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producing no solar question

I have set the Minimum SoC to 90%


But now when my battery is at 90% then my MPPT is producing no Solar


If now reduce my Minimum Soc to 80% then the battery will start discharging and also i am producing Solar


My question is why was i not producing any Solar when minimum SoC was at 90%, surely it should have produced solar to


-increase battery to 100%

-produce for my current AC loads

-produce to export to the grid?

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nickdb answered ·

Not a lot to go on.

How new is the environment. Is it off-grid?

It is pretty normal for pylons, especially when new, not to get to full charge due to balancing.

If your system is setup correctly, the battery will tell the chargers what to do. If mppt's shut off it is most likely because the BMS has lowered it's limits.

Run through this doc to make sure you are configured correctly:

https://www.victronenergy.com/live/battery_compatibility:pylontech_phantom

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kevinc avatar image kevinc commented ·

Yeh it is a new system


I could see the point of hutting the mppt off if it was excluivly being sent to the battery but dont see the logic if that power could be exported or used for ac loads.


I am now thinking tho, does the mppt send the power to batteries before it goes for ac loads or export?

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nickdb avatar image nickdb ♦♦ kevinc commented ·

Presume you have ESS configured?

Does your console show an ESS state code like #1?

If you hit 90% ESS will not usually turn off until you charge to 95%, at this time PV is only used to charge and grid for loads.

Since the batts are new and won't charge to 95% no solar will go to loads.

You need to follow the pylon advice and leave (assuming grid-attached) the ESS mode to keep charged for a few days so the batteries can balance.

Also make sure you have not set a lower charge voltage in DVCC.

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