I've used a 10x10x24" gutter directly under AIOs and then an 18x18x4" jbox for combining (3) PF16s with a victron combiner. Takes a fair amount of real estate but allows for easy addition of batteries. Putting a gutter on top of pf16s and an AIO onto of that sounds very clean but it would push the screen pretty high and wouldn't fit in many basements. Howie
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 11:41 AM Zeke Yewdall via RE-wrenches < [email protected]> wrote: > I have done several systems where we just paralleled two batteries on the > battery terminals, just like we'd do with lead acid batteries, with a > reverse return for the home runs. With the active balancing, the reverse > return is apparently not as important, but I still think it's best practice. > > MidNite Power is working on a custom gutter/wiring box for coupling the > PF16's directly to the AIO, but not sure on timeline for it. I've seen a > few really nice installs where someone used a standard 10" gutter with > cutouts in it directly on top of the PF16's, then set the AIO's on top of > that. No exposed wiring or even conduit showing. > > Zeke > -- > Zeke Yewdall > PV Engineer > NABCEP #031508-89 > [email protected] > 303-523-3592 > ______________________________ >
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