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deserthogtac

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    deserthogtac reacted to Speedster in Sizing a string for SunSynk 5KW Inverter   
    I'd rather hook it up to the Aux port.
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    deserthogtac reacted to Energy-Jason in Sunsynk to Wind Turbine   
    @Powerforum Store Steve has successfully done this. Steve please do share your wisdom. He intergrated it with a wind grid tie inverter.
    Sincerely
    Jason
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    deserthogtac reacted to TimCam in Sunsynk 5kw and hubble AM2 5kw   
    We need to see the battery settings, and have you had a cable made up, and connected between the inverter and battery?
    The cable that comes with the Hubble AM-2 battery is only to be used between two or more batteries, not to the inverter.
    If you go to the Hubble website and look for Sunsynk setup, all will be explained there.
    Don't forget the DIP switch settings too.👍
     
    Welcome to the great world of power independence. 😆
    I notice by your first picture, you are on of the "lucky" ones.
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    deserthogtac reacted to dragoon in Sunsynk 5kw and hubble AM2 5kw   
    Hi guys,
    I am hoping someone can assist, as my inverter does not seem to want to charge my battery fully.
    It only seems to trickle charge and I have tried playing around with the settings, but can't figure out how to get it fully charged.



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    deserthogtac reacted to Yellow Measure in Tesup - ATLAS2.0 - Review   
    Did you manage to sort it out, and how is the unit performing?
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    Good evening from a new member.
    So, the journey has started for us too. Our roof faces 12° West of North and a slope of 40°. Split level. I planned the roof layout on Cad and started the painstakingly slow process of attaching the hooks to the trusses. Using the Variosole railing system. Due to the slope of the roof I had to be very careful to prevent ending up in hospital with a broken something. After two weeks of working for an hour or two after work it was done. Those huge PV panels were glaring at me from a distance. I devised a lifting & sliding mechanism with a rope on a pulley to hoist then pull the panels up against the roof. (I am doing all this alone - so it's up and down the ladder 10 times per panel...) At 51 years of age your body feels the aches after a while.... The panel installation went smoothly - took another week or so to get them all up. I reticulated the wiring in Bosal conduit fixed to the railing. 4 strings, 8 & 6 panels grouping x 2. The reason for the unequal numbers due to expected shading on part of the roof. I decided to group the shaded panels in the two sets with 6 panels each. When I was about 3/4 done with the larger roof section I noticed the panels are slightly miss aligned and are dropping off on one side. I had to work from one side and do both rows in one go due to the slope. When all the panels were up I had to go back and do adjustments to align properly. I could not face looking at skew panels every day. (I have been told that I do need to seek professional help for my problem and I will - but only when I'm finished and happy....)
    I have now reached the point of mounting the electrical equipment and switchgear in the garage - and hence registering on this forum. I am not an electrician. I do however intend to install this system so that any worthy electrician will be envious. The equipment layout has been planned and I'm busy putting up the P8200 trunking to house the wiring. There will be two ducts alongside each other to split A/C & D/C cables.
    I have a few questions and I am sure as I go along more questions will come up. I'm hoping some of you friendly folks will be able to assist with your experience and knowledge and help a mechanical man with electrical know-how please?
    I will be connecting the two 5.5kW hybrid inverters in parallel to give us 11kW. I have read the training manual and watched Keith Gough's training videos. There is so little good technical literature out there! I find it frustrating sometimes. Anyways - The freedomwon battery has 4 power cables. Would I be assuming correct that after the inverters are connected in parallel that I can wire one set of cables to each inverter? I do realise this is a  stupid question - (and there will be many more!) I just want to make 100% sure that what I'm doing is right. Would really appreciate your feedback and tolerance for all the dumb questions that will follow. Oh, and if someone needs advice on how to install man alone against a steep slope - I can offer my experience and share pics of the devices I made to help make it easier.
    Below a few sketches of the planning phase and how it turned out eventually. (Still need to make some alignment adjustments on the bottom row). Rest of the work is now in the garage.



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