stuck in Blacklist loop

[oldfart101]

Looks like I am stuck in Blacklist loop
With DEBUG = 1
just printing LLLLLLL for ever.
NODEMCU ESP8266 (Amica)
efergy elite 1.0R
do I need an earth connection, or just the data connection?

[DENightOne]

I am pretty sure you need to earth it.... cant imagine it would work without an earth.... I just earthed mine to the efergy battery connection earth...

[oldfart101]

gnd connected. now get some serial output! (Only MQTT is MQTT true)

bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbECS{"BituSec":[2014,80,83,86,88,90,92,94,101,95,246,242,88,91,92,94,251,240,237,234,82,234,232,231,85,82,235,83,85,88,89,92,99,94,95,96,97,98,98,99,256,94,96,96,247,93,94,96,103,98,98,99,99,100,100,100,256,244,241,87,240,87,239,86,245,85,238,234]}
{"RAW":[63,255,238,79,255,255,255,255]}LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[oldfart101]

serial capture.txt attached
capture.txt

[oldfart101]

Looks like setup function fails at
if (SPIFFS.exists("/config.json")) { //Check if we have a pre-existing configuration saved
//file exists, reading and loading
Serial.println("\nReading Config...");

I don't get Reading Config...

but also don't get
failed to mount FS