Is there a work around for connecting 3 different DC charging devices?
Is there a right hand 90° connector cable that works with the D1 Hub?
Having bought our Apex300 & T1 Alternator fast charger plus a 4 x 175W solar array I now find myself in a slight dilemma. Not enough DC input ports to connect the charging apparatus!
With only two DC inputs I cannot connect all three of the above outputs - obviously I have the option to return the panels but its a bit of a pain.
Is there a workaround ?
Also purchased a D1 Hub but the connection plug sticks out of the Power unit for what seems like ‘forever’.
With space being extremely precious in most RV’s are the Bluetti product engineers considering a 90° option on the connector? Would also be great to know if there is some sort of work around on this front to reduce the space this plug takes up.
There is more to the story than just the 2 DC inputs. They must also be set correctly in the app to work properly. to find this in the app navigate to Advanced Settings “DC Input Source” You have 2 choices Others and PV. If set to others and using a solar panel the unit will not operate the panels correctly.
It may be possible to make your own splitter cable but I would think you would have to have a disconect switch for each source. On top of that you would have to go into the app and set accordingly. Either way it would be a bit of a science project. Check this link out for more info on app settings.Apex 300 MPPT voltage tracking issue
Your best bet would be to get the SolarX 4K charge controller and connect that way. Just check the specs as it is VERY sensitive to the Amps & Volts that it can “take in”. I’m having issues with mine as I have 6x580W panels, it’s a long story, shading issues not withstanding, as I’m learning (almost too late sadly) that a “bank of panels” is only as good as the weakest one. I’ll get it organized next spring when the sun is higher above the nearby trees. I got too late of a start. I “beat the system” ha ha by running TWO lines directly to each of my two Apex 300’s, and while overall I’m probably only getting about 500 Watts input less this way than if the Solar X was connected, it does usually “top off” by 4-5 in the afternoon while there’s still plenty of sun left. I just want more PV input so I can eventually scale up to a third Apex 300 with at least 3 more batteries. Gotta get ready to be as much off-grid as I can as well as for power outages of course, as the state is determined to take away our well-earned NET metering on our large rooftop PV array. They’re always out to screw the little guy. Frankly I’d forget about the alternator charger anyway.
Sorry for such a long delay! I’ve been super busy for being a retired ol man ha ha. Now I gotta think here…LOL…I got my panels from ussolarsupplier.com, they are Philadelphia Solar 580W Bifacial 144 Cell panels. This outfit mostly sells by the PALLET but I was able to buy this in the minimum quantity of 6, which is what I wanted anyway. As of this writing I haven’t resolved my shading issue yet of course due to it being winter, it won’t be long til the sun is actually above these trees, in which case I will “switch my cables around” in order to attempt to hook up anywhere from 4 to the full array of 6 to the Solar X 4K, which was my intention in the first place. I have a very unusual arrangement of them in that one of the 6 panels is actually positioned at an angle to the rest, it’s too hard to explain here without pics. So that panel I’m gonna bypass and hook up only 5 of the panels to the Solar X and see what happens. Since late last fall when I got this up and running, what I did was connect two panels per Apex 300 DIRECTLY and quite frankly that’s been working so well I’m not so sure I will ever use the Solar X anyway. Right now I have one Apex connected to the max of 6 batteries, 3 are B300K’s and the other 3 are my older B300s. It tops off even in partly cloudy days by sunset time, which of course is my goal. The other Apex currently has 3-B300K’s and one B300 and it performs as well. By fall I hope to add two more B300K batteries to “fill the system”. That’ll give me something like almost 45KW storeage, again my goal is to be able to top them all off by sunset on sunny days, and so far the system is “keeping up” on partly sunny days between 60-80% SOC which is all anyone can hope for. With this the entire house is off-grid other than the kitchen stove, and the electric dryer. I even run my well pump off it and of course the all imprtant 120V Heat Pump Hot Water heater, so we’re in pretty good shape. I hope this isn’t too late to be of help, I’m truly sorry. They discourage putting out email addresses here or I would supply it for you. I’ll try to log on here once in a while to see if I catch you! Best of luck. BTW…the panels are in series, they’d have to be in order to stay within the Solar X parameters. Read the specs carefully on both that and the Apex also as for limits of Amps input. BTW again, these 580W panels WILL and HAVE put out 700 WATTS!! I tested the cable and the Amps input at that stage was around 18 Amps, so it’s all good! Thankfully!