Shedhenge

[nowty]

I endorse the video too, I was about to post another one with identical procedure. I forgot to say that mine are a standalone stack without BMS connection back to my inverter so I get away more with just sticking another one in the stack.

The only other thing to say is keep one of your existing 3000's the master as its recommended to have the most modern model as the master.

[spread-tee]

Thanks chaps,

I haven't read through the manual completely yet, how do you designate any particular battery as master, I don't think I've seen any reference to that?

Six Panels are all mounted up on the woodstore and shed, wired up and connected (almost) to the inverter in the loft. Good fun was had dragging a 50m run of 4mm 3 core swa from there to here, but now thankfully done, also left a pull through in the eaves to facilitate getting the lofty roof array wired up later.

The batteries are almost installed and ready to go, but one thing puzzles me. Delivered with the inverter were the battery leads which have a black doughnut ring which both the pos and neg cables are wound round 4 turns and cable tied on, no other cables come from it. any idea what it is/does

AC cabling is all in position and just need to get an isolation switch and RCCB, get my mate over to do some final checks, connections, connect up the data and away we go


That's the theory anyway.

Desp

[Joeboy]

Thanks chaps,

I haven't read through the manual completely yet, how do you designate any particular battery as master, I don't think I've seen any reference to that?

Six Panels are all mounted up on the woodstore and shed, wired up and connected (almost) to the inverter in the loft. Good fun was had dragging a 50m run of 4mm 3 core swa from there to here, but now thankfully done, also left a pull through in the eaves to facilitate getting the lofty roof array wired up later.

The batteries are almost installed and ready to go, but one thing puzzles me. Delivered with the inverter were the battery leads which have a black doughnut ring which both the pos and neg cables are wound round 4 turns and cable tied on, no other cables come from it. any idea what it is/does

AC cabling is all in position and just need to get an isolation switch and RCCB, get my mate over to do some final checks, connections, connect up the data and away we go


That's the theory anyway.

Desp

A vague memory of the black ring being a damper of sorts.

[Stinsy]

I haven't read through the manual completely yet, how do you designate any particular battery as master, I don't think I've seen any reference to that?

The one at the top is automatically the master.

[Marcus]

Thanks chaps,

I haven't read through the manual completely yet, how do you designate any particular battery as master, I don't think I've seen any reference to that?

Six Panels are all mounted up on the woodstore and shed, wired up and connected (almost) to the inverter in the loft. Good fun was had dragging a 50m run of 4mm 3 core swa from there to here, but now thankfully done, also left a pull through in the eaves to facilitate getting the lofty roof array wired up later.

The batteries are almost installed and ready to go, but one thing puzzles me. Delivered with the inverter were the battery leads which have a black doughnut ring which both the pos and neg cables are wound round 4 turns and cable tied on, no other cables come from it. any idea what it is/does

AC cabling is all in position and just need to get an isolation switch and RCCB, get my mate over to do some final checks, connections, connect up the data and away we go


That's the theory anyway.

Desp

The black doughnut sounds like a common mode choke

For an accurate description of what it does I'd try google, but I'd say its function is to block RF from travelling along the cables - probably to contain the high frequency switching noise of the inverter.

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Thank you Gents, much obliged.

Desp

[Tinbum]

I haven't read through the manual completely yet, how do you designate any particular battery as master, I don't think I've seen any reference to that?

It's the one with link 0 port empty.

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I haven't read through the manual completely yet, how do you designate any particular battery as master, I don't think I've seen any reference to that?

It's the one with link 0 port empty.

Thanks that makes perfect sense looking at the cabling and ports.

I have read the manuals now, but I cannot find if the inverter has internal protection from injecting DC current into the grid in a fault. If it has that would be great as I can use the existing type A RCD protection and just stab the feed into an MCB. If not it will be untold aggro to rejig the CU, one being plastic which is naughty to stick a new circuit into, the other being metal is full

Anyone know if the Solis 3.6kW inverter has such protection??

Desp

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Well whaddaya know, we're live ...............no magic smoke, no boom, no plunging into darkness, all a bit boring really.
Of course no sooner had the inverter sprung into life but the Sun hid behind the clouds but there you go it is all up and ready for tomorrow.

I must say setting it up was pretty straight forward (with quite a bit of help from you) even for a electrical numpty like me. The Pylons may be pricey but they are plug and play. I hope!! Now all I have to do is get all the settings sorted, but that will be tomorrow as well as a bottle has been opened in celebration.

Desp

[Fintray]

Congratulations!