I recently started using a solar system in my home, but my experience hasn´t been great so far.
My initial setup was 200W X 8 panels, a 5,000W 48VDC inverter (Power Star) and four 12V X 100A batteries. This setup worked well initially, until I decided to make some more changes to extend the capacity of my system.
I added seven more panels (200W X 4 and 250W X 3) and four more 12V X 100A batteries. I also changed my controller (to the Flexmax 80 controller to support the new panels). Based on this setup, I have 3,150W solar panel setup and 8 12V X 100A batteries. When fully charged, the battery doesn't last 10 hours at an average usage of 300W.
I have done everything I can to troubleshoot. Initially thinking my battery was at fault, I returned the old batteries and got four new 12V X 205A Trojan batteries, but that didn't make a difference.
The batteries are new, and tests show they are okay. It seems obvious that the rate of discharge is high and abnormal, but nothing seems to be fixing this.
Can you please let me know what I should be troubleshooting?
My initial setup was 200W X 8 panels, a 5,000W 48VDC inverter (Power Star) and four 12V X 100A batteries. This setup worked well initially, until I decided to make some more changes to extend the capacity of my system.
I added seven more panels (200W X 4 and 250W X 3) and four more 12V X 100A batteries. I also changed my controller (to the Flexmax 80 controller to support the new panels). Based on this setup, I have 3,150W solar panel setup and 8 12V X 100A batteries. When fully charged, the battery doesn't last 10 hours at an average usage of 300W.
I have done everything I can to troubleshoot. Initially thinking my battery was at fault, I returned the old batteries and got four new 12V X 205A Trojan batteries, but that didn't make a difference.
The batteries are new, and tests show they are okay. It seems obvious that the rate of discharge is high and abnormal, but nothing seems to be fixing this.
Can you please let me know what I should be troubleshooting?
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