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I’m trying to figure out how to make a BMS cable from my LV 6548 by new ECO-worthy battery. Has anyone been able to figure this out? I guess I could make a cable if I had the pin out for the LV 6548 and the pinout for the ECO worthy battery.

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(14) 250w panels total. Configured in (2) strings as series parallel. Each string is 7 panels.

PV:
Fuse rating 15a.
short circuit current: 8.86a
Pmax: 8.27a
open circ voltage: 37.6v

In series-parallel i should be generating about ~16a, being only (2) strings if a string shorts

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I want to run 4kW loads on a 120V 15A shop circuit in bursts of about 500 Wh.

Apex 300 can do this, but it has pieces I don't care about (DC, UPS, 240v, etc.) and 4kW is right at the edge of its capacity, so maybe DIY could be cheaper or better.

I am considering to buy:

- a 48V battery than can supply 100A continuous.

Lo...

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Just picked up three eco worthy 48V 100 amp batteries and installed the app. Right now all three show up with their serial number, wanted to see if there was a way to go in an edit the info so that I could rename? Has anyone been able to do this? Looked thru the settings but did not see a way.

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I'm switching out my battery banks to lithium and from what I've been reading I may need to switch from ANL to fast/slow T-fuses? one inverter will be just one battery and currently has a 300A ANL fuse after the battery. The other inverter has a 500 amp fuse after parallel batteries. Do I use the same amp rating and do the T-fuses need a fuse holder or can I just bolt them inlin...

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