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Re: Shedhenge
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:54 pm
by 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.
Re: Shedhenge
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:01 pm
by 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
Re: Shedhenge
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:13 pm
by Joeboy
spread-tee wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:01 pm
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.
Re: Shedhenge
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:42 pm
by Stinsy
spread-tee wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:01 pm
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.
Re: Shedhenge
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:40 pm
by Marcus
spread-tee wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:01 pm
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.
Re: Shedhenge
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:14 pm
by spread-tee
Thank you Gents, much obliged.
Desp
Re: Shedhenge
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:43 pm
by Tinbum
spread-tee wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:01 pm
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.
Re: Shedhenge
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:05 pm
by spread-tee
Tinbum wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:43 pm
spread-tee wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:01 pm
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
Re: Shedhenge
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:08 pm
by spread-tee
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
Re: Shedhenge
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:39 pm
by Fintray
Congratulations!
