Two basic mechanical changes will have been made:
1. replacing the temporary round aluminum tube with Superstru half channel.
2. lift the array several feet off the ground.
Two electrical changes:
1. replacing the existing, underrated card with a more suitable card.
2. The duracel batteries are being replaced by LiTime 12V/100Ah LiFePO4 batteries. Communications over a couple of weeks with agents of LiTime and Epever plus extensive online searches, has resulted in a usable set of parameters for the Triron-LiTime pairing.
Future software change: The Dygraph software may replaqce the existing hml graph.
The array framework has long needed some modifications. Some of the originlal work was haphazard and only temporary in intent. Yesterday and today and tommorrow will have been spent making the needed changes. The array is also being raised higher off the ground. There have problems with the lawn grass wilting under the lower end of the array. The new arrangement will leave the bottom of the array several feet off the ground. A five foot section of pipe was attached to the exixting pipe using a junction/coupler. The most needed change is the replacement of temporary round aluminum tubing as a base for one of the panels. Superstrut half channel is the replacement and matches the rest of the framework.
The wench used to raise the array onto the pipe, originally, is being used to lift the array several more feet. The wench had to liberally oiled to overcome friction. The pipe clamps on the pipe were also oiled to make the lift easier. One additional benefit of the lift is the full west facing tilt available to catch late afternoon sun.
A new relay card is on the way. The recent card worked when underated. That was good luck. The replacement not last so long. The reason turned out to be the ratings of the relays used. The ads stated 12V, 24V which I assumed was the working load voltage. I was wrong. The relays are marked 14V, which is why they failed.