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Hello,
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I have a brand new 24v 200 AH LiFePO4 battery that immediately drops from 26.3 v to 5.5 v when I close the system breaker to the new Victron Quatro inverter. This is a breaker I installed on the positive line for testing, not one built into the battery. When I open the breaker the battery immediately returns 26.3 v. During this test the inverter is in the "OFF" position and no noise (IE: high amp dead short) or smells of any kind are observed. In order to eliminate my wiring AND the inverter as the source of the problem I wheeled a different 24 v battery over to my test bench and the Victron starts right up. The only thing that was changed was the battery.
This battery does not have any sort of externally accessible switch, fuse or circuit breaker. It has a meter that gives A, AH, V and SOC. It continues to read 26.3 v when I'm measuring 5.5 at the terminals. Also during this time I'm not measuring any amps with my clamp on ammeter but course it's not very accurate under 2 or 3 amps.
The somewhat decent documentation that come with the battery does not address this in any fashion.
Of course I'll be calling my supplier tomorrow but I'd be curious what others think might be going on in the meantime.
Thank you,
Travis
Please redirect me if this isn't the right place for this post.
I have a brand new 24v 200 AH LiFePO4 battery that immediately drops from 26.3 v to 5.5 v when I close the system breaker to the new Victron Quatro inverter. This is a breaker I installed on the positive line for testing, not one built into the battery. When I open the breaker the battery immediately returns 26.3 v. During this test the inverter is in the "OFF" position and no noise (IE: high amp dead short) or smells of any kind are observed. In order to eliminate my wiring AND the inverter as the source of the problem I wheeled a different 24 v battery over to my test bench and the Victron starts right up. The only thing that was changed was the battery.
This battery does not have any sort of externally accessible switch, fuse or circuit breaker. It has a meter that gives A, AH, V and SOC. It continues to read 26.3 v when I'm measuring 5.5 at the terminals. Also during this time I'm not measuring any amps with my clamp on ammeter but course it's not very accurate under 2 or 3 amps.
The somewhat decent documentation that come with the battery does not address this in any fashion.
Of course I'll be calling my supplier tomorrow but I'd be curious what others think might be going on in the meantime.
Thank you,
Travis
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