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Inverter overvoltage shutoff | 13 comments (13 topical, editorial)
Re: Inverter overvoltage shutoff (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by CmeBREW (smke833f@hotmail.com) on Tue May 13th, 2008 at 04:48:26 PM MST
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I don't mean to hyjack or anything, but maybe the poster will relate with something that I am doing, since we are both having the same problem.

I just found that there is a discrepancy with the C60 I got and the booklet that came with it. I bought it new, but the book shows the voltage range for Bulk stage from 15-17 volts, but on the circuit board of the C60 it says the range is from 13-15 volts.  
Also, the book says that the float range is 14.5 - 16.5 volts, but the circuit board on the C60 itself says the float range is 12.5 - 14.5 .

I had my Bulk set at 13.5V according to the circuit board itself, and the float at only 12.7v.
But I suspect my main problem is my dump load not being big enough wattage.

For a dump load I have been just using one 12v (200watt) car heater (one element) with a separate fan.  I like doing 'heating experiments'. (200W is about the max of my power generation right now)

  According to my meter, it is 2.4 ohm. Thats higher than I had thought.

Therefore I see what I need to do. Parallel another heating element to get it down to around one ohm.

I suspect the poster may want to do what Flux suggested and reduce the bulk setting down, maybe to 14v and see if that does the trick.  On a windy day, you probably have plenty of extra power going to the dump load anyway.  

What is the watts/ohms and number of elements that you have as a dump load?? Maybe someone can see the problem.



Re: Inverter overvoltage shutoff (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by TomW on Tue May 13th, 2008 at 05:26:21 PM MST
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BREW;

Isn't there a test point on the board you can use to read the setting with a voltmeter?

I had one that died and I seem to recall a test point for these settings that you adjust to read 1/2 of the desired setting?

Maybe it was another device but that seems to be how I remember it.

Tom

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Re: Inverter overvoltage shutoff (3.00 / 0) (#9)
by CmeBREW (smke833f@hotmail.com) on Tue May 13th, 2008 at 09:10:30 PM MST
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I just looked at the book again, and found out I mis-read a page. There is no discrepancy with the voltage ranges. I was looking on the wrong page--something about cutting a resister which changes the voltage parameters..Bla,bla,bla.   Sorry about that.  
Yes, Tom, there are points on the pots that I can read the voltage with my digital voltmeter while it is charging. I will do so during the next windy day.

I was thinking, Another possibility with Brian's system problem could be that he may  need to move up to the bigger 60 or even 80 amp charge controller.  I notice that he has a nice 10 footer mill which is probably going way over just 40 amps in a big wind gust.

I'm not sure how those work exactly, but my C60 book says that when an over current trip occurs (orange led I believe) that the controller stays OFF for 6 minutes and then resets.  This is probably when the volts of the batts goes beyond 15 volts during a big gust and trips the inverter off. (which is a pain in beep! I know)

-Just a thought!

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