Hi all
Look for some advice in regards to a fault of the BP100 not wanting to re-connect once the voltage returns to the upper threshold
We are looking to implement the BP100 into a fleet application and have been doing some bench testing to evaluate its suitability
Test 1: Setup the BP100 as per the instructions in between a battery and a load simulator. Load simulator is on and battery eventually falls below 10.4V and BP100 kicks in and isolates the connection. No issue here
Test 2: Same setup as above but the battery is replaced with a variable power supply and load simulator replaced with a small LED load of approx 150mA. Power supply is set to 10.4V and turned on, BP100 is closed and LED lamp is on. After 90sec the BP100 isolates the load as expected. Power supply is then raised to 12.1V, but BP100 does not reconnect in full. It attempts to re-connect as can be seen with the LED lamp turning on for a split sec, then off, then on again, repeating while the BP100 displays the Error 1 code.
Setting is the default 10.5 -12.0V so the parameters are correct for the test and we can see it attempting the re-connect, it just fails
LED lamp load is approx 100mA. Is this not efficient enough to allow the BP100 to reconnect? What is the minimum? Is this defined properly?
I have seen issues with capacitance loads, but this should not be the case with the LED lamp load and in-rush
Any advice in this area is appreciated
