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Kind of off topic, but since you solved your issue... Where did you get this unit? :)

I was thinking the same thing. I only put up 9 panels with XR100, but it was so easy. The hardest part was carrying the panels up the ladder by myself. I actually just balanced them on a six foot ladder, climbed up, and then pulled the panels up one at a time. They are only 40lbs, so it is not...

Not sure what the appeal is for these kind of batteries other than they are in a tidy package. You can 230ah cells for $110 each and make a 230ah/12v battery pretty easily for about the same price. You could run a pack like that so conservatively, that you could get away with not using a BMS.

I have panels all over the place. Pretty much everywhere, but where they belong (on my roof). I have ten 325W laid out on the back patio, six 325w stacked against the wall, eleven 325w in the garage, and a trio of 250w in the garage.

There is a video on the LV2424 that shows the model:

Very interested in how this turns out. I think that is an aggressive price for a 11kwh? plug and play powerwall.

I ground everything to one of these: https://www.homedepot.com/p/ERICO-5-8-in-x-8-ft-Copper-Ground-Rod-615880UPC/202195738

Lol! I am not the OP, but I am still building my house :p And boy did my plans change.

You can buy most of west Texas for $50... but it's only worth $25... :p Seriously though, I have seen as low as $500 an acre around Van Horn, and that's what is listed on the internet. If you drive around you can find cheaper, but it is in the middle of nowhere and is a FLAT piece of land with...

I use a 50 foot 12awg extension cord for my Ryobi to LV2424. Should be similar for the Growatt I would think. If you are going to run the generator at max (2200w?)10awg would probably be better. I set my LV2424 software to 10A max input (1200w) so the generator doesn't scream :p

As long as you do not exceed the SCC voltage rating you should be ok, but within reason. I am over on wattage by about 10%, bet well under the voltage max. I also have used panels, and they are not pointed optimally so there is a lot of safety margin. 7kw of panels is a lot of power. I would...

I think the one listed in the details of the video above and the unit actually in the video are two different units, but either should work. A 250w panel is usually 30ish volts and 8ish amps, so if you series the two panels you get 60v and 8a (both well below the rated) or parallel 30v and 16a...

I ordered a hub today mostly just to see the info on the screen, but I can try to hook it up to one of my LVX6048's when I get it. Not the same unit obviously, but it is Voltronic and probably has the same general protocols.

$175 for the mainboard, plus shipping from Taiwan. I decided to move on from this inverter (yeah, sucks since I paid $1600 for it when it was all the rage). I replaced it with a spare EG4 6000EX that I had bought last year for $1000 shipped, but I have an SRNE 10K mounted to the wall that I...

Really nice setup! Are you worried at all about the cells expanding?

For a single MPPT controller, you want all the panels facing the same direction. The controller is going to poll all the strings and look for the best voltage to get the most output, so if you have one string with high voltage and another with low, the MPPT is going to try to compensate which...

I paid $850 for my used 24v BYDs (x2) and managed a reliable 6kwh out of them so far. Who knows how long they will last, but I felt they where a good deal (can't find them now). If you are getting 13kwh for $1300, I would consider that a great deal! Wish there was local USA stock at that price.

I would put in a claim against both batteries with your credit card. Let them figure out how to transport the batteries. You should have received a receipt listing what was ordered for the first shipment, so assuming it was for 48v, that is on them (if you made the mistake, then you are on the...

Option 3 24V 9 250w solar panels (Santan ~$650) MPP LV2424 or Growatt 24/3000 ~$700-800 (8) 6V batteries - You have a friend in the battery business $? Combiner box $150 with breakers Wire $100 (12awg from the panels, 8awg from the combiner to the SCC, 2awg from batteries to SCC, fuse on the...

You can massage these packs to continue to work if you have a runner. You can parallel a cell into the runner to bring it in line with the others. It probably wont look pretty, but it can be done. Here is an example (not my setup) on the old BYD packs...

4P = 1340w (assuming you get a banner output). The controller will take that 1340w and convert it into 24vdc to charge the batteries. 1340w/24v=56a of charging. As long as your battery is big enough to take 56a at once, you will be fine.

No, you will be fine if I am understanding 2x170ah to equal 340ah? They just don't want you pushing 2000w of solar into a 5ah battery :) The max charge rate of the controller should be less or equal to the max charge rate of the battery(s).

I think that is a copy of the electric bill and not in $USD. 20000 JD = $130USD if my Google is correct...

Yeah, I think that is how I want to proceed as well. I just sent them a request. Kind of kicking myself for moving so quickly on the two LVXs last year as I really didn't start using them until July of this year. I only got a megawatt out of one before it blew up and I was fortunate to have a...

Yes, two separate inputs. No, it will be ~238v per input which leaves a 5% cushion (which is cutting it pretty close if you live in an area that gets cold).

How much space do they have for panels? Is security and issue (will ground mount be stolen?) Are there permits and codes to deal with? First glance this system screams a MPP Solar/Growatt type all in one, a bunch of panels, LiFePo batteries, and a lot of that sweet Jamaican sun.. I would...

Right now I have the lofty goal of pulling about 600 watts a day for exterior lighting from this setup. Well, and not electrocute myself or fall off the roof, but these are not deal breakers... :)

"listed and identified" does not mention UL. Ultimately you will be dealing with your city/county and power provider (if you need grid) to approve, but as written, UL is not the only listing body that will satisfy.

I think you are under paneled, but if it is working then you are good. You could run the panels in parallel and face each one in a slightly different direction to extend your solar day to lower the charge rate, but assuming you running this configuration at 12v, my fuzzy math says 640w/12v=53a...

That looks like something out of a Bond movie... I think you have 13.72 seconds left to live... :p