William,

I believe that I recently noticed the same behavior with the global equalize. It was overcast, and the MX 60 was bulk charging at about 3 amps. After initiating a global equalize from the Mate, I noticed that the MX 60 displayed Vbat > Absorb, then after a couple maybe three minutes it would go into the equalizing mode. A couple minutes later, the MX 60 would sweep, display Vbat > Absorb. And repeat .... It was "off task" more than on. Not very efficient. A C40 would have contributed more to the equalization. Outback tech support said this was normal.

When you are only getting 3-amps into a 400-amphour battery, the solar system contribution is negligible anyway. None-the-less, poor performance is not expected from first rate gear.

Kent Osterberg
Blue Mountain Solar



William Miller wrote:
Friends:

We have been noticing that when equalizing generator fed VFX systems with MX60 charge controllers, even though we initiate a global EQ command, the MX60s stop EQing in short order. I was told by Outback this is normal. This does not seem right to me.

Also, we seem unable to force a bulk cycle with the MX60s on a sunny day, no generator. They go into bulk and then drop out in a matter of minutes.

Have any of you experienced this anomalous behavior? Have you found any solutions?

Thanks in advance.

William Miller

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