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PV array not covering loads when battery is charged?

RossA

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Okay, so I got my solar panels installed last week. Today is the first day that it fully charged my battery. I am running into something that I don't understand... But I should explain my setup first.

1360 watts of solar
LV2424 Hybrid inverter charger all in one unit (has MPPT charge controller inside).
7.3 kwh DIY battery.

Okay, so my battery is nearly fully charged and I have a few loads. I was surprised to see power coming out of my batteries for the loads instead of the loads being covered by my solar panels. I look at my MPPT charge controller and it is telling me I have 79v at the PV array, but 0 watts coming in. I flicked on a window AC unit that pulls roughly 500 watts to add to my loads. Now I have 21 amps coming out of my battery, and still 0 watts coming in from the solar. I don't understand why my solar panels aren't feeding the loads? I looked at the manual for my inverter charger MPPT controller, and I changed the priority for the PV array to prioritize loads over charging the battery, but still, no power coming in from the solar panels. My breaker that I have between the panels and the MPPT hasn't flipped. I tried flipping it off, then back on again with no change.

Ideas why my PV array isn't providing any power? I obviously know that it was working earlier today, since it successfully charged my battery with inputting roughly 3.8 kwh today...

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What are your settings? It has to be something in the software I think.
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I have it set to prioritize loads before charging the battery, but of course excess PV wattage goes to charge the battery.

I'm looking at 07 and wondering if an overload occurred while I was gone, and just didn't reset because I have the reset disabled after overload.

I finally got the solar to cover my loads by flipping the breaker off for a full minute, then back on. I think it reset something in the LV2424 that allowed the solar to connect back to my electrical system.
 
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