The easy thing to do next time is to configure the gen start setting for
15 seconds. You have the 15 minute and 2 hours but from what this sounds
like, you need to set the 15 second to around 24V.
Then, you can add the
combox or the new gateway and troubleshoot. The "picture" from the battery
Good point Maverick,
You really need a router anyway to config the Combox. I carry one in the
truck but a good idea to leave it on site.
On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 7:33 AM Maverick Brown
wrote:
> The COMBOX is a great addition. It has a detailed seven day black box
> style recording of all the
The COMBOX is a great addition. It has a detailed seven day black box style
recording of all the parameters, even if it not connected to the internet You
can zoom in and see the battery voltage and current through the inverter. And
you can read errors and warnings for each Schneider device.
If you enable SD card logging on the Combox, it should be helpful even
without internet access. You would just read the data on site with a
laptop with an SD card reader. Its definitely laborious though especially
with 5 second data. I'd test a 15 minute data set to be sure that you are
logging
This sw came on a prewired Epanel. The only monitering is through the scp
or the classic charge controller via whizbang Jr shunt. I am thinking
about adding the combox but not sure how helpful it will be since there is
no internet or cell service at this site.
Aaron Mandelkorn
President /
Hi Aaron,
You may want to install a Combox and enable SD card logging. You can log 5
sec intervals I believe. Be sure to power it off of the Xanbus otherwise
it will turn off with the AC. If you decide this needs to be done, be
ready to sift through a lot of data.
Also, as I recall, the
Hi Aaron,
I think you have to have higher settings and not let the
battery get this low for your triggers. I do not know the capacity but you
are on the edge. When you looked at events, did you look in each device and
under faults and warning in the system section? Two places right? Really
There should almost certainly be some error or event shown if the cause is
external to the inverter. The issue could very well be the SW itself. Like
Jerry said, eGauge is your friend.
> On Nov 19, 2019, at 8:29 AM, Aaron Mandelkorn wrote:
>
> No cell reception or internet at this site. I
No cell reception or internet at this site. I am starting to think about
cold and or altitude as a factor. Or maybe a large load that brings this
small battery bank low enough to crash the system. I have no idea at this
point. The LBCO and gen settings are all set up to endure LBCO does not
This is a long shot but something to check, and, I’m guessing you already have
this handled. Have you taped together your main system cables from the battery?
That will keep battery cable inductance from bottoming out the voltage that the
inverter sees.
Does this location have cell reception, you might want to look at Egauge
and set it up to monitor DC and AC over time to see what happens and when,
no cell then you can still data log the information just have to look at it
on site. this will give you the answer you are looking for, if its LBCO,
Do you have the Schneider battery monitor or another brand?
It will record lowest voltage since last reset.
Would help in diagnosing the problem.
Jay
> On Nov 19, 2019, at 6:06 AM, Aaron Mandelkorn wrote:
>
>
> Thanks all for the info. I did check the auto gen start settings and and
>
Thanks all for the info. I did check the auto gen start settings and and
they are set pretty high and at the 15 min, 30 min, and two hr triggers all
above the LCBO setting of 23v. I have hard time believing that the system
is crashing at night due to low battery and doing so so quickly that the
Aaron,
Ditto what Ray said... I think it's a LVD, LBCO... but could also be a
connection cabling issue have them put a wrench on the terminals, have
them loosen first, then retorque, don't just have them "tug test" them as
if they are already welded it'll look like a good connection... Make
Totally sounds like Low voltage disconnect to me. Many, Many times the
generator does not start when it should or connect to the inverter.
I've had 2 systems recently, that both shut down, 1 had the LVD set
really high, higher than the gen start, so that definitely didn't work.
The next one
This is a strange one. I have a Schneider SW 4024 installed in a remote
area of Colorado. Cold and high altitude. Since the fall every time my
customer has gone out to her cabin she noticed that the inverter is off.
She proceeded to turn the unit back on by pressing the button on the SW.
There
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