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MPPT RS 450/100 tracker jumping up and down

Hi all, I seem to have a few minutes per day during which the tracker is unable to lock the maximum powerpoint. In that scenario you just see the voltage jump up and down a couple of times per second for minutes at a time before shading conditions change to something more usable.

Shading during that period is pretty bad. That tracker has 7 panels facing east at low angle but at the end of the afternoon they are in the shade of the house. Shading is killing of the panels one at a time over a period of less ~30mins.

I need to catch it while it happens as 1minute VRM data never shows this. I have now seen it happen 3 times but it could very well be happening every day.

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Alex Pescaru answered ·

Hi @kudos50

Is the tracker in the "voltage/current limited" mode ?

Because it's producing only a very small quantity of energy, aprox. 100-200W

In this mode it's normal behavior.

Alex

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Not sure I understand where to find that. If you are asking if battery was at 100% than the answer is yes. But the 100% was reached a long time before this behaviour manifested.

Feed DC to grid is switched on as well. I have Pylontech and MP2s so MPPT RS is in external control mode all day according to its state history.

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