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Thanks Solaris, it didn’t bother me before, but since my Kodak blew up I’m terrified a similar issue could happen so am trying to have as much information and protection as possible.. the passwords also didn’t work, but appreciate your sharing them, thanks.

Thanks, Suly. I tried that, thanks. No luck. Resetting the BMS may put it back to defaults. Just working on how to reset it now. :-}

Hi WolfAndy, I have 12 x 370W and have a 250/100 on its way. 😊 How did you configure the panels? 3 strings of 4? Did you use MC4 "Y" connections to "parallel" them? Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the response. Nor am I an expert on Kodak, but I know of only one other person who has owned one and it also stopped working soon after purchasing it, with no help from the supplier regarding warranty, so there must be a few of them giving issues otherwise "prompt after sales service and repairs under warranty", isn't a bad compliment to have if you can't rely on the product for the more preferable compliment of "Great Product!" :-)

I have someone helping me to try to and crack the passwords, but haven't had any luck finding that app. By "App Store", you must mean "Apple App Store"? Do you remember what it was called? There are quite a few apps and none I've tried use WiFi. Most want to connect using Bluetooth.

Thanks for the feedback. I just had a 48V 5Kv Kodak VMIII burn up on me and whilst not very technical, I received some good feedback on this forum. The suppliers are not honouring the warranty (yet), and nor do I have a reason why, but the fine print in the warranty it says that if any other than approved batteries are used, they will not honour the warranty, so that may be a reason. In your opinion, could the Coslight batteries cause damage to an inverter, assuming that installation etc, is all as per specification?

Hi Solaris, I was considering a WiFi password cracker myself, but have never got around to it. Did you have any luck with those jumpers on the pins? I see on mine that their WiFi ID changes with the dip switches so they are hopefully talking to each other.

That’s useful regarding the slave and primary, Alyusuph, thanks, as I noticed they were always “live”. I got mine online and 2nd hand with no paperwork. Can I reset the BMS and is there a default password I can then use for each battery to log into the “Coslink” WiFi?

Well, after a month of total radio silence whilst my emails turned from, “I’m so sorry, I know you must be busy”, to, “What could be taking so long when @Coulomb and Plonkster seemed to sum it up with a few grainy photo’s?” My gentle prompting was swiftly acknowledged with a “quote to repair ‘Kadak’ inverter” in invoice format with a Total of R4,400.00. I’ve now noticed that the warranty covers repair or replacement as long as installation was according to spec, as one may expect, but any Lithium Battery other than those approved that is installed immediately disqualifies you from a warranty claim. This is in the warranty slip, but in no other place in the maketing material or installation manual. Oddly, the battery (a Coslight 48100) was working well for 5 weeks with the inverter. It was the arrival of the panels that created the issue. I don't want to spend another 5k on this inverter. Does the CPA work, in this country? I must need an explanation for receiving a quote instead of a replacement, surely?

Thanks iops. Always good to hear of configurations working more than just once! 🙂

Hi Jaco, what should the number look like or do you need all of them?

I wasn’t sure which part to quote as it’s all so helpful and informative @Coulomb. I just want to thank you very much for that detailed analysis and advice! I’m still waiting for feedback from the supplier, but will opt for a replacement board from Jaco if they are not coming to the party. Thanks again!

It depends on the manufacturer. I've opened boxes in the past and even told the manufacturer "hey, I see it blew that part" without trouble, and I've never had any problems. If you had to remove a "warranty void" sticker, that's where the trouble starts. Hi Plonkster, you appear to be quite correct and that doesn’t seem to be an issue. Getting back to me with any kind of feedback at all does seem to be a problem for them. Thanks to you, I have what seems like the most plausible cause of the issue and a way to avoid it in the future, thanks.

Thanks Plonkster, it won’t happen again! I hear Mecer here in JHB change their boards out under warranty irrespective of cause of damage, so that would have been a better Voltronics system to go for as I am still waiting to hear from the Kodak agents.

Hi Tariq, I think you did the right thing. Was that the 3Kva Easysolar? How many panels did you put up? I already have my panels fitted, (12x370) so would have a slightly higher watt capacity of 4400W than the 4000W max on the EasySolar MPPT, but think it would just throttle my Solar output once it hits 4000W.