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  • Post in thread: Dock solar ground?

    Lots of things, but the 6000xp is so cheap, it made sense to just get it. I mounted my solar panels yesterday on the boat house roof. Still waiting on cabinet to be built, so I can install the inverter and breaker panel. Thanks!
  • Post in thread: Dock solar ground?

    I'd say brackish because I'm off the intercoastal Waterway in VA. Appreciate all your help!
  • Post in thread: Need 4 panels at 50v each

    I figured it out. Thank you! Dale
  • Post in thread: 6000xp stops charging battery randomly

    Anyone else having issues charging their non eg4 battery from grid on the 6000xp? I have an Epoch 48v 50ah lifepo4 and the 6000xp randomly stops charging. I have it set to lead acid at 50ah. I've set the starting charge v to 52 and end v to 58.4. Once I enable ac charge, it will start...
  • Post in thread: Dock solar ground?

    Hey All, Can't find much on this topic, but conflicting information. I'm installing a 6000xp on a boat dock with 4 solar panels feeding power. Do I need to ground the solar panels to something? Shore is 300' away and I've heard you don't need to ground out there over the water to I should run a...
  • Post in thread: Solar Assistant vs. Home Assistant

    Sweet. Notifications coming this month. Hopefully.....
  • Post in thread: Dock solar ground?

    Thanks much 12volt. Looks like gfcis are the way to go and I already planned on using all gfcis in my panel. I don't have a lot of circuits. Lights, outlets, 4 lift motors on 3 different circuits. I wonder if afci/gfci are the way to go. Appreciate your wisdom! Dale
  • Post in thread: Sol-Ark, EG4 Communications Hub/LifePower4 - Solar Assistant configuration

    Props to the OP on figuring this out. They added this to the manual, but using hubs. I have almost the exact same setup, but unfortunately I have 18 batteries and not enough unique dip switch combos for this to quite work. I had to separate my battery banks and use the same dip switches...
  • Post in thread: Communications between Sol-Ark 15k and EG4 Communications Panel

    Just an update on my 18 eg4 batteries through the comm hub to the solark. My comm hub defaults to 57.6v for all charging categories. All batteries stay pretty much at 99% idle, with the solark 15k drawing 100w idle. I still would like to get the comm hub to feed individual battery Socs to the...
  • Post in thread: Dock solar grounding

    Moved Thanks! Dale
  • Post in thread: Solar Assistant vs. Home Assistant

    I'm looking for notifications. Pv pro sucks. It doesn't even detect grid down and doesn't send any email notifications at all. Does SA send notifications reliably? I need something better.
  • Post in thread: Closed Loop Comms between Sol-Ark 15k and EG4 LL batteries

    Bumping this thread back up. I just bought a rack of Lifepower 4s and is there any issue with the Solark15k still? I'm installing my Solark15k for the first time and hoping this was all fixed. Thank you, Dale
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