<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Jason<div><br></div><div>It looks like you are in great shape to do what you’re trying to do. </div><div><br></div><div>For legacy inverter systems, I have set the absorb quite long: 4 to 6 hours depending on the quantity of individual batteries.</div><div><br></div><div>Here at my own house, I have 8 eFlex batteries and 8 Pytes batteries. All in parallel on an outback radian. I have 55.2v absorb set for six hours with zero end amps. For the E flex batteries I have the fortress guardian and I can see the battery state of charge remotely individually. When the individual battery state of charge variation gets too large, I run an equalize session getting the battery voltage up to 56 V.</div><div><br></div><div>I have other customers with various mixes of batteries. They are all 16 S lithium iron phosphate and as long as somebody is paying attention so far it’s been working fine. </div><div><br></div><div>For this customer, I would select Pytes as the brand of battery to add to the system because in the future, you can still add more batteries to that rack. And you can get the individual battery state of charge using solar assistant. </div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Thank you,<div><br></div><div>Maverick</div><div><div id="AppleMailSignature" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><div class="ApplePlainTextBody"><br></div><div class="ApplePlainTextBody">Maverick Brown<br>Off-Grid Solar Commander since 2006<br>Maverick Solar Enterprises, Inc.<br> • Solar Commander Remote Power<br> • SunFlow Systems Cathodic Protection <br>maverick@mavericksolar.com<br>512-460-9825</div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 14, 2025, at 10:56 AM, Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" gmail_original="1"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This client has been advised that it's not a good idea, and any failures might result in a complete battery replacement. If he goes forward, it will be at his own risk.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">They have a full-time homewatch person who is quite capable. He could monitor SOC and also isolate banks for balancing efforts if necessary. We have a nice Midnite 2000A battery combiner there with breakers for each battery, so it would be pretty convenient. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Self-insured. I don't think any of my off-grid barrier island clients have insurance. The mainland insurance market is messed up in Florida. Forget about the islands.</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br>Jason Szumlanski<div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956</span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13013208</font></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">
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<div>There are a few odd ball like simpliphi which while a 51.2v has a very narrow window for operation compared to most other prismatic cells.</div>
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