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SmartSolar 150/70 showing float when in absorption

Hello,

I recently updated firmware of my SmartSolar 150/70-tr and now it's doing weird things. It goes into absorption for a few minutes and then jumps to float. However what is being reported and what it's doing are not the same. It's clearly still operating as if it's in absorption but showing float. The load when I took the screen shots was 150W.

Any help/instructions would ve very much appreciated. We live off-grid and depend entirely on our solar setup.

Many thanks,

Jason.


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wkirby answered ·

Why does the first screenshot show 13.78V from the SBS - as if a 12V system and the rest of your screenshots relate to a 48V system?
A battery Voltage of 55.79V seems a reasonable Float Voltage. What is your Float Voltage set to?
A short absorption time would be normal if you have the Absorption duration set to Adaptive.
If a 150W load, there is still 1.1KW going to the battery. This is possible if the battery Voltage dipped a little bit whilst in Float, but not low enough, for long enough to trigger a Re-bulk. What is your Re-bulk Voltage set to?

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onechanet avatar image onechanet commented ·

I posted onto the main thread by mistake. I'm posting this in case you are not notified.

Cheers,

Jason.

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onechanet answered ·

Hi @wkirby, thanks for your reply.

The reason I initially asked was because I've never seen this before in almost two years of using the Victron.

I have used the same settings on the controller since I installed it. The battery settings are those recommended by the manufacturer per 2V cell (screenshot of settings below)

As for the SPS, I only have it connected to the first battery for temperature monitoring/compensation.

Again, thanks so much for your help.

Jason.

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wkirby avatar image wkirby ♦♦ commented ·

The Voltage setting look fine to me. Those settings are for 25°C, bear that in mind.
The temperature compensation seems really off though. It's usually set around about -16mV/°C. I wouldn't imagine this being a great deal different from one battery brand to another. The colder it gets, the higher the battery Voltages will be. Maybe worth double checking this with your battery manufacturer?

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onechanet answered ·

Oops, I forgot to upload yesterdays history.

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