Hello folks,
Hoping you can help out a relatively new guy to the world of solar. I had another thread over here
That most of my questions were answered. However a newer issue has sort of popped up. At what (LOW) voltage should a Sunny island converter shut off?
My original issue was that the inverter was kicking off when I was reaching about 47 volts. I have watered all the batteries very very recently and had one good day of running everything and I mean everything in my fifth wheel including my AC for the better part of 6 hours. Went to bed at about 10:00 p.m. with only my cell phone plugged in and the refrigerator running but by 6:00 a.m. I was cut off by the inverter. The midnight classic was saying my voltage was at 48 volts, the Sunny island was reading it at 48.5 volts.....
Today the issue arose when I fired up the AC units and had them running for all of about 2 hours when the master Sunny Island shut down. Immediately went out there and the midnight solar is reading the voltage is at 50.2 volts....
I can fully understand the inverter shutting off at some point going well below 48 volts, but why in the hell is it shutting off at 50 volts now?
Started running the AC at noon in broad sunlight hitting the DC solar trailer panels. Unit kicked off and shut down around 2:00 p.m. still in direct sunlight. What am I missing? Is there some parameter that I need to change on the Sunny island? Could the unit be getting too hot?
Thanks in advance!
Hoping you can help out a relatively new guy to the world of solar. I had another thread over here
Complete noob. Yep, another DC solar trailer question
No problem using hygrometer or adding distilled water while running. Just don't short any terminals. Besides metal blast, sparks around bubbling batteries would be really bad. Not that I expect much bubbling from such a small PV array.
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That most of my questions were answered. However a newer issue has sort of popped up. At what (LOW) voltage should a Sunny island converter shut off?
My original issue was that the inverter was kicking off when I was reaching about 47 volts. I have watered all the batteries very very recently and had one good day of running everything and I mean everything in my fifth wheel including my AC for the better part of 6 hours. Went to bed at about 10:00 p.m. with only my cell phone plugged in and the refrigerator running but by 6:00 a.m. I was cut off by the inverter. The midnight classic was saying my voltage was at 48 volts, the Sunny island was reading it at 48.5 volts.....
Today the issue arose when I fired up the AC units and had them running for all of about 2 hours when the master Sunny Island shut down. Immediately went out there and the midnight solar is reading the voltage is at 50.2 volts....
I can fully understand the inverter shutting off at some point going well below 48 volts, but why in the hell is it shutting off at 50 volts now?
Started running the AC at noon in broad sunlight hitting the DC solar trailer panels. Unit kicked off and shut down around 2:00 p.m. still in direct sunlight. What am I missing? Is there some parameter that I need to change on the Sunny island? Could the unit be getting too hot?
Thanks in advance!