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So, it's the 230V version ?
Yes, I'm from Ukraine, we have a standard of 230 volts

but in point 38 I can change 120/230 volts, which surprised me, but I didn’t check it with a multimeter
 

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Yes, I'm from Ukraine, we have a standard of 230 volts

but in point 38 I can change 120/230 volts, which surprised me, but I didn’t check it with a multimeter

U serie = US 120V
S serie = EU 230V

You have an S version, normally you cannot set 120V in parameter 38.

Me too 230V I'm in Belgium ;)
 
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Interesting my model does have a parameter #38 in the menu but not mentioned in the operators manual. It says 120v and it can be adjusted from 100v, 105v, 110v and 120v.
 
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Interesting my model does have a parameter #38 in the menu but not mentioned in the operators manual. It says 120v and it can be adjusted from 100v, 105v, 110v and 120v.
if your manual stops around setting #29, you have the manual missing several pages. something ive seen in many downloads too
 
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My manual runs up to #37. There is a jump from #29 to #35. #35 of Battery voltage recovery setting and #37 of Battery fully charged recovery point are pretty important parameters to have. #36 of Max PV charging current is a must.
 
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U serie = US 120V
S serie = EU 230V

You have an S version, normally you cannot set 120V in parameter 38.

Me too 230V I'm in Belgium ;)

Yes, sorry, I checked, I can change 200/208/220/230/240, it seems that the instruction is universal for both 120 and 230
if your manual stops around setting #29, you have the manual missing several pages. something ive seen in many downloads too
Yes, I also downloaded the instructions on the manufacturer's website and there is the last item 28, but these items are in the instructions for the HF2430S80-H and in my paper manual, photo above
 

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Incidentally #29 is for split phase with the description being supply for industrial frequency transformer (enable), disable (default)

Not sure what that does.
 
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My manual runs up to #37. There is a jump from #29 to #35. #35 of Battery voltage recovery setting and #37 of Battery fully charged recovery point are pretty important parameters to have. #36 of Max PV charging current is a must.

In my EAsun manual the parameter 36 is absent and also in the SRNE HF4850S80 manual but in the SRNE HF4850S80 P (parallel) manual it is present.

All these manuals are the same with the same errors ? and sometimes corrections... The best I've seen is the PowLand site which provides the manual with the EAsun logo :p
 
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Incidentally #29 is for split phase with the description being supply for industrial frequency transformer (enable), disable (default)

Not sure what that does.
I didn’t understand either, I decided that it didn’t concern me :)

perhaps you could write your settings to me, with your lifepo4 battery?
 
For 48V battery ;)

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To set the same value for parameter 04 and 14, you must set parameter 14 greater than the desired value for 04. Next, set parameter 04 and then set the value of parameter 14 to the same value as 04.

Parameters 14, 04 and 12 could be set lower like 48V but I increased them to keep some power in the batteries because in AC bypass mode the inverter still draws 30Wh from the batteries, so that leaves some time before the next solar recharge.

Personally I use LiFePO4 batteries in the 3V to 3.4V range in order to preserve them.
 
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Incidentally #29 is for split phase with the description being supply for industrial frequency transformer (enable), disable (default)

Not sure what that does.

Ditto and I don't touch this parameter ?
 
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For 48V battery ;)

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Parameters 14, 04 and 12 could be set lower like 48V but I increased them to keep some power in the batteries because in AC bypass mode the inverter still draws 30Wh from the batteries, so that leaves some time before the next solar recharge.

Personally I use LiFePO4 batteries in the 3V to 3.4V range in order to preserve them.
Thank you
and in SOL mode, when the sun sets in the evening, doesn't the AIO turn on the bypass? Or does it only happen after low voltage at battery point 04?

I will have a small battery 140 ah, I want to save it as much as possible for the reserve, respectively, I will set item 04 as high as possible

but I may have to do, just like now, the timer on the AIO input turn off the AC at 9 am and turn it on at 6 pm and UTI mode

at the same time, use another timer to turn on the AC power supply connected to the battery, with the voltage set to 0.03 volts lower than AIO
 
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and in SOL mode, when the sun sets in the evening, doesn't the AIO turn on the bypass? Or does it only happen after low voltage at battery point 04?

I will have a small battery 140 ah, I want to save it as much as possible for the reserve, respectively, I will set item 04 as high as possible

but I may have to do, just like now, the timer on the AIO input turn off the AC at 9 am and turn it on at 6 pm and UTI mode

at the same time, use another timer to turn on the AC power supply connected to the battery, with the voltage set to 0.03 volts lower than AIO

Yes in SOL mode the AC bypass takes over as soon as there is no PV power. This can also often happen in the morning and at the end of the day when there is not enough PV power. For this reason I only use SBU or UTI mode and I can program it to change automatically based on a schedule via a Linux service that I have programmed.
 
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If you read my post below, you will understand that in SOL mode, when there is low light.
The SOL to bypass switch could occur on average every minute which will certainly not be good for the relay.


Still regarding the SCC MPPT, it would be worth paying attention if you notice behavior similar to what is described in the following post:

 
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Yes in SOL mode the AC bypass takes over as soon as there is no PV power.
can you elaborate on this, I thought it works like this:

1. load 800 watts, 1000 watts comes from solar panels, everything is powered by solar panels

2. load 800 watts, 500 watts come from solar panels and 300 watts are taken from the battery, as long as point 04 allows

3. load 800 watts, 0 comes from solar panels, evening has come, the bypass is turned on


For this reason I only use SBU or UTI mode and I can program it to change automatically based on a schedule via a Linux service that I have programmed.
maybe someday I will try to deal with a home assistant, I have quite a few sonoff relays installed that he can control, and in theory it will be possible to control the load depending on the power of the pv and soc batteries
 
If you want to connect your SRNE to Home Assistant, this is for you :

 
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can you elaborate on this, I thought it works like this:

1. load 800 watts, 1000 watts comes from solar panels, everything is powered by solar panels
2. load 800 watts, 500 watts come from solar panels and 300 watts are taken from the battery, as long as point 04 allows
3. load 800 watts, 0 comes from solar panels, evening has come, the bypass is turned on

Yes it's like that.

The load can be supplied by the PV and the battery together or only by the AC bypass when no PV detected (the icon disappears from the screen in the evening).
 
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If you want to connect your SRNE to Home Assistant, this is for you :


yes, this topic is already bookmarked, you need to gather your courage and try to install it, but I never used it, ewelink was always enough for me

As for the WiFi datalogger dongle, don't buy this, it's a crap that sends your data to a cloud with a badly made application.
Solar Assistant is 100x better.

unfortunately this is so :-( I looked at the capabilities of the application, they are very weak and there are no settings, but I already bought it while I will use it
 
Yes it's like that.

The load can be supplied by the PV and the battery together or only by the AC bypass when no PV detected (the icon disappears from the screen in the evening).
I hope to collect everything by March and I will test the modes, see what suits me more, I still need to wait for the battery
 
unfortunately this is so :-( I looked at the capabilities of the application, they are very weak and there are no settings, but I already bought it while I will use it

The WiFi datalogger is built around an ESP chipset. I don't know where but I saw some people flash it to make it a WiFi-RS485 gateway.

The links below use the WiFi dongle to communicate with the SRNE inverter in modbus :

 
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If you read my post below, you will understand that in SOL mode, when there is low light.
The SOL to bypass switch could occur on average every minute which will certainly not be good for the relay.

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The subject of how long these AC bypass relays will last is something that should be thought upon. Especially since I expect it is not a easily acquired or replaceable part. I expect that it would be good practice to minimize transfers, and if possible do it under minimum loading. Things wear out the more you use and stress them.
 
(1/28/23 update: Number 4 setting is a pain since it will revert to lower voltage if you change any voltage parameter in the other settings and can not be altered without the external software program.)
I re-read the topic, and I saw about point 4

I also encountered this problem when looking at the settings

but then I discovered that point 4 is connected with point 14, the voltage of point 4 should be lower by 0.2 volts than in point 14

haha read to the end and saw that @Sleeper85 wrote about it twice, and once to me, but probably I did not attach any importance to this at the first reading until I myself encountered
 
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I find that I can set Parameter #14 much lower than #4 when I use the SRNE monitor program with password "administration". Presently I have #14 set at 24vDC and #4 set at 25vDC. But as I mentioned if I change any setting on the Main panel after doing this it results in #4 dropping down to being less than I would like it to be.
 
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