Hi,
I have a BlueSolar Charger MPPT 150/85 which is producing half of what it normally does (eg. 1000 W instead of 2000 W). This started to happen after I tried using it to test it in a hydro power configuration.
The setup was similar to this: https://www.victronenergy.com/blog/2017/12/18/diy-ingenuity-hydro-power-in-the-austrian-alps/
The input voltage might have exceeded the 150 V maximum Open Circuit Voltage as before I cut the circuit some sparks and small flames started to appear on the connectors (and on the CCGX Ethernet connector as well).
The other symptom is that even when the solar panels do not produce anything anymore (night time) there is still around 20 to 50 W reported coming out of the array. If the BlueSolar Charger is disconnected from the battery, it does correctly report 0 W.
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I have tried power cycling it, resetting to factory default and updating to latest v1.27 without any improvement.
I understand that from exceeding the rated input voltage I must have very likely damaged some hardware component, but 1) is there something I could do before opening the charger and 2) where should I look into the charger ?
Thanks in advance for any help and if you need more information I'll be more than happy to provide it.
