Yes, the site I mentioned is only for the fortress envy inverter. I’ve had the same weather as you, being in northern Vermont, that is where that system crashed that I mentioned in the previous email, definitely did not reach a full state of charge in January.
The national weather service reported it was the cloudiest January since 1951. *Kirk Herander / **kirkh@vermont.solar <kirkh@vermont.solar>* *Owner|Principal, VT Solar, LLC* *Celebrating our 33st Anniversary 1991-2024!!* dba Vermont Solar Engineering 802.559.1225 On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 1:11 PM Dave Tedeyan via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Kirk, > > That site looks specifically for the Envy inverters. Do you know if the > Guardian site is working? My credentials will not get me in at this time. > www.app.fortresspower.io > > My sites have no comms between the batteries and the inverter, since it is > an Outback system. > > And yes, there is certainly an issue with SOC drift over time without > getting a full charge. I was told by Fortress tech support that the eFlex > batteries needed to get over 55V to calibrate the SOC. Yet, in their > settings, the generator is only supposed to bring them to 54.4V. The solar > will bring it higher. But this was a problem here in upstate NY, where we > did not have a sunny enough day in the entire month of January. > > Cheers, > Dave > > > On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 12:30 PM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via > RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > >> So this is all open loop with outback correct? I can't even get into >> Simplyphi. website today. Maybe the windows update... >> >> The battery below was suppose to be networkable but it looks like not >> much progress. >> >> - Model: AmpliPHI 3.8kWh >> - Inverter compatibility: Sol-Ark, SMA (coming soon), Schneider >> Electric (coming soon) >> >> A question, it looks like Outback is not closed loop with any battery >> company. I hope I am wrong! >> >> >> >> *Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar >> "we go where powerlines don't" >> <http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/>https://offgridsolar1.com/ >> <https://offgridsolar1.com/> <http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/> >> e-mail offgridso...@sti.net <offgridso...@sti.net> >> text 209 813 0060* >> >> >> On 2024-02-15 8:57 am, Darryl Thayer via RE-wrenches wrote: >> >> Is it similar to my problem with my Simplify batteries? Over time, the >> BMS did not allow all cells to charge the same. To correct this, I had to >> charge each battery separately, and after this, they stayed equivalent for >> more years. >> >> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 7:50 AM Jay via RE-wrenches < >> re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: >> >> >> Hi william >> >> Could you share the equipment used and what issues you had? >> >> Thx >> Jay >> >> On Feb 14, 2024, at 3:13 PM, William Miller via RE-wrenches < >> re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: >> >> Peter: >> >> >> >> I have only purchased one set of Fortress batteries. There have been >> issues, I am sure many of them self-induced. Fortress has been overall >> very responsive. There have been a few days where I could not get through >> to technical support but with persistence I always manage. Fortress has >> offered truck–roll compensation at a reasonable rate as well. >> >> >> >> William Miller >> >> >> >> Miller Solar >> >> 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 >> >> 805-438-5600 >> >> www.millersolar.com >> >> CA Lic. 773985 >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On >> Behalf Of *Peter Giroux via RE-wrenches >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 14, 2024 6:47 AM >> *To:* 'RE-wrenches' >> *Cc:* pgir...@mindspring.com >> *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Fortress >> >> >> >> Good morning my fellow wrenchers. While I see the comments on SunPower >> and the challenges, are any of you having similar issues with Fortress? >> Their bms boards from the early classics have not held up and even after >> replacement there are still issues ( parallel batteries and stand alone not >> showing accurate #'s, ). While support has been, well supportive, the >> issues persist. Any thoughts or fixes you have come up with?? I just had a >> customer unplug the coms cable from their sol-ark and bring their readings >> to volts VS %% and it is starting to work a bit better. Any and all help or >> ideas appreciated. >> >> >> >> Thx >> peter Giroux >> >> American Solar >> >> Norcross Ga >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org >> >> 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 >> >> There are two list archives for searching. 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