I think it is the battery that is most important in closed loop, as that
is where the cost/warranty is. I have an email out on this for another
friend and will get back. Below is the SMA Island manual for Discover
AES battery link. Each Inverter company has a manual from AES for their
battery. Not sure why an Inverter make would not want to do this but...
https://discoverbattery.com/s4x_files/resources/des-lynk-2-sma-manual.pdf
Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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On 2024-03-01 5:06 pm, Glenn Burt wrote:
Again, just because a battery manufacturer says they are compatible
with an inverter, does not mean the inverter manufacturer agrees,
supports it, or will answer service calls regarding it.
Not a risk I am willing to take.
-Glenn
Sent from my 'smart'phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors.
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From: Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches
Date: Fri, Mar 1, 2024 8:03 PM
To: RE-wrenches;
Cc: Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar;
Subject:Re: [RE-wrenches] Older Sunny Islands charging newer Lithium's
AES is closed loop with 7 inverter manufacturers (not Outback and I do
not know why) including SMA. Not sure on the particulars but you should
check them out with Lync2 interface. I just use them closed loop with
XW and they can charge 40% faster.
https://discoverlithium.com/products/lithium-batteries/aes-rackmount
Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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On 2024-03-01 4 [3]:43 pm, Glenn Burt via RE-wrenches wrote:
I recently went through this wxwrcise with an old customer of mine as
well.
I spent a lot of time researching options. Manufacturers and
conversations with SMA regarding their support of a conversion to Life
storage.
Bottom line for me was that SMA does not support any lithium battery
manufacturer available in the US.
I stuck with exact replacement batteries for those that were
exhausted, Concorde AGM's.
-Glenn
Sent from my 'smart'phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors.
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From: Peter Giroux via RE-wrenches
Date: Fri, Mar 1, 2024 3:52 PM
To: 'RE-wrenches';
Cc: pgir...@mindspring.com;
Subject:[RE-wrenches] Older Sunny Islands charging newer Lithium's
My fellow wrenchers. Have sought help from SMA but they just defer to
owner's manuals and the older batteries listed.. I have a customer
with two SMA 5048's, roughly 11 years old and appear to be working
fine. Customer wants to move to LIPO batteries and keep his SMA's. Has
anybody made these transitions and how did you do it, not sure the SMA
programing for LIPO's works the way Lithium's need. Any and all help
and ideas appreciated.
Thx
Peter Giroux
American Solar & Alternative Energy Solutions inc
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