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Well I got my 2 units installed last night, this morning I double checked everything and then fired them up. They seem to be working flawlessly, I just ran a load of laundry through the washer and had zero issues. My LVX6048'S power really gave my washing machine a problem. I had zero dimming of...

Just wanted to say thanks to all that helped me through my journey into solar electric freedom. Today my system produced 27,280 watt hours before it filled my 1200ah 48v battery bank. I've been off the electric grid for a week now. I have 6.6kw of solar panels.

My shipping label was created today! 2 units on the way.

My 2 units arrived. Thank you @currentconnected. Merry Christmas to me!

I use my local Lowe's prices, so far they have the best prices. I do agree bigger is better, especially if I make changes in the future. I can get 12awg (solid) for 106$ per 500ft, 10awg (stranded) for 159$ per 500ft. 8awg for 239$ per 500ft

I just checked again with a different cheap multi meter and got different results. Apparently it is a bad meter. Thanks for the help

I'm pretty sure you answered a different question I had about fusing or using a breaker on the positive or negative side of the battery bank, you told me the positive side needs to have the breaker. No mention of the negative cable in your previous answer. I'm just a newbie trying to figure it...

Does it matter which side of the battery you fuse? + or -

Thanks for all the replies!

If you have 2 mppt inputs per inverter then you can split up the 9 panels between the 2 inputs and you won't go over voltage. You would go over voltage if you ran all 9 panels in series to 1 input.

This makes since because I just brought the 2nd inverter online and haven't done any configuration on it yet. Thank you.

Lol, I don't plan on any inspections?. I will be completely off grid, and if I do have to reconnect to the grid it will be as simple as turning one breaker off and flipping another breaker on. I just want it to be functional and safe, thank you for the reply.

This might be an option What do you think of this?

I'm thinking 12 to 16 panels at 395 watt capacity, see the links in my above post.

If I use the lynx power in busbar would the mega fuses be adequate to isolate the individual batteries?

Thank you

Are these adequate for a busbar? They are copper. DaierTek 300A Bus Bar 12V Marine 12V Power Distribution Block with Cover 6 x 3/8" (M10) Terminal Studs Max 300V AC 48V DC Positive & Ground Busbar for Automotive Car Boat https://a.co/d/aCCRQfp

If I'm reading my features correctly https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1DjAmpMf9ijO_V0amyoP-y3pkWe1ibPV62zvKXrcW6D4/htmlview# I only have 1 pv input per lvx6048. So at most I can only run 2 sets of wires down. I do plan on running 2 sets of wires down. To get the most out of all my...

Those specs came from overkill bms. They test each bms before they send them out. Hopefully my cells are matched, I bought them that way supposedly ? After they're done top balancing and have had a few days to settle, I will probably put cells of similar voltage together. Not sure if that's a...

Thanks for your reply

I know this is an old thread, but maybe you could implement a solar water heater to offset your electricity consumption. They can be scaled up or down to fit any hot water needs. Once completed the electricity needs are next to nothing to heat the water. Builditsolar.com has a ton of DIY examples.

Did you ever figure out if it was AC induction on the unterminated wires? I'm having a similar issue and trying to troubleshoot the problem. My lvx 6048 seems to put out AC voltage everywhere. I measured 100v AC voltage from L1 L2 to my garage door track, I also measured 83V AC to a random 5ft...

I believe you can do it that way with this inverter. If you want to play it safe, you can run 4 into input 1, and 4 into input 2 for inverter1. Then on the 2nd inverter you can run 5 into input 1 and 5 into input 2.

Cuttler hammer style breakers. Assuming that's the manufacturer. Thanks for the reply

Is there any options for diy batteries?

Yes, hot and neutral to solar panels. And a ground wire to bond the solar panel frames back to the main earth ground.

I'm in north America

2) Ok, positive and negative wires to PV panels. I get DC voltage from the panels when checking the positive and negative wires like you would expect. I was getting a shock touching the panels and kneeling on the damp ground after I hooked up the panels to the inverter a couple days ago so I...

Yeah, at this point I don't plan on doing any kind of substantial capacity testing. I am at almost a month of constant charging to get them sort of top balanced. (Close, but not all the way to 3.65v) I just need to get the system running.

They are mounted on a wood frame and the panels don't make contact with the ground at all.