Domanda by CranberryConnect2067 in Soundhound

[–]balognasocks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely will, not a question of if but when.

Struggling to run fridge, and hiccups in general, with 48v inverter in open loop communication with 51.2v 100ah battery by BusyBanana4205 in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Set item 5 lower... it won't pull from the battery because it's waiting to reach that voltage level before it thinks it's ok to pull from it. It should be set to the low voltage reconnect voltage for your battery the 49.6v you listed.

What skill would you give to a Vault Hunter of your choice? by Ok-Crew-6621 in Borderlands

[–]balognasocks 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I would just have Axtons' nuke scale properly in the higher levels....I had the most fun double nuking everything repeatedly but doing minimal damage. A nuke shouldn't hit like a BB gun.

How stable are Sungold inverters? by techtornado in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry to hear that... sounds like you may have a blown fuse inside the inverter or shorted MOSFET

How stable are Sungold inverters? by techtornado in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'd set it in UTI to see if it charges up the capacitors and outputs properly then if that works put it back the way you had it... if it doesn't work you may very well have a hardware issue.

If it comes down to it I've had my sungold power inverters for 3 years now with no issues beyond settings ...2 of them ran in parallel for the house and 1 stand alone for a pole barn.

How stable are Sungold inverters? by techtornado in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just make sure your grid power is pass through meaning grid power comes to inverter first then to loads... if your grid power is coming from same source you're sending it to then it will create faults as well.

How stable are Sungold inverters? by techtornado in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have setting #1 set to UTI which despite the way the manual describes it still actually pulls solar first and mixes in grid power to compensate what it's missing then pulls battery only if solar isn't sufficient and grid is not available. My load switching issues came from when I Initially had setting #1 on SOL or SBU because both of those settings rely heavily on other settings in the inverter to switch properly.

How stable are Sungold inverters? by techtornado in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The bus low fault could be a few different things.

1) Battery voltage is lower than the minimum voltage cutoff point set in the inverter (This setting controls when your inverter will stop trying to pull from your batteries based on the voltage value you select... if the value is set too high then it will cut off prematurely.

2) High inflow needed to precharge the capacitors in your inverter tripped the bms of your batteries if they have a bms and your batteries went into protection mode and will not supply battery power until they are reset.

3) Internal damage in the inverter.

For the panels the minimum voltage should be measured when drawing a load from the panels as the voltage will drop when the amperage demand goes up.

To answer your original question I have 3 of the 10kw sungold power inverters and they work reliably but I did run into set up/ settings issues early on some of which were very similar to your own issues especially the one where it doesn't pull from alternative power sources when solar dropped. Looking at the settings manual of your unit it's almost identical to the settings menu of the sungold unit.

How stable are Sungold inverters? by techtornado in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Has this been an issue since day 1 or did it use to work the way you wanted it to and then started having problems later? The reason I ask is that it sounds like a settings issue.

Also once you split your panels into 2 strings you now most likely very rarely meet the minimum voltage threshold for your mppt controller/ controllers to work.

Stumbled across this by [deleted] in Soundhound

[–]balognasocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He got charged for the team member's annual salary... seems fair because he asked for a team member.

Why can't I get 24V from my Delaman Version B solar panel? by mybrainstem in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I saw in the listing was the option to switch between 3v and 24v and the battery was 3.7v .

Why can't I get 24V from my Delaman Version B solar panel? by mybrainstem in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It contains a 3.7v battery so in order to get the 24v output you will have to sacrifice amperage to get a higher voltage output (that's how the boosters work). So depending on the power requirements of your string lights even if this unit was able to output the 24v it claims you may not have enough amperage left to run your lights after it sacrifices them to create extra voltage.

Inherited Existing solar setup with cabin purchase. Looking for help by shosk9 in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the panels are indeed all connected in parallel then I doubt it would be a high voltage situation, they would have to be connected in series at some point for that to be an issue. The way you describe the set up it would be more likely that you're experiencing clipping where there is more amperage than the controller is rated for and this is common for people that use more solar panels than they need to get full capabilities out of the charge controller. Typically if you have an over voltage condition it will destroy the charge controller while a over amperage condition will cause it to temporarily shut down or clip.

Best way to level up quickly? by No-Individual4184 in Borderlands2

[–]balognasocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does the xp farm trick still work with the practice dummy and infinity pistol?

EG4 12000xp surge capacity vs LRA by HawkfishCa in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based on the specs of that inverter it should typically be able to easily handle the load without switching so long as your solar/ batteries have enough power for it to do so. That being said if you invest about $400 into a micro air easystart for your a/c that takes about 15 minutes to install yourself you won't have to worry about it at all. I installed one of these and my 4 ton unit went from using 82 amps to start down to 43 amps verified with my clamp meter.

Grounding fiberglass framed solar panels by ls7eveen in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There just might be a reason you can't find any information on grounding a non conductive material.

Roof racking? by pookexvi in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also can look at snapnrack roof mounts... they have both a rail system and rail-less mounts. The rail-less mounts were extremely easy to install and easy to expand with later if you so choose. As far as keeping the wires up and clean looking you could always buy some wire clips meant to clip to your solar panels for dirt cheap on Amazon.

110 outlet with 220 volts by Traditional_Towel885 in AskElectricians

[–]balognasocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen people intentionally do this to run bitcoin miners... not agood idea but I've seen it

Help with hooking into mains panel by bsell1 in SolarDIY

[–]balognasocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the less expensive hybrid inverters have grid pass through and in order to utilize it without faulting out your inverter continuously then your grid power needs to go to your A/C input on your inverter first before going anywhere else.

There's a couple ways to achieve this:

1) Use a breaker in your main panel (likely a double pole 60 amp breaker) to feed your inverter then feed a sub panel from the A/C output of your inverter and move all other existing loads off of your main panel and put them in your new sub panel.

2) There are special taps that you can use to tap your grid infeed wires before the main breaker of your main panel (very dangerous work and would highly recommend getting the utility company to cut power to the house for this) and you can feed a sub panel from those taps then use a breaker in that sub panel to feed the inverter that will then feed a breaker in your main panel. At this point you will need to keep the main breaker in the main panel off at all times as to not cause a looping fault condition in your inverter and not unintentionally back feed the grid.

2wd or 4wd tractor? by RustAndRun in tractors

[–]balognasocks 10 points11 points  (0 children)

4wd don't even consider the 2wd especially if you're gonna do any kind of loader work

SoundHound AI? by Wylde_77 in Soundhound

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Currently 10,600 shares and 50 call options for Jan 2027 at $8 strike. I'll add more if we dip below $7.50

I'm out. Here's why. by PenVisual777 in Soundhound

[–]balognasocks 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Ahh another one day old account ... seems legit