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  1. There is no need to push your lead acids so high each day, 14.3volts per battery is a tad high in my books Go and edit your settings in the Victron App and dial it back a bit My Mecer 2400VA permanently shows 27.2 volts for the 24v array when connected to ESKOM, and only goes to 28.4v when recharging after loadshedding.
  2.    WannabeSolarSparky reacted to a post in a topic: Kw/Watt hour meter
  3. I am running a 25 Amp SONOFF from Communica for R750 and love it, it gives me monthly reports based on my daily consumption for last 3 months, I have set it to only switch on in the mornings before I shower for 45 minutes, so far very happy with the results. Ignore the cost, I just entered R2.90 per unit and I know that is higer than what I am actually billed for. R750 from Communica https://www.communica.co.za/products/sonoff-energy-monitor-pow-r3?variant=39438047150153 Here you can see in April I consumed 42 units and there was a spike on the 16th coz I manually overrode the geyser to be on longer as I had 3 loads of dishes to do 😆
  4. This looks awesome, well done. Is this a grid tied system?
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  8. Then that is a damn good deal you have there for under 5 grand a battery
  9. What did you use as fuses here? I see lots of people using 1/8Watt resistor legs
  10. That's pretty good for a battery Aren't those second life batteries?
  11. 18650 replied to Bl4d3's topic in Batteries
    Charger has just arrived and I can confirm it is the V2.2 model Thanx Scoobs
  12. 18650 replied to Bl4d3's topic in Batteries
    Thanx a million, I saw that earlier on but thought it wasn't V2.2 as they do not mention anything about the resistance testing. I will order 1 thank you
  13. 18650 replied to Bl4d3's topic in Batteries
    This I see the Opus BT-C3100 v2.2 has the battery resistance tester also built into it. Does anyone know if we can buy these locally? I only find it overseas https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01852TBOU/?coliid=I18VWS8Z2AGWHA&colid=731MJRD5SVTB&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
  14. 18650 replied to Bl4d3's topic in Batteries
    Would you guys recommend this one for testing the mA on 2nd hand 18650 batteries? https://www.banggood.com/LiitoKala-LII-S4-LCD-Smart-Battery-Charger-4-Slot-Charger-for-18650-26650-18350-NiMH-AA-p-1634408.html?cur_warehouse=CN&rmmds=search What did you end up buying @Bl4d3 ?

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