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Kilowatt

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    The currents measured are on the DC side.
     
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    60A DC is 60a x 48v = 2.88KW
    60A AC is 60a x 240v = 14.4KW
     
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from 0012 in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    @hoohloc I was just going to accept the loss and walk away. So thank you for your advise to contact them directly, it has saved me a lot of money now. 
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from Moffat in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    @hoohloc I was just going to accept the loss and walk away. So thank you for your advise to contact them directly, it has saved me a lot of money now. 
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from Nexuss in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    @hoohloc I was just going to accept the loss and walk away. So thank you for your advise to contact them directly, it has saved me a lot of money now. 
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from root in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    After reaching out to Phylontech in China, it looks like my warranty will be honoured. Thank you to all for the feedback and insight into this issue. Below is the email reply from China. 
    Hi Quintus,
     
    After rechecking your case, I agree that overcharging is not the main cause of battery damage. After inspection, although the battery has been impacted by large currents, the current alone should not cause damage to the cells.
     
    Sorry for the wrong judgment I gave before, I will contact Segensolar to prepare a new battery for you. Please note that when using a Victron inverter, it is best to set the charging voltage to 52.5V.
     
    Best regards,
    Chris
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from hoohloc in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    @hoohloc I was just going to accept the loss and walk away. So thank you for your advise to contact them directly, it has saved me a lot of money now. 
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from Scorp007 in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    After reaching out to Phylontech in China, it looks like my warranty will be honoured. Thank you to all for the feedback and insight into this issue. Below is the email reply from China. 
    Hi Quintus,
     
    After rechecking your case, I agree that overcharging is not the main cause of battery damage. After inspection, although the battery has been impacted by large currents, the current alone should not cause damage to the cells.
     
    Sorry for the wrong judgment I gave before, I will contact Segensolar to prepare a new battery for you. Please note that when using a Victron inverter, it is best to set the charging voltage to 52.5V.
     
    Best regards,
    Chris
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from hoohloc in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    After reaching out to Phylontech in China, it looks like my warranty will be honoured. Thank you to all for the feedback and insight into this issue. Below is the email reply from China. 
    Hi Quintus,
     
    After rechecking your case, I agree that overcharging is not the main cause of battery damage. After inspection, although the battery has been impacted by large currents, the current alone should not cause damage to the cells.
     
    Sorry for the wrong judgment I gave before, I will contact Segensolar to prepare a new battery for you. Please note that when using a Victron inverter, it is best to set the charging voltage to 52.5V.
     
    Best regards,
    Chris
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from mzezman in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    After reaching out to Phylontech in China, it looks like my warranty will be honoured. Thank you to all for the feedback and insight into this issue. Below is the email reply from China. 
    Hi Quintus,
     
    After rechecking your case, I agree that overcharging is not the main cause of battery damage. After inspection, although the battery has been impacted by large currents, the current alone should not cause damage to the cells.
     
    Sorry for the wrong judgment I gave before, I will contact Segensolar to prepare a new battery for you. Please note that when using a Victron inverter, it is best to set the charging voltage to 52.5V.
     
    Best regards,
    Chris
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from spotity in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    After reaching out to Phylontech in China, it looks like my warranty will be honoured. Thank you to all for the feedback and insight into this issue. Below is the email reply from China. 
    Hi Quintus,
     
    After rechecking your case, I agree that overcharging is not the main cause of battery damage. After inspection, although the battery has been impacted by large currents, the current alone should not cause damage to the cells.
     
    Sorry for the wrong judgment I gave before, I will contact Segensolar to prepare a new battery for you. Please note that when using a Victron inverter, it is best to set the charging voltage to 52.5V.
     
    Best regards,
    Chris
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    This is really encouraging to see . Thanks for the feedback.
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from Nexuss in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    After reaching out to Phylontech in China, it looks like my warranty will be honoured. Thank you to all for the feedback and insight into this issue. Below is the email reply from China. 
    Hi Quintus,
     
    After rechecking your case, I agree that overcharging is not the main cause of battery damage. After inspection, although the battery has been impacted by large currents, the current alone should not cause damage to the cells.
     
    Sorry for the wrong judgment I gave before, I will contact Segensolar to prepare a new battery for you. Please note that when using a Victron inverter, it is best to set the charging voltage to 52.5V.
     
    Best regards,
    Chris
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from PierreJ in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    After reaching out to Phylontech in China, it looks like my warranty will be honoured. Thank you to all for the feedback and insight into this issue. Below is the email reply from China. 
    Hi Quintus,
     
    After rechecking your case, I agree that overcharging is not the main cause of battery damage. After inspection, although the battery has been impacted by large currents, the current alone should not cause damage to the cells.
     
    Sorry for the wrong judgment I gave before, I will contact Segensolar to prepare a new battery for you. Please note that when using a Victron inverter, it is best to set the charging voltage to 52.5V.
     
    Best regards,
    Chris
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from PierreJ in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    @hoohloc I have sent off an email this morning motivating for a warranty replacement directly to Phylontech. I will provide feedback once I have received a reply. 
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from Nexuss in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    @hoohloc I have sent off an email this morning motivating for a warranty replacement directly to Phylontech. I will provide feedback once I have received a reply. 
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from hoohloc in Phylontech battery failure (over charged) Victron Inverter   
    @hoohloc I have sent off an email this morning motivating for a warranty replacement directly to Phylontech. I will provide feedback once I have received a reply. 
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from Youda in Victron & Phylontech High Voltage alarms   
    So i thought i would give some feed back on this matter, i should have done it a while back already. I have made no changes to my system since Plonkster did the Patch. I still get the odd over current alarm, but not often, probably happens once every month or second month now. I don't worry about it anymore. I am happy, i like my Victron setup and it continues to work well. 
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from Jaco De Jongh in Help me to understand my Multiplus II System   
    I definitely think there will be an advantage for me to add extra watts to my system. Maybe bring the total PV to about 3800w. (Probably have 3000w or just over of actual power as the panels are not 100% efficient)I will have excess power during peak, but it will also mean I should have sufficient power to power my loads in the early morning from sunrise to around 10ish and again in the later afternoons as well. Will also help boost battery charging. My extra PV will have to be on its own MPPT on east side of my house to full utilize the morning sun. The other panels have full sun from 9:30 - sunset. 
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    Kilowatt got a reaction from Blinkwater9 in Grid tie advice needed   
    Thanks Blinkwater9, 
    I fully agree on your thinking regarding eskom. It would be nice to be completely independent and say good bye to Eskom. But I don’t think that is completely necessary for me at the moment. So finding the right inverter to combine power and have battery back up seems like right option for now. I will do some research on the Axpert king and infinisolar inverters. Hopefully someone on the forum has first hand experience on one of these. 
    I also need to get some clarity on whether size matters on a grid tie inverter, I’m sure I read that if your inverter is 3kw and your load calls for 4kw the inverter supplies 3kw and the other 1kw comes from the grid or so then no need to fork out for a big inverter if majority or average load is going to be 3kw or less? 

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