need high voltage input. The last C7000 chassis I saw running was on a 208V UPS and PDU. They will run on 240V too.

First, for your observed 12.9V after sitting for a bit: All battery chemistries at rest have a relationship between "voltage" and "state of charge". Given your AGM chemistry and nominal voltage of 12, you can Google a Volts vs SoC chart. Next, recharging batteries of any chemistry is most...

It's good practice to leave at least a 10% margin when factoring both voltage and amperage limits of the MPPT to accommodate the potential of higher than rated PV output when they are cold and/or exposed to partly cloudy skies. 2S or 3S are both be fine as long as the combined rated...

Since mentioning powering a Starlink with 48V, that would be accomplished with Power over Ethernet, and presumably a DC PoE power injector. I posted a solution to powering a Starlink, or any Passive or active PoE device, safely from a 12V DC power source...

For 12V DC PoE ethernet switches, check out Netonix. They make industrial and DIN mount DC-powered networking gear that has the DC-DC voltage converting built-in for both active PoE+ and 24V passive PoE. Been using their gear for many years, it's all very robust.

A few factors to consider related to outages: - Outages are more likely during bad weather where PV isn't productive. - In an emergency, your power consumption metrics won't look like the daily usual because you'll be in an emergency conservation mindset and only powering just the essentials -...

Most solar hot water systems have a differential temperature controller that operates a small low-wattage recirculation pump, typically a Grundfos or similar. The differential controller's only job is to run the pump when the collectors are hotter than the tank(s), circulating water through the...

First off, I'm sorry for your loss; this looks obviously expensive. A few points: - A few people brought up the breakers. Although not the root cause here, AC breakers don't work in DC environments. It's not a matter of over-current protection, an AC breaker will trip if overloaded with DC...

Natural gas prices are rising parabolically here. I have a late 90's set of Maytag Dependable Care washer and natural gas dryer. A few months back on a whim I looked at FB Marketplace to see if I could find a matching vintage electric version of the dryer and found the exact model 10 minutes...

Are you disconnected from AC1 and putting the XW into Standby using Insight?

When the utility put in the auxiliary meter, did they give you a 240V leg right off a transformer rather than 120/120V 240V split phase?

Good catch. Yes L1 and L2 should both be 120V with AC1 around 240.

That makes sense actually. I believe Schneider was having problems with generator users staying AC2 qualified running on Generator. Your experience suggests they may have loosened up the qualification parameters. As far at the firmware version programming errata, there are a few threads...

Under Configuration / Reset / and then "Reset All Settings to Factory" is what I was referring to with starting from a clean slate. Might be worth the time to take notes on your settings before it's wiped.

Reviewing your screenshot... I don't see the "Grid Codes" option for your version of Insight. It would be right there on the screen you captured as the last item on the Right. I also see that Sell Enable/Disable is Enabled. Would like to see some load on it to see what happens.

Need to confirm that: - Grid Support is Enabled - Sell Enable/Disable is Enabled Once AC is qualified it should stop inverting, go into Pass-Through, and then begin a 240 second countdown until the XW syncs to the grid waveform and Grid Support activates. Does it ever switch to Pass-Through...

Yes, but only when connected like the diagram shows in the 2 circuit examples under 2P. No matter which way current flows in those examples, one of the two tied breakers will trip under proper polarity because polarity is opposite between each pole, and that will break the arc.

DC breakers are polarity specific because of a magnetic component involved in preventing arc when tripped - and that can only work in the right polarity. A 2P breaker allows for bi-directional protection because the two poles are wired in reverse polarity from each other. In that way, no...

They're struggling already with resistance, 4 years old. Each day I let them run down about 20%, the next 30% I keep around for power outage. It's eight 440Ah L16s - comedically undersized for a pair of XW Pros. It would take 80kWhr of usable storage to fully utilize the system I have now...

There is nothing I hate more than my Flooded Lead-Acid batteries, but I am committed to keeping the promise I made to myself that they would not be replaced until something Lithium Iron Phosphate or Sodium Ion becomes available with USA-manufactured cells. So, they remain in-place for now...

Does urinating into a swimming pool raise its level? Technically, "yes", but... The range of a car most effectively be extended by lowering its weight and/or drag. I would bet money that dropping the suspension 1", adding 5psi to each tire, and replacing the side mirrors with cameras (which...

A Dual-XW Pro system will have the most complex commissioning procedure of all of your options, however it will give you the most control and flexibility too. You can easily stack 2 XW-Pros in split-phase mode. In that configuration both XW Pros produce split phase unlike other manufactures...

Is it possible that advice is coming from a context of grid-tied inverter system specification? That's the only type of solar installation where this would be a concern because grid-tied system generally have no battery and must immediately invert the DC to AC to feed back to the grid. Not...

Good. The Rooftop Solar INSTALLATION industry, as it stands today, needs to be decimated. Generally speaking, that segment is predatory and misleading, and uses the same tactics car dealers do where they talk only about monthly payment and not interest or term. Solar Installers are in the...

I have an idea that might help... On your internet router, create a Port Forward rule with an arbitrary port number you can remember, and in the Forwarding rule have it point to the IP of the Insight and translate to SSL port 443. (You can set the Insight to a Static IP Address, and I always...

This might help with some of the voltage setpoints. It's a slide I pulled from one of Schneider's videos that explains the points at which the XW Pro changes modes internally. The LBCO+1.0V is not a clearly documented setpoint, for example, and you cannot see it or change it but it is there.

Hello, I don't work here I just lurk and cause problems, but with that out of the way - welcome! Okay, so the 2 AGM batteries and their 30amp charger are outgoing. Good - you cannot mix AGM and LiPO4 on the same DC system. Since you're new, I need to ask, are you aware of the low temperature...

A few items: I think that this is too many devices for the single XANBUS on an Insight Home. You're going to need Insight Facility for this because it's got 2 XANBUS networks. I'd probably put the MPPTs and Disconnect RSs on one, the 2 XW Pros, AGS, and BattMon on the other. A characteristic...

To your point - YES supercapacitors are a fantastic compliment to lead-acid batteries because a sufficient bank of them allows prevents voltage sag on the DC bus when a surge load hits. Your capacitor bank needs a voltage rating high enough to handle the most possible voltage your DC bus could...