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Thanks for that, Stinsy, plenty to go at now, but it will be next week before I am back at it.
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. https://i.postimg.cc/0zr7yBg1/chips.png . Ive got the loan of a flir phone attached camera, and opened up the box whilst its try ing to run. The bright spots at the left are multi-pin ICs This is the sequence of events in daytime, nothing happens at all when there is no power from the sun: 0sec - ...

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"Do you have a thermal imaging camera" - no. but I know a man that does! Thanks for that, we'll give it a go.

Cheers
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. It seems to be fairly consistent, When the DC, the panels and lastly the mains are all connected, there are a few relay clicks from within, then the display buttons work and the setting can be changed after entering the Pass key and solar powers are shown on screen for half an hour or so, then it ...

. Having failed to get this invertor talking to my Darfon BMS https://camelot-forum.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3083&p=49480#p49480 , I had 3,480 kWp solar fitted on a big shed (435W each x 8) last week and connected them in two strings 1 West and 1 East facing for comparision before p...

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I thought this was rather encouraging: How Smart Is the Smart Energy System?
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Tinbum wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2024 10:32 pm Yes it's a standard patch cable from the battery.

Right, thanks, now I'll ask someone I know how to sniff both ends for a signal

thanks countryPaul,

I.m pretty sure it is standard RJ45 cable

I'm pretty certain the battery will not turn on its output if it hasn't received the right message from the inverter. I have connected the inverter to the battery with a normal RJ45 patch lead which I have tested and found OK - how I check if the message is in the right format, please? . In the ins...

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That's good if it's not over voltage then so maybe I can fiddle with the inverter battery type settings to wake it up?
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