Hi Guys 

A Friend of mine purchased a 5 Star  re-branded Felicity Solar 10Kw battery for use with his Sunsynk 5kw inverter

As far as I am aware the battery only has a RS485 port and he is unable to get the inverter to speak to the battery. 

I managed to download a manual for the battery and it says that the pinout for the communications port is

Which seems to indicate that it may have a CanBus connection as well. 

According to the specs I have, the Sunsynks seem to have the following pinouts on their ports. 

Do you think it would be worthwhile making up a cable to try out the CANBUS & RS485  connections to see if they will work? 

Canbus Bat. Pin 7 - Inverter Pin 5 & Bat pin 8 - Inv pin 4

RS485 Bat PIn 5 Invrt pin 1 & Bar Pin 6 - Invrtr pin 2  Bat Grnd 4 to Invrtr pin 3

 

 

Have you tried this? I'm also having the same issue

@Bamba Never got it working 

Have noticed that https://thepowerstore.co.za/products/8-7kwh-lpba-series-lifepo4-51-2v-battery-system are selling other Fecility Batteries 

 Maybe Steve can comment if they are compatible with the Sunsynk Inverters and if so how to get them speaking to each other. 

Let us know. 

 

On 2022/05/08 at 6:19 PM, Sc00bs said:

@Bamba Never got it working 

Have noticed that https://thepowerstore.co.za/products/8-7kwh-lpba-series-lifepo4-51-2v-battery-system are selling other Fecility Batteries 

Maybe Steve can comment if they are compatible with the Sunsynk Inverters and if so how to get them speaking to each other. 

Let us know. 

 

Hello @Sc00bs we do not sell Felicity solar batteries and we are not affiliated in any way to thepowerstore our store is called the www.powerforum-store.co.za 

So unfortunately we cannot offer you any support on the product bought from thepowerstore you will have to contact thepowerstore directly so they can provide you with aftersales backup and support.

Please let us know if you have any success.

We are aware that their look is similar to ours but we have no affiliation with thepowerstore in any way or means and distance our selves from them in every way possible !

See attached the batteries are approved to use with Sunsynk however the supplier of the battery needs to provide support on how to make the battery work with your inverter.

This is what we do as suppliers of products we supply to our clients where we make sure a installer that knows the products are available for technical support and installation of the product. 

Please note that all products sold need to be installed by a qualified installer with the support of or by an Installation Electrician or a Master Installation electrician if not the whole installation is illegal and all warranties are null and void. 

I hope this clear things up.

Sunsynk_BatteryCompatibility_v13_English.pdf

Apologies, I thought they were the shop part of the forum. 

 I think possibly because their colour scheme is so close to that of the forums. 

 

 

On 2023/02/15 at 2:44 PM, Sc00bs said:

Apologies, I thought they were the shop part of the forum. 

 I think possibly because their colour scheme is so close to that of the forums. 

 

 

Hello @Sc00bs No problem easy to misunderstand.

We are aware of this. This company in particular try to ride off the coat tails of this forum creating their name look and feel of their online store to look similar the the power forum please be aware that we are not in any way associated to this company and any referrals to their website is not approved or supported by the power forum  whatsoever.

That is why we have a Distinctive green theme on our Official online Store Logo www.powerforum-store.co.za and also clear name to differentiate from the copy cats that exploit our forum for their own financial gains.

Our store offers you great prices sound technical advice after sales support and this wonderful free discussion platform.

We even do product reviews and giveaways to members of the Forum and Online Store.

Next give away of which I cannot yet disclose the product we are giving away will be exclusive to forum members registered on our online store in a random Lucky Draw 

Keep an eye on our commercial thread for the product giveaways 

Estimated value over R100 000 

We appreciate your continued support of our online discussion forum.

Support for our online store allows us to keep the online discussion forum alive and ad free.

 

@Powerforum StoreCan I perhaps suggest that you guys add a link to your store on either the header or footer of your forums page so that there is no confusion. The link to your store almost seems to be a bit hidden away 

 

@Powerforum Store Yeah i would suggest a link in the main menu and a logo link to the store right at the top next to the forum logo

thank you we will definitely look into that 

Interesting so is Felicity batteries basically 5 star rebranded ?

No, is the other way around,  5 Star is basically a rebranded Felicity Solar 

https://www.felicitysolar.com/lithium-battery-system_c1 

2 hours ago, Sc00bs said:

No, is the other way around,  5 Star is basically a rebranded Felicity Solar 

https://www.felicitysolar.com/lithium-battery-system_c1 

It seems like 2 x 24V is better than 1 x 48V. 10 vs 9.5 kWh. 

https://www.felicitysolar.com/24v-200ah-best-aaa-lithium-ion-battery-pack-price-with-lifepo4-bms-for-rv_p106.html