Solar Power

Cyclops · Cyclops

i am looking at changing my battery system to lithium. I have settled on the enerdrive 300 amp slim battery. However, enerdrive want me to buy a complete drop in kit. My problem is that I already have a Enerdrive AC 60 amp charger which has a lithium profile, a Tristar solar regulator, a enerdrive 40 amp d...

stoney123 · stoney123

a) hi my lithium is 0, which is probably why my victron is dead. so am gonna go and replace it with AGM. I have a 1500 watt inverter and also run laptop, phone, engel off proper 12v cig sockets. I will use inverter to run (one at a time) toaster, jug, induction hotplate, sandwich toaster etc. Need some i...

Jyothi · Jyothi

Hi all, I work in solar research and I'm doing a project with an Australian company to integrate a caravan awning with flexible solar panels. I'd love to speak to anyone out there who caravans about their power use while caravanning, and their chosen power supply. Please comment below to get in touc...

Bickies · Bickies

Hi Guys, Im new to this site and I need help regarding my solar panel on top of my van that Ive recently purchased. The old owner didnt know the size of the solar panel on the roof. How can I figure this out? Cheers in advance.

Cooch · Cooch

Has anyone had these 'hot spots' develop on their panels? After looking closely I see there are several. Is this the beginning of the end?

denmonkey · denmonkey

Hi all, I just had to report my bargain that I scored on the weekend. I spotted some 36v 200W folding solar panels on Facebook last week and have been keenly waiting for the weekend, hoping there were some left in time for me to get from Newcastle to Sydney to pick them up. As luck would have it they had plen...

iana · iana

I have installed a shunt in the charging circuit of the MPPT regulator, its a 50 amp Jaycar one c/w meter. I am on the second unit, the first just registered in the negative, no matter which way the signal wires were attached to the shunt. I took pictures of the wiring to Jaycar and they couldn't fault it, a...

Hughcr · Hughcr

Hi All Does anyone have any experience in connecting a solar edge inverter to wifi? We have had panels installed but no power yet because inverter wont connect! thanks. Hugh

Reed · Reed

We are at older sons place in northern New Mexico at 8000. The temperature dropped to 9 F with 10 of snow. We put a 60 W lamp in front bay with the LFP battery suite and it kept the space above 40 F. Son ran an extension cord to fifth wheel after I whined about needing to probably run generator in morning since I...

mezza56 · mezza56

i recently upgraded my panels and ms , also the cable size to reg and batteries . i connected the cables as per they werefrom manufacture. The batteries are 3 agm, they are in parallel. The cables from the solar were connected to the positive and negative of one battery . I read in an article by enerdrive t...

mezza56 · mezza56

i upgraded my solar to 690w recently and its working great even in cloudy cond. i installed an inline external cb next to the battery bank , for no apparent reason it tripped out the other day. I reset it and has stayed on since. That nite the min V reading was .01, even though its working still last two nite...

Margaret and Barry · Margaret and Barry

Hi all, Being new here I need lots of help, I want to put solar panels on pop top roof but what kind flexi vs non flexi, next what size do I need I have 220ah deep cycle battery so what panel size do I need controller I will use is mppt but what size I will mainly stay free camping using 12v lights gas cooking an...

oldbloke · oldbloke

Are these two red & black leads meant to be connected on my portable panel? -- Edited by oldbloke on Sunday 19th of May 2019 12:11:58 PM

Bobdown · Bobdown

I have a 160 w folding solar panel and was wondering where and how is the best storage position. It is approx 750 mm x 750 mm and about 15 kg, not something you want flying around the van while you are driving. Is it best to store upright or flat? On the bed or under? or beside with a pillow or similar wedged upr...

dorian · dorian

Our house has a 1.5kW solar system wired up as a gross feed-in installation. That is, we have 3 meters -- one meter for peak power, a second for off-peak, and a third for solar. The solar output connects to the grid side of the peak and off-peak meters, meaning that we have a gross metering system. However...

T1 Terry · T1 Terry

I have a Coromal caravan at the workshop with one of these Solarking SD2430S controllers fitted. Looking on the web it suggests they are an MPPT controller, but I can't find the exact part number to get the specs, just Solarking products with similar part numbers. I have found a reference relating to t...

stoney123 · stoney123

hi, my victron bmv700 has no display, it had been working for 2 years. I have read that there is a fuse for it, where would it be? Someone else wired it all up. -- Edited by stoney123 on Sunday 12th of May 2019 02:38:49 PM

mezza56 · mezza56

I'm adding two 150 w panels to my roof , there is 3 x 80w panels there already, I upgraded my reg to 100 /50 when the old one gave up the ghost . If I wire them all in parrallel , from my calculations they will be within the parameters of the reg. I was advised to upgrade the 6mm wire to 8mm down to the reg and to the b...

iana · iana

Some of you may remember sometime back that I did a considerable amount of work re-doing our solar system. Replacing the two hose batteries from Gel to AGM, and then, having three 150w panels on the roof began a re hash. I replaced two solar controllers with one big one, ran new wiring to the controller t...

Terryt · Terryt

I read the post just below a number of times but it ended up way above my ability to comprehend. I often have two controllers working at the same time. A morningstar 30a PWM looking after my roof mounted panels (400w) and a DC DC charger with solar input that I connect a 140 watt portable panel to. I keep rea...

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	Tristar solar and enerdrive dc to dc charger (Preview) i am looking at changing my battery system to lithium. I have settled on the enerdrive 300 amp slim battery. However, enerdrive want me to buy a complete drop in kit. My problem is that I already have a Enerdrive AC 60 amp charger which has a lithium profile, a Tristar solar regulator, a enerdrive 40 amp d...	Cyclops	3	4703	11:04 AM Aug 29, 2019 by T1 Terry
	advice new agm battery ( 1 2 ) (Preview) a) hi my lithium is 0, which is probably why my victron is dead. so am gonna go and replace it with AGM. I have a 1500 watt inverter and also run laptop, phone, engel off proper 12v cig sockets. I will use inverter to run (one at a time) toaster, jug, induction hotplate, sandwich toaster etc. Need some i...	stoney123	31	3832	03:22 PM Aug 26, 2019 by T1 Terry
	Caravan awning with integrated flexible solar (Preview) Hi all, I work in solar research and I'm doing a project with an Australian company to integrate a caravan awning with flexible solar panels. I'd love to speak to anyone out there who caravans about their power use while caravanning, and their chosen power supply. Please comment below to get in touc...	Jyothi	19	2062	12:43 PM Aug 26, 2019 by denmonkey
	Solar panel sizing (Preview) Hi Guys, Im new to this site and I need help regarding my solar panel on top of my van that Ive recently purchased. The old owner didnt know the size of the solar panel on the roof. How can I figure this out? Cheers in advance.	Bickies	6	1613	10:37 AM Aug 8, 2019 by denmonkey
	Panel Hot spot (Preview) Has anyone had these 'hot spots' develop on their panels? After looking closely I see there are several. Is this the beginning of the end?	Cooch	10	1566	03:27 PM Aug 5, 2019 by Cooch
	36v folding solar panels - scored a bargain (Preview) Hi all, I just had to report my bargain that I scored on the weekend. I spotted some 36v 200W folding solar panels on Facebook last week and have been keenly waiting for the weekend, hoping there were some left in time for me to get from Newcastle to Sydney to pick them up. As luck would have it they had plen...	denmonkey	23	1663	04:58 PM Jul 22, 2019 by denmonkey
	Amp meter and shunt problem. (Preview) I have installed a shunt in the charging circuit of the MPPT regulator, its a 50 amp Jaycar one c/w meter. I am on the second unit, the first just registered in the negative, no matter which way the signal wires were attached to the shunt. I took pictures of the wiring to Jaycar and they couldn't fault it, a...	iana	12	1665	09:59 AM Jul 5, 2019 by Whenarewethere
	Solar edge inverter problem (Preview) Hi All Does anyone have any experience in connecting a solar edge inverter to wifi? We have had panels installed but no power yet because inverter wont connect! thanks. Hugh	Hughcr	1	1203	10:13 PM Jun 28, 2019 by DeBe
	LFP IN COLD WEATHER (Preview) We are at older sons place in northern New Mexico at 8000. The temperature dropped to 9 F with 10 of snow. We put a 60 W lamp in front bay with the LFP battery suite and it kept the space above 40 F. Son ran an extension cord to fifth wheel after I whined about needing to probably run generator in morning since I...	Reed	17	2269	12:11 PM Jun 24, 2019 by T1 Terry
	Cable connections (Preview) i recently upgraded my panels and ms , also the cable size to reg and batteries . i connected the cables as per they werefrom manufacture. The batteries are 3 agm, they are in parallel. The cables from the solar were connected to the positive and negative of one battery . I read in an article by enerdrive t...	mezza56	1	1347	02:19 PM Jun 17, 2019 by T1 Terry
	Victron 50/100 (Preview) i upgraded my solar to 690w recently and its working great even in cloudy cond. i installed an inline external cb next to the battery bank , for no apparent reason it tripped out the other day. I reset it and has stayed on since. That nite the min V reading was .01, even though its working still last two nite...	mezza56	6	1814	11:33 AM Jun 14, 2019 by markf
	solar panels for pop top (Preview) Hi all, Being new here I need lots of help, I want to put solar panels on pop top roof but what kind flexi vs non flexi, next what size do I need I have 220ah deep cycle battery so what panel size do I need controller I will use is mppt but what size I will mainly stay free camping using 12v lights gas cooking an...	Margaret and Barry	7	1425	01:20 PM Jun 11, 2019 by denmonkey
	Portable Solar panel connection (Preview) Are these two red & black leads meant to be connected on my portable panel? -- Edited by oldbloke on Sunday 19th of May 2019 12:11:58 PM	oldbloke	21	2565	09:23 AM May 28, 2019 by Whenarewethere
	Portable solar storage (Preview) I have a 160 w folding solar panel and was wondering where and how is the best storage position. It is approx 750 mm x 750 mm and about 15 kg, not something you want flying around the van while you are driving. Is it best to store upright or flat? On the bed or under? or beside with a pillow or similar wedged upr...	Bobdown	6	1918	05:16 PM May 21, 2019 by Ron-D
	Gross solar feed-in for residential solar installation (Preview) Our house has a 1.5kW solar system wired up as a gross feed-in installation. That is, we have 3 meters -- one meter for peak power, a second for off-peak, and a third for solar. The solar output connects to the grid side of the peak and off-peak meters, meaning that we have a gross metering system. However...	dorian	8	1162	11:29 PM May 17, 2019 by stevep1
	Solarking SD2430S Anyone using one of these? (Preview) I have a Coromal caravan at the workshop with one of these Solarking SD2430S controllers fitted. Looking on the web it suggests they are an MPPT controller, but I can't find the exact part number to get the specs, just Solarking products with similar part numbers. I have found a reference relating to t...	T1 Terry	4	1815	02:37 PM May 16, 2019 by T1 Terry
	Victron bmv700 (Preview) hi, my victron bmv700 has no display, it had been working for 2 years. I have read that there is a fuse for it, where would it be? Someone else wired it all up. -- Edited by stoney123 on Sunday 12th of May 2019 02:38:49 PM	stoney123	3	1662	05:07 PM May 13, 2019 by stoney123
	Extra panels (Preview) I'm adding two 150 w panels to my roof , there is 3 x 80w panels there already, I upgraded my reg to 100 /50 when the old one gave up the ghost . If I wire them all in parrallel , from my calculations they will be within the parameters of the reg. I was advised to upgrade the 6mm wire to 8mm down to the reg and to the b...	mezza56	7	1333	03:37 PM May 13, 2019 by T1 Terry
	Fitted the wrong solar controller ----Dammmm ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Some of you may remember sometime back that I did a considerable amount of work re-doing our solar system. Replacing the two hose batteries from Gel to AGM, and then, having three 150w panels on the roof began a re hash. I replaced two solar controllers with one big one, ran new wiring to the controller t...	iana	64	4860	12:43 PM Apr 23, 2019 by T1 Terry
	Two controllers (again) (Preview) I read the post just below a number of times but it ended up way above my ability to comprehend. I often have two controllers working at the same time. A morningstar 30a PWM looking after my roof mounted panels (400w) and a DC DC charger with solar input that I connect a 140 watt portable panel to. I keep rea...	Terryt	17	1999	11:06 AM Apr 15, 2019 by T1 Terry
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