Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and a relative novice with solar. I live off grid. Not a great demand on electricity... 120w fridge freezer, 2 40w fans, phone charging and lights.
Im in west Africa and system electricians are not particularly good. I'm on my third battery bank in 5 years... And it's going to bankrupt me at this rate.
Currently have 2x 260w Riter batteries, 6 weeks old.6 x250 panels, 3kw victron Inverter and an optisolar 60 charge controller. This hasreplaced 6x180w batteries (which went into meltdown at 18months) 12 250w panels, 2 charge controllers and victron inverter.
I will replace the larger system if I ever get it right.
Problems I Have right now is I'm not getting above35 Amps from the 6 panels. Cloudy or sunny makes no difference. As soon as controller goes from fast to boost charge batteries are getting very warm. I have a fan on them to keep temperature around or below 28degrees.
On a sunny day, even one cloud will cause a substantial drop in shown voltage when on boost. Rarely gets into float.
Any advice greatly appreciated. X
Im in west Africa and system electricians are not particularly good. I'm on my third battery bank in 5 years... And it's going to bankrupt me at this rate.
Currently have 2x 260w Riter batteries, 6 weeks old.6 x250 panels, 3kw victron Inverter and an optisolar 60 charge controller. This hasreplaced 6x180w batteries (which went into meltdown at 18months) 12 250w panels, 2 charge controllers and victron inverter.
I will replace the larger system if I ever get it right.
Problems I Have right now is I'm not getting above35 Amps from the 6 panels. Cloudy or sunny makes no difference. As soon as controller goes from fast to boost charge batteries are getting very warm. I have a fan on them to keep temperature around or below 28degrees.
On a sunny day, even one cloud will cause a substantial drop in shown voltage when on boost. Rarely gets into float.
Any advice greatly appreciated. X
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