You could use an MPPT charge controller to get maximum power out of the Solar panel and generate a 48V output and then use a DC to DC converter to convert that 48V to 180VDC....but that is what the first stage of that inverter would have done. :-) I cant think of an easy solution other than a...
I came across an additional study published in March of this year that does testing on LFP batteries repeatedly charged at −10 °C so I wanted to update this thread. This study focused on overcharging and so they used relatively high cutoff voltages of 3.65V, 4.0V, 4.4V, and 4.8V. They used CC-CV...
Do you have a kill-a-watt meter or a clamp meter to measure actual current? This would be very useful for your tests but I understand you don't have more money to spend on this project.
With a clamp meter (~$40) you can measure the actual solar output by measuring the DC current with the clamp...