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    RSD Between Tigo and Sol-Ark 15k

    With the 15k, if you press the Emergency Stop button, you lose all power to the load panel?
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    RSD Between Tigo and Sol-Ark 15k

    Hello, I've been searching for the "best" way to enable RSD with the Tigo Optimizers and EPO with the Sol-Ark 15k. From what I've seen, the best method seems to be using pins 15 & 16 on the Sol Ark to drive a relay at the Tigo CCA. After that, there have been two methods. 1. Relay NC...
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    Advice on running conduit through a standing seam metal roof

    Everything I found was no more than 3 90's in a pull. I have a little less than 3. The final bend to get on the roof is about 67°. I have an LB at each end. This shows a little better. (And also my first ever conduit bend so I didn't think I did too bad.)
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    Advice on running conduit through a standing seam metal roof

    I just went through the same thing and just wrapped around the roof. If I ever change my mind, it's easy to remove.
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    Finally done with my DIY Solar install - field report. (CA USA, 9.5kW Enphase)

    Very nice! Have any pics of your sled in action?
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    NW OH DIY Roof Mount Solar

    Finished my 3rd battery pack!
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    NW OH DIY Roof Mount Solar

    I got the BMS and Sol-Ark talking with the BMS in parallel. It turned out to be super easy, just set the master dipswitch to 0 and the first to 1 and it worked. It reports up to the Sol-Ark everything that's needed. I got my roof mounted transition panel and the conduit up to it ran but I...
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    Multiple N-G Bonds - Want to fix

    Well that wasn't a fun process but it's done! The ATS is now my primary N-G bonding point and all the grounds have been separated from the neutrals at my main panel. At the same time, pulled new 2/0 copper to my inverter and I would say the cleaning up the N/G issue took longer than pulling...
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    NW OH DIY Roof Mount Solar

    2nd battery pack up and running! Got the JK BMS and the Sol-Ark to talk over CAN. Still need to figure out how to get the BMS's to talk in Parallel but I can actually test it now.
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    DIY 280AH battery JK BMS JK-PB2A16S20P Canbus to SMA 5048

    I tested last night and got my JK talking to the Sol-Ark 15k. A straight through cable would have probably worked but I swapped one pin for the GND connection.
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    DIY 280AH battery JK BMS JK-PB2A16S20P Canbus to SMA 5048

    Thanks! That explains better why they counted above 8 now.
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    DIY 280AH battery JK BMS JK-PB2A16S20P Canbus to SMA 5048

    Thanks for posting this! I'm just getting ready to wire my JKBMS up to my Sol-Ark and this is great information to have.
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    NW OH DIY Roof Mount Solar

    I ditched my 3D printed face plates and used some a guy in town laser cut for me. They turned out awesome!!!
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    NW OH DIY Roof Mount Solar

    It's been terrible! The only days it turns out to be nice, it shows rain a few days ahead so I schedule something else. I'm about 1.5 hrs south of you! Thanks from 45814!
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    NW OH DIY Roof Mount Solar

    So far I'm pretty impressed with the 15k, it's been easy to work with so far. Saturday is supposed to be nice so I'm hoping to finish up getting my mounting rails on the roof and start working on some of the wiring. I'm really looking forward to throwing some PV power at the Sol-Ark.
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