Recent content by wildbillpdx

I bought six EG4 LifePower4 batteries...I kept one box. I still have my EG4 6000ex box in case it fails and I need a 6000xp for a replacement. :)

Hence another reason I decided to buy a new combiner.

Not trying to combine different voltage PV strings. I have four strings with 200watt panels at 279v/3.59a and one of 273.6v/10.82a. Was planning to connect two of the 200watt strings together in parallel and then connecting to combiner. I just bought a larger, more capable combiner with 6 inputs.

Oops...missed that completely. :fp2

Per SA yes...see this link. https://solar-assistant.io/help/battery/sok

I second SA:

How do you have your batteries connected? Picture?

Per the SA settings above, battery type is user, so probably no communication.

You said you have two 6500 inverters...both with PV? Parallel? How are they configured?

What is the power draw for the inverters? You are probably drawing more power than the panels can generate based on your SA screen.

I've got a Pi3 attached to a 6000ex and six EG4 LifePower4 batteries. It's been working fine for me. I have a regular 15a outlet wired to my inverter which provides power to the Pi along with a small UPS to keep it running. From what I understand, there may not be a terminal interface on SA...

From page 4 of the LifePower4 battery manual: WARNING: Do NOT parallel batteries by using jumper wires on the terminals. This will cause high amperage in the final jumpers and potentially excessive amperage on the battery terminals.

I am not wealthy but I installed solar for a number of reasons. First, it's good for the environment. Any power I produce for myself is completely clean energy. PGE uses natural gas and coal to generate some power, in addition to wind and solar so not completely green. Second, it reduces my...

Found this Eco-Worthy 6 string combiner. https://www.ebay.com/itm/126284202507 It has a max of 15amps and 500vdc per string. Using this with all 5 strings at 25.18amps, would I be safe connecting to the EG4 6000ex with the 27amp limit on PV input?

I think I'm going to need to drop one string from the combiner box to make this work. That would bring the amps down to 21.59 but leave my wattage at 5965. Still need some input on using the branch connector to join the combiner output with the last string to feed the inverter. Seems like it...