August 19, 20205 yr 22 minutes ago, Rclegg said: Right, it seems we have success! 😀 The MPPT was definitely not happy at under 180v. Load has been low and the inverter has stayed on Solar! Panels are now in two series of 6. Which seems to be the ticket. The graph also looks a lot better and more stable. The heavy load at the end is because someone turned on the kettle and there was not enough PV generation for that. I know its at the limit of the Pylontech - will be getting another pylon at the end of the month. Thank you every one for all the input and help. IO really appreciate it and learnt a lot out of the system, @wolfandy - Can I PM you at some point to see how you did the pool setup? Now to try get the battery to charge to 100% before load shedding comes by tonight. Great result! Glad it's working fine now. Would be great to see how it runs tomorrow
August 19, 20205 yr Author 2 minutes ago, francois said: Great result! Glad it's working fine now. Would be great to see how it runs tomorrow Dude, I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow!
August 19, 20205 yr WOW, glad you got it sorted Rclegg. All the time the PV voltage that was too Low?
August 19, 20205 yr 40 minutes ago, Rclegg said: Can I PM you at some point to see how you did the pool setup? Sure - no prob 40 minutes ago, Rclegg said: I know its at the limit of the Pylontech - will be getting another pylon at the end of the month. A good investment. Just a word of caution: It can lead you down an expensive path. I also started with 1x Pylon - and am now sitting with 4x... 😉
August 19, 20205 yr Author 14 minutes ago, Ridiq said: WOW, glad you got it sorted Rclegg. All the time the PV voltage that was too Low? That appears to be the case, yes. It does not enjoy anything under 200volts on the MPPT. It ran my loads for around an hour before the sunset - it has not been capable of doing that since I had it installed over the weekend. I will see what it does tomorrow. But it looks very promising! Thanks again for your assistance earlier on in the day, much appreciated! 3 minutes ago, wolfandy said: Sure - no prob A good investment. Just a word of caution: It can lead you down an expensive path. I also started with 1x Pylon - and am now sitting with 4x... 😉 Yeah, I can see that happening already. I want to get to 4 x Pylons. Then I don't need to worry about someone putting the kettle on. 🤣
August 19, 20205 yr 9 minutes ago, wolfandy said: A good investment. Just a word of caution: It can lead you down an expensive path. I also started with 1x Pylon - and am now sitting with 4x... 😉 😂😂 One can never have enough Pylons!
August 20, 20205 yr Author So, yesterday I ended the day off with 89% left in my Pylontech battery. Loadshedding then started at 20:00 last night. I was super happy to be able to run the house off the battery for the 2:30hrs - grid came back and didn't notice for a few mins. 😂 This morning, started off perfectly! Had peak generation of 3.3Kw before 9:30am so that's pretty decent! Running my pool pump now as well. I will be putting more load on at noon to see what peak generation is. Very happy with the setup and load shedding atsarts at 12 today - won't even notice. 😂 Thanks again too everyone for helping! Now need to get Home Assistant running and some automations for power usages.
August 20, 20205 yr Awesome @Rclegg glad things are looking better. Strange that the MPPT is still showing 30A.
August 20, 20205 yr Author Just now, francois said: Awesome @Rclegg glad things are looking better. Strange that the MPPT is still showing 30A. Thats charge current as output to the battery I believe. As soon as battery stops charging, it goes to 0.
August 20, 20205 yr Just now, Rclegg said: Thats charge current as output to the battery I believe. As soon as battery stops charging, it goes to 0. Ah okay! 👍 Your system is flying!
August 20, 20205 yr Author Just now, francois said: Ah okay! 👍 Your system is flying! Yeah dude, I am super pleased! Battery is fulled charged now too!
August 20, 20205 yr 20 hours ago, Rclegg said: Display version - where do I find that? The Axpert MKS II doesn't have a removable display, so there is no display firmware.
August 21, 20205 yr @Rcleggconsider creating a PVOutput account and uploading your data via ICC. Its a nice way of keeping track of your system stats like record dates etc. ICC will automatically upload the data
August 22, 20205 yr Author On 2020/08/21 at 7:12 AM, francois said: @Rcleggconsider creating a PVOutput account and uploading your data via ICC. Its a nice way of keeping track of your system stats like record dates etc. ICC will automatically upload the data Tried to setup this today. Got the account and API key. On ICC however, it won't let me turn it on. Entered the details under PVOutput and the switch to the right doesn't work. Any ideas?
August 22, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Rclegg said: Tried to setup this today. Got the account and API key. On ICC however, it won't let me turn it on. Entered the details under PVOutput and the switch to the right doesn't work. Any ideas? Hi did you stop ICC before turning the slider on? You also need to enter your system ID in the other space provided. Afterwards you need to save the settings and start ICC again.
August 22, 20205 yr Author 9 minutes ago, francois said: Hi did you stop ICC before turning the slider on? You also need to enter your system ID in the other space provided. Afterwards you need to save the settings and start ICC again. yeah, added the settings, saved. Closed the app. Opened. Won't let me turn it on. (API keys wrong, for the purpose of screenshot )
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