Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd battery charging behavior with Outback inverters

2024-01-12 Thread Richard Nicol via RE-wrenches
Hi William Jay is correct, rebulk will prevent a new bulk charge whether ac power is maintained or applied “cold”. It doesn’t make sense per our accepted and understood definition of rebulk, but we’ve seen this on every Radian/vfxr  installed with lithium.Adjust the rebulk up to just below the floa

Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd battery charging behavior with Outback inverters

2024-01-12 Thread William Miller via RE-wrenches
Jay: Thanks for the reply. My understanding is that a new bulk process begins every time AC power is reapplied. Rebulk only applies if AC power is maintained after absorption completes. That’s not what is happening here. William Miller Miller Solar.com 805-438-5600 www.millersolar.com On Fri,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd battery charging behavior with Outback inverters

2024-01-12 Thread Jay via RE-wrenches
There is or was a setting in the mate 3/s that the rebulk volts has a trigger. If the voltage doesn’t get below it it won’t charge (absorb) properly. Fix is to set the rebulk up higher than the charge voltsI don’t know if that’s your issue or not but I have fixed this  on systems. JayOn Jan 12, 202

Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd battery charging behavior with Outback inverters

2024-01-12 Thread Steve Higgins via RE-wrenches
Good Morning Everyone, The graphs look like something is bypassing the absorb timers. I haven't been at Outback for a long time now, but from my experience, this can be caused by the FNDC, end amps programming of the FM Controllers, or the operating mode of the inverter. On the FM Charge Contr

Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd battery charging behavior with Outback inverters

2024-01-12 Thread Mac Lewis via RE-wrenches
William, This is a very timely question, I have been seeing the same thing. I also don't allow any Flexnet interference in charging. I went to investigate a site yesterday and figured this one out. It turned out that the Flexnet was uncalibrated by about 1V on the low side. This was a Lithium

[RE-wrenches] Odd battery charging behavior with Outback inverters

2024-01-11 Thread William Miller via RE-wrenches
Friends: I got a call from a client inquiring as to why his generator was starting every morning, even though no one was staying at the property and there was decent, albeit winter, sunshine. While looking into it I noticed that when his generator did run the battery voltage did not stay at a