Honestly, that advice would seem to be true, but the reality is: It is
not valid. Just look at Blue Planet, that was supposed to be a top tier
offering. Solar World? AEE? Magnum has had serious issues, Outback
doesn't answer the phone, SImpliphi takes an attorney to honor their
warranty. Even long standing companies are not sure bets, at all. They
do cost much more, so I'm not sure who to turn to anymore. I'm about to
install Rubix LiPO4, which comes in a 24 v offering, BTW for Dave.
The biggest issue I've seen with old VFX inverters, is the LVD set point
can't go high enough for LiPO4. I use the aux out on a charge
controller, to switch on and off the remote switch on the VFX.
I like the Fortress with Solark combo, but its not without its troubles
either. If the Solark shuts off due to low voltage, so does your PV
input. Then the no load draw on the Fortress eventually shuts down the
battery. You really need some (at least 1 kW) of DC coupled PV to keep
that death spiral from happening.
Ray Walters
Remote Solar
On 9/17/2024 12:23 PM, Sindelar Solar via RE-wrenches wrote:
Jerry,
Re your advice to never get startups or small manufacturers as so many
disappear and now you are stuck, I guess we should stick with the big
well-established manufacturers, like Outback, Magnum and Blue Planet,
right?
As you would say, fun times...
Allan
On 9/17/2024 10:58 AM, Jerry Shafer via RE-wrenches wrote:
Dave,
I would suggest stepping up to 48 nominal, fortress 18.5, battery 12
or 15 k solark inverter, re-wire the array to single or dual string,
make the wiring in the home capable of 240, this usually requires
main panel re-work and set up the monitoring.
Batteries are like replacement heart valves, never get startups or
small manufacturers as so many disappear and now you are stuck.
Fun times.
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