[RE-wrenches] Fortress

[Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar]

So this is all open loop with outback correct?  I can't even get into 
Simplyphi. website today. Maybe the windows update...

The battery below was suppose to be networkable but it looks like not 
much progress.

  	* Model: AmpliPHI 3.8kWh
  	* Inverter compatibility: Sol-Ark, SMA (coming soon), Schneider 
Electric (coming soon)

  A question, it looks like Outback is not closed loop with any battery 
company. I hope I am wrong!

Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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On 2024-02-15 8:57 am, Darryl Thayer via RE-wrenches wrote:

> Is it similar to my problem with my Simplify batteries? Over time, the 
> BMS did not allow all cells to charge the same. To correct this, I had 
> to charge each battery separately, and after this, they stayed 
> equivalent for more years.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 7:50 AM Jay via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi william
> 
> Could you share the equipment used and what issues you had?
> 
> Thx
> Jay
> 
> On Feb 14, 2024, at 3:13 PM, William Miller via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> 
> Peter:
> 
> I have only purchased one set of Fortress batteries.  There have been 
> issues, I am sure many of them self-induced.  Fortress has been overall 
> very responsive.  There have been a few days where I could not get 
> through to technical support but with persistence I always manage.  
> Fortress has offered truck-roll compensation at a reasonable rate as 
> well.
> 
> William Miller
> 
> Miller Solar
> 
> 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422
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> 805-438-5600
> 
> www.millersolar.com [1]
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> CA Lic. 773985
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> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On 
> Behalf Of Peter Giroux via RE-wrenches
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 6:47 AM
> To: 'RE-wrenches'
> Cc: pgiroux at mindspring.com
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Fortress
> 
> Good morning my fellow wrenchers. While I see the comments on SunPower 
> and the challenges, are any of you having similar issues with Fortress? 
> Their bms boards from the early classics have not held up and even 
> after replacement there are still issues ( parallel batteries and stand 
> alone not showing accurate #'s,  ). While support has been, well 
> supportive, the issues persist. Any thoughts or fixes you have come up 
> with?? I just had a customer unplug the coms cable from their sol-ark 
> and bring their readings to volts VS %% and it is starting to work a 
> bit better. Any and all help or ideas appreciated.
> 
> Thx
> peter Giroux
> 
> American Solar
> 
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