wareddel Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Good day people. Hope you can assist me. Axpert king 5kw inverter. 6x old 285w panels 2 x new 480w panels 2 x 50ah lifepo4 batteries. As of recent. As soon as i use my water pump, it seems solar disconnects. I have no idea where to start, or what to do. I am a complete dumb ass with this. System is 3 years old accept the new panels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulomb Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 17 hours ago, wareddel said: As of recent. As soon as i use my water pump, it seems solar disconnects. Does the solar charging stay off, or start again after a minute or so? Without patched firmware, a large load like a water pump can trigger a switch from float to bulk charging, which needlessly but always involves turning the solar charger off for 30 seconds, then ramping up for another 30 seconds. The other possibility is that when your lithium battery is full, it tells the inverter to cut back to 10 A of battery charging, which with certain firmware bugs is taken as only generate 10 A of solar production (ignoring the load). I'm chasing what may be a bug in the display firmware that turns off solar balance, which would trigger this behaviour. But more research and experimentation is required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wareddel Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 Thx for feedback. It does not turn back on. I have to reset the inverter to get it back on charge. Now if you can assist me with how do i get into the firmware? Inverter not connected to pc. Where will i find the software? Assume once i have that i will be able to update the firmware? Start searching i suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wareddel Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 I found your patch. I did notice you say if wrong machine it can render it useless. I am such a dummy with this kand off thing, now i am scared to try it. Attached is a screen shot of my watch power. Please tell me if i can use the patch? Then please explain to me how i go about doing it if i can. Thank you in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wareddel Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 I notice. It just stops charging, does not need high load to stop. Works 5 minutes maybe 10 then cuts solar to 36w. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulomb Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 7 hours ago, wareddel said: Attached is a screen shot of my watch power. Yes, your machine would benefit from updating to patched firmware version 71.97a, or even factory firmware version 72.00. Kings don't seem to have the problem of different DSP chips; they need an extra PWM output so they never come with a '2809 chip, always a '28066 chip. 7 hours ago, wareddel said: Then please explain to me how i go about doing it if i can. It's all in this post. 2 minutes ago, wareddel said: It just stops charging, 71.80 is fairly old firmware, and old King firmware did have issues with SCC dips and freezes like you describe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wareddel Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 I did a factory reset. Seems to be charging again. Coulomb would it be best to do your patch? I have had no issues with inverter up to now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulomb Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 20 hours ago, wareddel said: Coulomb would it be best to do your patch? Since you're not experiencing any issues so far, it's probably worth waiting for the fully patched version, or at least the next one that we release. wareddel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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