PaulinNorthcliff Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I wasn't in the mood to take a generic photo of the 6 x 330w Canadian Solar panels on the roof of the container, but here's the guts of the control gear mounted to one of the container walls. It's all flush with the insulated drywalling so it takes up no space at all. The solar panels flat-mounted on the roof also serve as a 'safari-roof' and keep the container cooler. Jaco De Jongh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulinNorthcliff Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 Question: Why does the Axpert stop charging from PV during the day when there is a sustained draw on the batteries? Could it be overheating? I 'hard booted' it and it started happily accepting charge form the PV again. Thanks in advance, Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulomb Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 On 2019/01/23 at 12:35 AM, PaulinNorthcliff said: Could it be overheating? Definitely. Inverters of any kind need a decent flow of air, and they are supposed to have some 200 mm of clearance around them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulinNorthcliff Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 7 hours ago, Coulomb said: Definitely. Inverters of any kind need a decent flow of air, and they are supposed to have some 200 mm of clearance around them. Yeah, it's not that. The inverter is essentially mounted to a giant heatsink in a temperature controlled space. I'll get around to connecting up a laptop to the inverter next weekend (in Cape Town... it's on the way there now), and see what the settings say. Seems to work just fine, though, after a hard boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlT Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 On 2019/02/07 at 11:50 AM, PaulinNorthcliff said: Yeah, it's not that. The inverter is essentially mounted to a giant heatsink in a temperature controlled space. I'll get around to connecting up a laptop to the inverter next weekend (in Cape Town... it's on the way there now), and see what the settings say. Seems to work just fine, though, after a hard boot. Will we be seeing the setup this coming weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulinNorthcliff Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 On 2019/04/21 at 9:18 PM, CarlT said: Will we be seeing the setup this coming weekend? It's in Keptoon at the moment. Moving to PE for June. Will be back in Pretoria in November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulinNorthcliff Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 Just an update. The container has moved from PE to Durban (By The Sea). We are using it for the Durban Firearms Festival at Broadway Shooting Range on the 5th and 6th of October. It's going along just great. No unexpected charging issues, batteries are fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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