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Machine458

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  1. Machine458 replied to Machine458's topic in Inverters
    Nope nothing on this one that's why I'm asking
  2. Machine458 replied to Machine458's topic in Inverters
    I have the mecer sol-i-ax-3m24 hybrid inverter it's only got a USB type b underneath no other ports
  3. Machine458 posted a topic in Inverters
    Good evening I have a mecer 3kw inverter I was wondering is there a way to add Bluetooth to it without adding a raspberry Pi
  4. When is the draw for the 5kw and how do we enter for this one
  5. Is this still available? Il DM you tomorrow
  6. On the website that you posted it says maximum continuous discharge is 100a and maximum pulse discharge at 200a for 30s. Which should give off 4.6kw at 1c rating. Remember when wiring the inverter into your house you can select essential and non essential loads. Your average discharge is about 420w if you take 10kw per day and divide by 24h. But because this is an average you will have higher discharge at times during the day then at night so at night the batter should last just over 10 hours but vacuuming during the day with a 1800w vacuum the battery should last 2 hours. 2 of those batteries in parallel because of current sharing would be the minimum I would run the 8kv inverter from but best would be 3 but being expandable you can do these at a later stage. This should get you through loadshedding most days. Without noticing if the power is even off. Then get panels as you can but atleast you are starting in the right direction Just my 2c from what I understand and what we have running at home
  7. Is it a 24v or 48v system because the 24v would only take in 2900w and 48v is 5800w pv
  8.    Chris Louw reacted to a post in a topic: Discharge current/capacity
  9. I think my problem is is it's getting through the bulk charge but not float charging 100% so my reading of full charge isn't actually full because as iv been using less the putting in its getting better. I need more panels so I reach float charge earlier in the day my charge controller is still putting in 2-3 amps to the battery at 2pm so if I can charge quicker I can hopefully get the battery full quicker and flowy for longer then maintenance charge in the afternoon instead of still trying to charge the batteries
  10. I don't have anything connected to the grid for charging. So purely solar the load during the day is just the router and inverter. If I check the victron bmv702 with the shunt it says in drawing On average with no input about 52w during the day. Constant draw it says it's going to 100% SoC
  11. Car they be shipped? Courier guy maybe? I'm interested in both
  12. Good morning Iv got a small solar setup with a 30a charge controller, 300w 24v panel open circuit voltage is 44v, 4 100ah gel batteries connected in series parallel to make in theory 24v and 200ah or 4800wh, victron bmv702 connected directly to the battery bank, and an 800w victron inverter, all linked as close as possible to each other. While monitoring iv got TV running off the system and router for internet with no solar input (at night) I'm drawing between 100w and 150w. With this load I seem to be getting to 22v after only 4 hours. That's only 600wh and the inverter shuts off from low SoC. The batteries are new. Can anyone give me advice why calculations and real world are so far off?
  13. Iv been reading the replies here and I'm new to the group was wondering on your setup how are you checking the watts coming it I noticed on my father-in-laws macer 5kv that's even with 4kw of panels it only seems to draw what it requires so if we look at his history of input it is constant with the output with zero grid use and batteries at 100% SoC so maybe if you not seeing full watt draw is it maybe that you are not using that much power
  14. Good morning I'm new to this forum and was wondering if the inverter is still available I'm keen just can't afford battery at the moment

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