Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-08 Thread Tump
Have you tried Hassan Taylor at SMA? Perhaps the default begin charging settings of 70% SOC may not be acceptable to the newer battery tech. Victron has inverters quite similar to the SMA line and their LiFe battery line along w/ their BMS, performs quite well. I have used LiFe but Im still

Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread Mac Lewis
Hi Carl, We replaced an older set of HUPs on a quad stack of SI5048 system with the 3 cabinets of Blue Ion product about a year ago. Its working fine. The Sunny Islands SOC algorithm becomes worthless with the Blue Ion but SOC can be viewed through the eGauge interface. If you are auto

Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread Jay
Hi Carl, As you are using Schneider products, I’d recommend Discover lithium. They communicate with Schneider products using the standard xanbus protocol. https://discoverbattery.com/EN/products/lifepo4-batteries-aes-1/ Jay > On Jan 7, 2020, at 2:01 PM, Carl Adams wrote: > >  > Thanks

Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread Carl Adams
Thanks Jerry, Please forward any contact info you have on this product. On Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 4:05 PM Jerry Shafer wrote: > Carl > Blue planet Energy has a LFP solution that works well, the SI5048 is one > of the units that Blue Planet has tested there batteries on and has the set > points

Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread Ray
I recently contacted SMA about their requirement that if the LI+ battery isn't on their list, that we must use Lead acid.  I consider that to be a really poor answer;  just because they haven't tested it, we should not be forced to use a much worse alternative.  Yes, they would prefer to have

Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread Jerry Shafer
Carl Blue planet Energy has a LFP solution that works well, the SI5048 is one of the units that Blue Planet has tested there batteries on and has the set points needed, if you are interested I can put in touch with the powers that be Jerry On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 9:09 AM Carl Adams wrote: >

Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread pgiroux
: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank Hello Wrenches, I have a SI 5048 system installed in 2012 with Concorde PVX-4050HT AGM battery bank. The system has shut down a couple of times with low battery voltage and it seems the batteries may be on their way out