January 17, 20197 yr 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.
January 22, 20197 yr Author 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.
February 7, 20197 yr 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.
February 7, 20197 yr Author 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.
April 21, 20197 yr 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?
May 2, 20197 yr Author 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.
August 19, 20196 yr Author 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.
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