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Fruit Trader

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  1. There are EV's on the road which are 5-6 years old have clocked 160,000+ kilometres and are still reporting 100% state of health at the battery. Can all manufacturers achieve this result, we have to wait and see.
  2. True and the setting to no export should result in a tiny import of about 10W. The inverter trends on the import side to avoid the meter creeping backwards.
  3. One more question just to be sure I am on the right page. Is this correct? Before the firmware update you could always stop export completely and the meter would not turn backwards when solar production exceeded house consumption.
  4. I have got to be careful what I say here because there are so many firmware variants often country specific. If you are sure the CT wired correctly and you have done a complete restart after enabling reflux then best keep to your plan and contact Sofar again
  5. Is the meter creeping backwards while in this condition?
  6. If CT is wired correctly + anti reflux is enabled + CT mode selected + power set at zero :- The inverter should be derating with no export. Depending on firmware version, the display should say Reflux Derating on the top line and power in watts on the line below Is you goal to prevent any export?
  7. Copy the folder to the flash drive. You will then have a folder on the flash drive named firmware which will contain all of the update files.
  8. End user firmware updates always carry some risk. Local up dates are safest make sure the supply is not interrupted during the process.
  9. Because it is possible to lose the inverters ability to read updates if communication is lost at the right moment. This would then require a low level factory flash.
  10. Using clean USB flash drive Unpack firmware file to USB drive Turn off inverter AC + DC Insert flash drive into inverter USB port Turn on DC wait for boot Follow menu update instruction in manual If any file error messages appear during update repeat the process If file errors persist contact Sofar tell them which file is giving error Note - If possible avoid remote online updates from Sofar
  11. When cutting into blue pipe in Thailand always be prepared for the possibility idiots were there before you.
  12. No, but because the poster was not specific a door is left open for a pedantic nit-picking troll. Good news is we can all amuse ourselves why said troll makes feeble attempts to justify it's posts. Stop feeding and they eventually go away.
  13. But better than saying it cant be done. I have done it using strings that are not even on the same plane. Very easy for those who have the ability to collect and manipulate data. I believe there are several on this forum.
  14. Both reference and production array face the same conditions.
  15. Potential output can be calcualted from a known reference. The result can be found using a lookup table or real time calculation.
  16. Not difficult to create a reference and calculate potential capacity. With this continuously varying potential capacity how would you increase consumption to match? To make a prediction one would also need to know the sky conditions and make a calculated guess what the next time window is likely to deliver.
  17. A Norwegian post I believe, the owner is impressed with winter performance.
  18. You mean like this variant lifted from a concise Reddit post.
  19. The cook in sauces can produce very edible results in a short period of time, I have use the British made sauces a lot in the past. I once had the pleasure of visiting a UK curry district where I got spoilt and hooked on the batch style of Indian restaurant cooking and the flavours it creates. Real Indian home style cooking is quite easy but the final result might not please those who are used to the tastes created by restaurant methods. With some help from an old thaivisa member it has taken me some time achieve near BIR standard and the unique taste that comes from base gravy and spices cooked hard in a hot pan. Not everyone has the time or patience but cracking this cooking method can create very authentic restaurant dishes. It all starts with the master time saving shortcut, a base gravy which can be frozen and used when required.
  20. Thats a quite a common problem and not always easy to fix when the voltage values are locked and set to supply authority spec. I have a single phase inverter on a each phase and there were times when grid voltage was exceeded on one phase. I initially changed country code to fix the problem then later begged the manufactrurer for the parameter address list. Why does the inverter not adjust as it approaches limit is a good question. The inverter will be making adjustment up to a point but the final decision to fault will be down to time limits to get into the lower level set by country spec.
  21. There is something very wrong if an inverter produces beyond demand to the point where it faults. If the max grid voltage parameter is being exceeded then that's another story which really should be looked at. Most inverters are certified with country code parameters which are sometimes too narrow for Thailand's grid.
  22. The inverter has no idea that there is a potential 3500 watts not being consumed. It is only interested in the real time demand and any limits imposed by settings. A de-rated inverter will happily produce a tiny fraction of what the attached solar array is capable of. If healthy, the only real problem for an inverter is over/under voltages at either end of its process or excess temperature generated around the switching electronics. Note. I did not grab this information from the internet black hole, it comes from studying the disassembled code of several on grid solar inverters made by Chinese enthusiasts.
  23. If an inverter restarts frequently the first port of call is the fault log. If the logs show no errors then begin looking elsewhere. In theory software should not make a restart during normal operation without logging the reason but there's always a possibility you have a condition that's not been accounted for or might even be one that's resetting the hardware without the software ever knowing. The high temperatures you speak of are of interest to me because I have made some mods to my inverters and others that use passive cooling. These mods help during high load and high ambient temperature conditions.
  24. It's not so much of a dogs breakfast if viewed from below in good light and I have always liked Ford performance blue. Definitely the budget fix for a midlife crisis.

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