Thales
New Member
Hi everyone,
I have been reading a bunch here (so great) but am still confused how to get my system to do what I want it to do. Maybe I am missing something basic.
I have this PIP 2724LV-MR 24V 2.7kW 120V Inverter https://watts247.com/product/pip-2724lv-mr/ and a EG4 LifePower4 Lithium Battery 24V 200AH https://eg4electronics.com/backend/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/EG4LL-24V-Spec-Sheet-1.pdf as emergency back up on my aquarium system. It has been working great so far doing what it is supposed to do - keep the battery charged and switch over to battery power when there is a power outage. I am adding solar panels, 4 200 watt panels in parallel as advised by watts247.
I would like the power from solar panels to be providing power to the equipment plugged into the MPP where there is sunlight, and would like mains power to be keeping the battery charged in case of an emergency. I am having trouble making that happen as the MPP seems to want to make the panels charge the battery unless I set the unit to Utility first in program 1. Instead of relating all the settings I have tried, I thought I could share how I have the MPP programed and see if you all know how to make it do what I want, or let me know if I am just wrong and it won’t do what I want.
Thank you in advance for helping me try to figure this out because I am a bit lost, and I hope I posted this in the correct forum. If I can provide more information, please let me know.
My current settings are
1 SOL
2 25a
3 UPS
5 USE
6 lrd
7 trd
9 60hz
11 15A
12 25.5
13 27
16 snu
18 bOn
19 esp
20 lOn
22 aon
23 Byd
25 FEN
26 28.1
27 27
29 23
30 ed5
31 29.2
33 60
34 120
35 30d
36 ad5
Thanks! Rich
I have been reading a bunch here (so great) but am still confused how to get my system to do what I want it to do. Maybe I am missing something basic.
I have this PIP 2724LV-MR 24V 2.7kW 120V Inverter https://watts247.com/product/pip-2724lv-mr/ and a EG4 LifePower4 Lithium Battery 24V 200AH https://eg4electronics.com/backend/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/EG4LL-24V-Spec-Sheet-1.pdf as emergency back up on my aquarium system. It has been working great so far doing what it is supposed to do - keep the battery charged and switch over to battery power when there is a power outage. I am adding solar panels, 4 200 watt panels in parallel as advised by watts247.
I would like the power from solar panels to be providing power to the equipment plugged into the MPP where there is sunlight, and would like mains power to be keeping the battery charged in case of an emergency. I am having trouble making that happen as the MPP seems to want to make the panels charge the battery unless I set the unit to Utility first in program 1. Instead of relating all the settings I have tried, I thought I could share how I have the MPP programed and see if you all know how to make it do what I want, or let me know if I am just wrong and it won’t do what I want.
Thank you in advance for helping me try to figure this out because I am a bit lost, and I hope I posted this in the correct forum. If I can provide more information, please let me know.
My current settings are
1 SOL
2 25a
3 UPS
5 USE
6 lrd
7 trd
9 60hz
11 15A
12 25.5
13 27
16 snu
18 bOn
19 esp
20 lOn
22 aon
23 Byd
25 FEN
26 28.1
27 27
29 23
30 ed5
31 29.2
33 60
34 120
35 30d
36 ad5
Thanks! Rich