<div dir="auto"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">One of the more valuable aspects of this list..learning from.our mistakes.<div dir="auto">Only some can ' man up'</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks</div><font color="#888888"><div dir="auto">Ken Schaal </div></font></div><div class="elided-text"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 26, 2018 7:48 PM, "Rick Brown" <<a href="mailto:rick@solshineenergyalternatives.com" target="_blank">rick@<wbr>solshineenergyalternatives.com</a><wbr>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Bill,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for updating us on this issue. <br><br><div id="m_4695690223465534286m_-6228337514182399622AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">rick brown<br>SolShine Energy Alternatives, LLC<br>Electrical & Solar Contracting Services<br><a dir="ltr" href="http://www.SolShineEnergyAlternatives.com" target="_blank">www.SolShineEnergyAlternatives<wbr>.com</a><br>Check, Virginia 24072<br><a dir="ltr" href="tel:540.808.9502" target="_blank">540.808.9502</a><br><br>VA Class A Contractor Lic# 2705147660<br>VA Master Electrician Lic# 2710062762<br>VA Alternative Energy Systems Installer <br>NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional 110112-21</span></div><div><br>On Jun 26, 2018, at 7:06 PM, Bill Battagin <<a href="mailto:frenergy@psln.com" target="_blank">frenergy@psln.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>OK Campers, this long and short of the "low output" with this CC...... installer error. The battery and PV negatives were separate in the wiring section of the Kid, but were tied together at a bus bar in the DC enclosure. I pulled the PV neg off the common neg bus, spliced it to the separate neg to the PV neg landing in the CC and there it was, full output.</span><br><span></span><br><span> I've managed to find egg on my face for other issues on the list, I really appreciate the help.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Bill</span><br><span></span><br><span>Feather River Solar Electric</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>On 6/19/2018 9:52 PM, frenergy wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Off-gridders,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Small 24 volt off-grid install.....new installation, 3, 285 watt PVs in series, 4, L-16's in series, Midnight "Kid" CC. Problem: I cannot get more than about 200 watts (8-9 amps battery side) out of the Kid display in full noon sun, clean PVs. Should be 700 watts plus and about 28 amps. Bulk/Absorb set at 29V, battery voltage at ~25 V (pulled down with a heat gun). I changed that Kid out for another new one> Same issue! I disconnected the PV wires where they land in the Kid and got 9.3 amps short circuit, 105 volts oc Called Midnight tech support but we couldn't come up with a good solution. 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