At last solar ready to fit unless you know better (1 Viewer)

[whiskyman]

Just connected it all together and it seems to work, is there anything I should add or takeaway from the installation.

Cheers Colin

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

How are you fixing the panels to your roof.? Brackets?

 

[Sandancers]

Have you got some activator for the Sika adhesive ?

 

[Raul]

I hope the cable from controller to battery is at least 10mm2 and kept short, with 30A fuse. The controller shows needs updating, and the switch from solar is man enough to take DC current.

 

[ChrisL]

You have an exclamation mark over the settings icon, top right, which probably wants you to do a firmware update, all my victron devices have needed an update on first installation.

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[whiskyman]

How are you fixing the panels to your roof.? Brackets?

1200 x 40x40x3 mm ally angle (already bolted to panels

Have you got some activator for the Sika adhesive ?

Did not know it was needed, just a good clean and degrease etc'

I hope the cable from controller to battery is at least 10mm2 and kept short, with 30A fuse. The controller shows needs updating, and the switch from solar is man enough to take DC current.

Yes 10m2, 30 amp fuse and 700mm long

You have an exclamation mark over the settings icon, top right, which probably wants you to do a firmware update, all my victron devices have needed an update on first installation.

It did an update as soon as I logged in but it seems to want to do another

 

[whiskyman]

Thanks for all the replys, much appreciated.
All connected to the batteries now, panels should go on the roof tomorrow
Cheers
Colin

 

[Raul]

Updates sometimes takes two to get to the latest in steps, you have a update pending, and looks good to go.

 

[Gromett]

Fuse on battery positive terminal or very close to it?

 

[pappajohn]

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Thanks for all the replys, much appreciated.
All connected to the batteries now, panels should go on the roof tomorrow
Cheers
Colin

Dont forget, the panels are the last item to be connected.
Battery to controller first so the controller know the battery voltage.
It basically needs to know the voltage 12v, 24v etc

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[jongood]

1200 x 40x40x3 mm ally angle (already bolted to panels

Did not know it was needed, just a good clean and degrease etc'

Yes 10m2, 30 amp fuse and 700mm long

It did an update as soon as I logged in but it seems to want to do another

I can't see the brackets, but would drill some holes on the mating face so that the Sikaflex oozes through a bit and 3mm tiles spacers in the bed to maintain a good thickness. Ive never used an activator.

 

[funflair]

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Dont forget, the panels are the last item to be connected.
Battery to controller first so the controller know the battery voltage.
It basically needs to know the voltage 12v, 24v etc

Good practice for sure but I believe that with the Victron stuff once it has been attached to the battery it stays set at that voltage unless you go into setting and actually force a change.

Battery voltage

The battery voltage is automatically detected at the very first power-up of the solar charger and the battery voltage is set accordingly. Further automatic detection is disabled. To make sure that a stable measurement is used, the charger first waits 10 seconds, and thereafter takes an averaged measurement. Note that the solar charger will remain off during this time.

In case the solar charger does not measure a battery voltage, it will default to 12V and store that. This will happen if the solar charger is powered via its PV terminals, while not connected to a battery.

After automatic detection has taken place, the battery voltage can be changed and set to 12 or 24V , if so required .

 

[whiskyman]

All fitted on the roof and cables run down through a top cupboard and then down and under the front lounge to the panel, probably took twice the time I thought it would.
Had to take off the sat dome and clean like a man possessed

 

[Billy192]

Thanks for all the replys, much appreciated.
All connected to the batteries now, panels should go on the roof tomorrow
Cheers
Colin

geat job