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Hi I Have 24 panels on my carport routhly @ 5 deg and added 1 clip to each panel at the point where I had the most stagnating water. If I have to guess it reduced the dust/mud/water mark about 50%. The clips were cheap as chips so any improvement was worth it for me. I actually ended up installing more panels on my house roof to make up for my losses ,especially during the winter months when the sun sits lower.

Hi Markus Yes I did and they actually do make a difference on my setup.

Will be fine as the constant rating for the pylontech cable is a 100A

Yes I have fong kong inverters that doesn't support coms between the inverter and the pylontechs. Two and half years in and zero issues.Touch wood. It was a self install. Monitoring is done via a laptop and Multisibcontrol. I initially ran them at 53,2v and then later changed it to 52,5v max after some recommendations from the forum.

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I agree, I ended up installing additional panels on my house roof (angled) and haven't looked back.

Hi Flat panels should give you some extra power during the day,mainly mid-day. Something to concider is that any moisture will just sit on the panels, most of my panels are mounted on a carport with about 5 deg slope and I always get a dust build up on the bottom edge of my panels wich needs to be washed of regularly.From my personel experience I would suggest to rather slope your pannels. I went as far as getting a few of these drainage clips to try and fix the problem. It works, but only so-so.

This is ten to one a third party using their website.(online store only item)Real chancers if you ask me. I see this on the Leroy Merlin , Takealot and other sites as-well.

I saw these clips on AliExpress, suppose to help with standing water on your solar panels if they are installed fairly flat. Has anyone tried this or anything like it. Whats your thoughts? I ordered a few to try in anyway and should get it I think by November.

Might be better to run your cables to a bus bar,then through a battery disconnect fuse and from there proper sized cable to your inverter. Can't really comment without pictures to know what you have.

That sounds right.

Hi Matt Welcome to the forum. I came across this calculator that might help you.https://photovoltaic-software.com/solar-tools/voltage-drop-calculator-dc-ac You are correct ,the shed would be a better option cause shading on solar panels is a big no no.

https://leroymerlin.co.za/auto-wire-stripper-dexter-200mm?sfdr_ptcid=32806_617_516943601&sfdr_hash=acc169d44d67b8b3a5a384144a3be786&gclid=CjwKCAjwoqGnBhAcEiwAwK-OkUhJmcnA2sHecntKNG80AuKwKLia9wCPlvcEq8ndKzU55dQyGZsMJRoC-GgQAvD_BwE This wire stripper that Talia posted is a crimper as-well..2 IN 1 TOOL.

Hi Rudbot. I suggest posting a picture of your setup so that the people can see what cables you have plugged in where and what battery you have.Mecer or pylontech.?

Hi MotVisagie. You are correct.40A breaker will limit your system. Provided the correct cable is used you should be able to go with the standard 63A breaker. I,m no electrician so please verify this.

Hi Westie With 3 xUS3000c batteries the cable becomes the limiting factor 2) For battery system connects to inverters: Two long power cables (current capacity 120A, constant 100A) and one communication cable for each energy storage( Pylontech manual pg 12)

Hi Richard I think an error creeped in when you first measured your daily usage of your geyser. My 3kw 150L kwikot geyser uses about 8kw per day and that is for two people.(as per astute timer) I assume your 4kw geyser is at least 200L so surely your element will have to run more than 1h 15min to heat that up at least once.

Im not sure if this is applicable to your setup. My Fake Axpert panels needed to be told that they are in parallel. 28= PAL t

It's kinda sad when people ONLY look at C ratings when they pick a battery brand.

Hi Reet I've been running Pylontechs over a year now and battery health sits at 98%, wich puts it on par with the 20%projected loss for 10 years. It just works. If you ask me there is only one brand you should look at.

If its a axpert type try setting 20. 20 Backlight on (default) LON backlight off LOF

I,ve never seen the short power link cables for sale. It's usually in the box with the battery. Maybe an installer has some laying arround that they are willing to part with. Hope you come right.

They are normally supplied with the battery. Those are just normal lan cables.Im sure you can have some made up.

Have a look at the CBI astute range for your geyser timer. Very popular.

Great , Glad you are sorted.What was the solution at the end of the day.?