Barcelona BETA Testing in Montana

[Weldman]

Thank you Weldman !

You may be seeing what I was also seeing when I put my system together for testing.

I thought that the battery bus bars (and PV in ?)  were maybe keeping the breaker box from bumping up right against the charge controller but it might be something else.

I know it was looked at but needs to be re-looked at I think which can happen this week.

boB

It also mounts up crooked if you look at it from the sides. It's not a straight horizontal line from back to front of the unit and breaker box.

[Raster]

I received the backplates from Midnite for the Rosie and Barcelona yesterday. The Rosie backplate was fine. The Barcelona backplate was damaged: the bottom corners were bent, but fairly fixable. The packaging was essentially just a cover, no protective structure around the product. The Rosie plate was well packaged (larger than the unit). FYI.

[Robin]

We screwed up and are elongating the mounting holes on the breaker boxes so the two parts mate better. I hate to say this, but can you file the four mounting holes for a better fit. We did not ship very many units and back plates before this was noticed, but unfortunately you got one.
Sorry,
Robin

[Weldman]

We screwed up and are elongating the mounting holes on the breaker boxes so the two parts mate better. I hate to say this, but can you file the four mounting holes for a better fit. We did not ship very many units and back plates before this was noticed, but unfortunately you got one.
Sorry,
Robin

I'm just running it like it is with 6 out of 10 screws in. These units aren't light lifting them up and down then taking wires in and out too. Plus with ever changing weather conditions out here on top of trying to keep a flock of ducklings and goslings warm that depend on the unit then the time it would take to ship anything out here and bring the old one back is arduous with living 50 miles from the city on a gravel road for 30 miles to get to town. Lastly mail only delivers 3 days a week here and overnight or 2nd day delivery doesn't exist here. So might want to cancel your Amazon prime account to live here.
Bought the the unit at a discount price as a ß version knowing it will have flaws to help better the product and know if any safety is compromised you guys would fix it, so I'm happy with it.

[Weldman]

So how do I get Rosie to communicate to the Barcelona. Says no inverter on the MNPG on the Barcelona. Can out to Can in from Rosie to Barcelona?

[boB]

It should not be the case but you might try turning off the battery to everything and turn it back on again ?

The canbus cable daisy chains from MNGP2 on the Barcelona to the Barcelona and then to the Rosie, usually.  Plug in the little terminator plug to the empty canbus connectors on each end of the cable.

boB

[Weldman]

It should not be the case but you might try turning off the battery to everything and turn it back on again ?

The canbus cable daisy chains from MNGP2 on the Barcelona to the Barcelona and then to the Rosie, usually.  Plug in the little terminator plug to the empty canbus connectors on each end of the cable.

boB

I think that's what I meant was run a cable from Rosie from the Can Out port to the Barcelona Can In port or where ever it goes I haven't opened it up to look yet on the Barcelona.

[Weldman]

They are speaking to each other now. Now the fun the part, welding with it. Stay tuned...

[Highflyer]

I liked welding with my millermatic 180 and Rosie.  NO issues so far, but I did not weld with the thickest steel.  I used what I had in the scrap bin.  More welding to come next month on a project.

[Raster]

I have a Barcelona and BB on order. What happened to the BB manual? Also, when will all the old jpegs be viewable again?

[Vic]

Hi Raster,

On the MidNite Solar site,  choose MNBCLNA from this list,  then Documents, then, Manual.
https://www.midnitesolar.com/products.php?menuItem=products&productCat_ID=59

Am not shure which .jpg s that you are referring to.

Vic

[Raster]

There is a separate manual for the HB BB, but I don't see one (used to be there) now for the Barcelona BB.

The jpegs below 9918 (dlattach) have no thumbnails and give a "file not found" when clicked.
9918 is posted by Wizbandit #42 on the "New Communication Box" forum. They all used to work.

R.

[Vic]

Hi Raster.

I do not have a copy of the MNBARCBB manual,  cannot find one on the MN Solar site,  and have not seen it here, or there  ...   do have a paper copy that came with the BARC& BARCBB Betas.

In my environment,  post #42,  is NOT by Whizbandit,  but by qrper, Mike,  and the images in that post are in a Quote  ... Post #41,  IS by Whizbandit,  has working thumbnails (here), and is from the Rosie  ...

EDIT: >Raster,  I just went throough some of the  Posts in the "Hawke's Bay in Wisconsin" Thread,  and,  YES, none of Classic Crazy Larry's posts, with images,  show as images,  just "File Not Found",  AND,  YES,  no Thubnails there,  as you noted.  Hope that these images can be restored.<

Could you please send a message to Ryan (FNG), regarding the manual situation?

 just a drive-by. FWIW, YMMV,  and so on,  Vic