[RE-wrenches] Suspect MX 60

jay peltz jay at asis.com
Wed Nov 19 09:21:20 PST 2014


Hi drake. 

Other options are a bad temp sensor. 

And you can adjust end amps, on the mx-60
Go to. 
Misc
Next
Next
Default is 0. 
Adjust as needed. 

Jay

Peltz power 











> On Nov 18, 2014, at 6:51 AM, Drake <drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Wrenches,
> 
> An MX 60 boiled a 24 volt bank of 4 Trojan L-16 batteries last summer. The batteries all checked out to be in good shape. It is not totally clear that the CC was not set to auto equalize, but the EQ voltage was only set at 31.0 V. 
> 
> The battery bank has been replaced by 8 Full River L-16 AGM batteries. The parameters have all been reset for AGM with EQ disabled. The homeowners are concerned that the charge control may not work, and damage their new battery bank. 
> 
> If there is a problem with the CC, it is very intermittent. Has anyone ever seen an intermittent MX 60? 
> 
> Outback tech support says if we send it in they will update the firmware for $90, and do a 24 hour bench test. It appears that the firmware update will not do anything useful for this off grid system. There are no new boards available for this unit. I'm not sure if the bench test will show up an intermittent problem. 
> 
> Has anyone had this situation before?  Would it be better to:
> Replace the CC
> Send the CC to Outback
> Do nothing
> Thank you,
> 
> Drake 
> 
> Drake Chamberlin
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