theoriginalgiga
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Of course, also verified I'm not neutral bonded in multiple locations as well.Ground connected ?
Of course, also verified I'm not neutral bonded in multiple locations as well.Ground connected ?
I am going to need a link to what ever fourm the home assistant guys go to to start getting my learn on.One thing that hasn't been mentioned about solar assistant is it can be integrated with home assistant. You can build protocols and controls around the data. Say you don't want to run your ac when your battery is below say 50% you can set limits for that. Or if you're producing extra solar, instead of having it go to waste you could swap your water heater from gas to electric (would be a big win in a travel trailer). Monitoring the on board temp probes when the temp gets tol high or low, kick on fans or heaters for the battery room. The more data you can tap into the more you can automate.
A great example, I'm building temp probes that tie into home assistant for my trailer so when I'm out and it's hot during the day it turns on the ac to say 76. I like it chilly out but I'm also cheap so when the temp outside falls below 76 it'll shut off the ac and fire up my exhaust fan and blow cool air into the trailer until it his 65, at that point it'll shut off the fan. And in the morning run the fan until it's above 76 in the trailer and shut off the fan and turn on the ac. All of that can be scripted in home assistant. Now tie battery status into that if you're running a system off grid you can see how powerful that can be.
Another example, say you have a solar array further from your house/out of line of site and it's snowing. You can monitor the input of the solar, compare to your average and if it's below the average it can email you that the panels are inhibited.
Or say you have a remote getaway that's powered by solar but has internet. It can tell you there's a problem and you can setup systems to maintain critical items (say a fridge) to shed load to all but that and message you there's a problem.
All I'm saying is theore data you have the more you can tinker and do crazy cool things with
This should be a good start for you.I am going to need a link to what ever fourm the home assistant guys go to to start getting my learn on.
Tell me about it! Just figuring out the technical portion of the sensors to get proper reporting has been a nightmare. On top of understanding electronics, you need to know how to code in a few languages and getting it all to talk.... So challenging.I tried getting into home assistant several months back. I actually watched this video above ^, but man oh man is it SO MUCH WORK. It is an incredible amount of skill you have to learn and understand too, if you have no idea what you are already doing.
Say what?Come on boys and girls. Can we keep with the facts, not heresay. That SA has been reported in a number of inverter failures whether explained or unexplained is well noted. I’m an idiot in such matters but “Read the posts” before you connect an SA. Then make a judgement as to whether the risk/reward equation works out.
If you are an expert (real, not self defined) on what SA does and does not do in its communication with any inverter then go ahead.
That sounds awful to use. Does someone have a more expensive system that works without tinkering?Tell me about it! Just figuring out the technical portion of the sensors to get proper reporting has been a nightmare. On top of understanding electronics, you need to know how to code in a few languages and getting it all to talk.... So challenging.
I was going to ask this today -- but it seems you do it -- was it acceptable or a bad idea to use different battery manufacturers, if the AH was the same?Will, this may be the case, volume wise, service wise I can only speak for myself and the times I have needed support/warranty.
What I expected as a minimum in customer support/service was not meet!
I have had no problems in dealing with Sol-Ark, I have had an answer to all question asked with in 0.5 Hours to 24.
I have asked signature solar about various things, inverter and battery, just to get vague answers.
(Why are my SOH/Charge amps different on my EG4 lifepower batteries) with less than 100 cycles they were at 97.3, 97.5, 98.4 SOH, 54.5v all say 100Ah.
S.S ANSWER TO THIS WAS TO LET THEM DISCHARGE TO 20%. This did not reset anything. I set inverter to charge to 57.2V (2x jackipers/2 x trophy/and 1x overkill solar with same batteries in eg4s all @100 SOH.
It does not matter the manufacturer, or capacity, so long as they are the same chemistry, they will play nice with each other.I was going to ask this today -- but it seems you do it -- was it acceptable or a bad idea to use different battery manufacturers, if the AH was the same?
Could you elaborate on the why?If I were a distributor I wouldn't offer a warranty if people were using SA.
I noticed @HighTechLab advertises this splitter to add functionality for SA. I wonder if CC is seeing any of these claimed SA failures with the MPP or any other inverters they sell.I'm surprised SS or anyone else would.
That appears to be the case based on what the op found.But if they are seeing 60V on that port when they shouldn't, and that's before using SA, it's defective.
I can't argue that, SA has excellent support the few times I have contacted them.I don't think SS should offer any support for SA either.
Curious on different capacity -- if they are all tied to the same bus bar and one is larger capacity, wouldn't that affect the other batteries discharge? Or are you thinking the BMS will just kick in and cut off the battery? I don't run my batteries below 20%. So if I had a battery with save 30% more capacity than the rest, wouldn't those smaller batteries attempt to run under my desired 20% or until the BMS kicks in?It does not matter the manufacturer, or capacity, so long as they are the same chemistry, they will play nice with each other.
So here's my hot take on it. Working in IT almost all commercial equipment use a serial rs232 connection through an rj45 connector. After going through the manual twice reading the sections on plugging into the rj45 port and there being no mention it uses non standard wiring or calling it a proprietary dongle any person would assume they're using the industry standard for wiring, which they aren't. If EG4/SS (as stated before they're owned by the same person) had disclosed this fact, that would make a world of difference but they didn't so if my assumptions I made are right, at best there's negligence involved from the vendor which puts it on them for damage to the dataplane due to lack of circuit protection and non standard wiring. At worst with voltage leakage on the port could have hurt someone and lack of isolation is astounding to me.If I were a distributor I wouldn't offer a warranty if people were using SA.
I'm surprised SS or anyone else would. But if they are seeing 60V on that port when they shouldn't, and that's before using SA, it's defective.
I don't think SS should offer any support for SA either.
If you have a 900ah battery in parallel with a 100ah battery, then the 900ah battery will provide 90% of the load, and the 100ah will provide 10% of the load.Curious on different capacity -- if they are all tied to the same bus bar and one is larger capacity, wouldn't that affect the other batteries discharge? Or are you thinking the BMS will just kick in and cut off the battery? I don't run my batteries below 20%. So if I had a battery with save 30% more capacity than the rest, wouldn't those smaller batteries attempt to run under my desired 20% or until the BMS kicks in?