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Hi. I had  off 200ah 12v gel batteries on my solar  system. It worked fine for nearly 4 years. Then it packed up (the batteries). So I bought a Greenrich U-P5000. My inverter is a SOL-I-AX-5P. I also have 3 off 300w solar panels connected to the inverter. And recently I bought a Raspberry Pi with the correct software and the correct cable from ICC. Connected everything upas per instructions. (Oh yes and i had a Solar expert? here to set up my inverter) Now I have the problem Nether my Util or my Solar panels charges the batery full. The inverter keeps on showing the batery is charging. But it only lights up 5 green lights of the six.  And the (settings 4) page doesn't show the batteries is charging. I need the correct setting for the raspberry pi. Im adding some screen shots of the settings as they are now.

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Thanks Coulomb. Changed bulk charging voltage to 56V. My Solar Panls details on the backis as follow. 

Maximum Power (Pmax) = 300W

Maximum power Voltage (Vmp) = 36V

Maximum Power Voltage (Imp) =8.33A

Open Circuit Voltage (Voc) = 21.6V

Short Circuit Current (Isc) = 9.55A

Maximum system voltage = 1000VDC

if that can help for settting up my inverter.

6 hours ago, Christoffel said:

Maximum power Voltage (Vmp) = 36V

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Open Circuit Voltage (Voc) = 21.6V

Voc has to be higher than Vmp; did you mean 41.6 V?

Not that it matters much really; 41.6 is less than my rule-of-thumb of 45.0 V max, so 3S is OK (2S might work better though, but likely not convenient with your setup).

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On 2022/12/11 at 3:28 PM, Coulomb said:

Voc has to be higher than Vmp; did you mean 41.6 V?

Not that it matters much really; 41.6 is less than my rule-of-thumb of 45.0 V max, so 3S is OK (2S might work better though, but likely not convenient with your setup).

No I double checked. Took a phooto of the back of my pannel. Thats what's on the sticker.

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On 2022/12/12 at 10:25 PM, Christoffel said:

No I double checked. Took a photo of the back of my panel. That's what's on the sticker.

I'm afraid that doesn't give me much confidence in the quality of the panels. But hopefully, it's just a simple typographical error.

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12 minutes ago, Christoffel said:

Okay now im going to replace my 300w pannels. With 650w. What should I look for on the description at the back of the solar pannels?

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Are those Bifacial or single sided? If they are Bifacial, be aware that the 650w is actually only like 500W in the front, meaning, if you mount this on a roof, you wont get 650W.

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