Re: [RE-wrenches] SI/SB MicroGrid - Recovery From Low Battery Shut Off

[Allan Sindelar]

Years ago, when I was researching SB/SI microgrid solutions for a Ted Turner high-end off grid rich man's lodge, John Berdner (at that time the head of SMA-America) had made me the same recommendation: that a small amount of PV be wired as a DC charge-controller-based input. This was a final fail-safe approach, in case the array was insufficient and the gennie didn't start. It would bring the batteries to a minimal voltage level, such that the SB/SI system would return to operation once the batteries recovered. Allan Allan Sindelar al...@sindelarsolar.com NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc. 505 780-2738 cell   On 6/6/2015 8:23 AM, Mac Lewis wrote: Hi Mark, The Sunny Island has various battery protection modes and will shutdown based on user programmable state of charge levels. Level 2 battery protection will start the Sunny Island every 2 hours in an attempt to get charge into the batteries.  You should set this level up at times when energy input is likely.  See page 113-114 here: http://files.sma.de/dl/15216/SI4548-6048-US-BE-en-20.pdf  If it doesn't get any charging to the batteries for 10 minutes, it will shut down and wait again. This is an advantage of having at least some DC coupled solar input. On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 7:39 AM, Mark Frye <ma...@berkeleysolar.com> wrote: Hi Guys, Just wondering about how a SI/SB microgrid works. If all the PV is connected to SB inverters, what happens if the loads manage to drain the batteries to their low voltage shutdown? Wouldn't the SB stop providing the AC sync so then the SB wouldn't have anything to sync to even if they had power available from the PV? How is this handled? It seems to me you would always want to have some amount of PV DC coupled. Thanks, Mark Frye Berkeley Solar Electric Systems _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org -- Mac Lewis "Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org

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