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Multiplus II generator charging problems

Hi,

I've a 20kW battery pack including 2x multiplus II inverters, only one is used for charging and inverting to and from the batteries, and the other one only converts to 230VAC.
A machine including a PLC is powered by the Multiplus II (sensors and a CAN-bus system are inside).
It is an off-grid machine and to charge the batteries I use a generator capable of charging 4000W continuously.
The problem is when the consumption is higher than the continuous charge limit, the Generator stops working and the machine gets a power dip. It looks like it takes a few milliseconds to change to the batteries instead of the generator. According to the Victron expert, it should not be an issue at all, the multiplus II should change the operations of charging to inverting within a quarter sinus. It should be so fast the machine can not recognize the power dip.
Does anyone have an idea to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance!
Kind regards.

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JohnC answered ·

Hi @JDenergy

This should be seamless.

You say "Generator stops working", what's that, an overload? Set an Input Current Limit in the Multi to stop that happening. Power Assist (if you haven't disabled it) will pick up any deficit by adding inverted power to the genset's. Enable Dynamic Current Limiter to soften the effect of any harsh load changes on the genset.

I'm still curious why there's a gap in the power anyway, might be in the way the genset trips. The questions @Alexandra asked are relevant, also are you running other things like ESS?

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