Hi Howie You may just need to cycle the breaker on the top of each battery to wake up after bms shuts down for low voltage. If truly a dark start is required your welcome to borrow my 48v Iota if it’s worth your drive time back and forth to Sutton.
Rich (cell 802-535-6191) Sent from my iPad > On Jul 27, 2022, at 9:59 PM, Howie Michaelson via RE-wrenches > <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > > > Hi All, > I was called into a job of a previously off-grid system that new owners had > an electrician bring the grid to, but the batteries ( a pair of Simpliphi > 3.5, which I have no experience with) have been dead for an unknown period of > time previously. I am trying to figure out the easiest way to restart the > system which has a VFX 3648 and FM60. I'm thinking the easiest way is to > bring in a 48volt charger to get the battery voltage up high enough to start > the FM60 and/or VFX, but that means purchasing a 48 volt charger, since I > don't have any Iotas sitting around any more. If anyone has an easier way to > restart the batteries I'd love to hear it. > Thanks, > Howie > Howie Michaelson > Sun Catcher > NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™ > > Solar Electric Systems Sales & Service > 802-272-0004 > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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