[RE-wrenches] Combining two PowerFlo16 to single Midnite AIO

[William Bryce]

MNP- PF batteries are designed to allow stacking of two lugs per terminal,
providing greater flexibility in system wiring.

Also, MNP is excited to welcome a new team member with strong installation
experience. He is currently working on revising and improving all of our
manuals. Positive changes are on the way.

On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Ok, this was my initial instinct. I was wondering why the AIO doesn't have
> dual battery inputs. But if you can fit two lugs on each terminal, I don't
> see why not.
>
> I just wish these manufacturers would produce better manuals. EG4 is doing
> better (not great, but better).
>
>
> Jason Szumlanski
> Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group
> NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)
> Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956
> Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13013208
>
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 7:28 PM Kent via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
>> Jason,
>>
>> Is there room to double up cables inside the AIO? Two equal length sets
>> of battery cables between the batteries and the AIO should work.
>> Kent Osterberg
>> Blue Mountain Solar
>>
>>
>> On 7/16/2025 12:52 PM, Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches wrote:
>>
>> What is the most elegant way to combine two of the Powerflo16 batteries
>> when using a single AIO?
>>
>> The manual doesn't require fusing when paralleling 3 or fewer batteries.
>> I was thinking about a Victron Lynx Distributor inside an enclosure, but
>> that enclosure would have to be quite large to accommodate all of that
>> (four 2/0 in, two 4/0 out), and since fuses aren't required, standard
>> busbars would probably be much smaller and simpler. I like how the EG4
>> batteries have a matching conduit box and parallel bussing is integrated. I
>> want something equally elegant for the PowerFlo16. It's too bad we can't
>> parallel right at the battery terminals.
>>
>>
>> Jason Szumlanski
>> Florida Solar Design Group
>>
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