[RE-wrenches] Fwd: Re: Older Sunny Islands charging newer Lithium's

[Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar]

I think it is the battery that is most important in closed loop, as that 
is where the cost/warranty is. I have an email out on this for another 
friend and will get back. Below is the SMA Island manual for Discover 
AES battery link. Each Inverter company has a manual from AES for their 
battery. Not sure why an Inverter make would not want to do this but...

https://discoverbattery.com/s4x_files/resources/des-lynk-2-sma-manual.pdf

Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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On 2024-03-01 5:06 pm, Glenn Burt wrote:

> Again, just because a battery manufacturer says they are compatible 
> with an inverter, does not mean the inverter manufacturer agrees, 
> supports it, or will answer service calls regarding it.
> Not a risk I am willing to take.
> 
> -Glenn
> Sent from my 'smart'phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors.
> 
> ------ Original message------
> From: Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches
> Date: Fri, Mar 1, 2024 8:03 PM
> To: RE-wrenches;
> Cc: Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar;
> Subject:Re: [RE-wrenches] Older Sunny Islands charging newer Lithium's
> 
> AES is closed loop with 7 inverter manufacturers (not Outback and I do 
> not know why) including SMA. Not sure on the particulars but you should 
> check them out with Lync2 interface. I just use them closed loop with 
> XW and they can charge 40% faster.
> 
> https://discoverlithium.com/products/lithium-batteries/aes-rackmount
> 
> Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
> "we go where powerlines don't"
> [1]https://offgridsolar1.com/  [1]
> e-mail  offgridsolar at sti.net
> text 209 813 0060 [2]
> 
> On 2024-03-01 4 [3]:43 pm, Glenn Burt via RE-wrenches wrote:
> 
>> I recently went through this wxwrcise with an old customer of mine as 
>> well.
>> I spent a lot of time researching options. Manufacturers and 
>> conversations with SMA regarding their support of a conversion to Life 
>> storage.
>> Bottom line for me was that SMA does not support any lithium battery 
>> manufacturer available in the US.
>> I stuck with exact replacement batteries for those that were 
>> exhausted, Concorde AGM's.
>> 
>> -Glenn
>> Sent from my 'smart'phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors.
>> 
>> ------ Original message------
>> From: Peter Giroux via RE-wrenches
>> Date: Fri, Mar 1, 2024 3:52 PM
>> To: 'RE-wrenches';
>> Cc: pgiroux at mindspring.com;
>> Subject:[RE-wrenches] Older Sunny Islands charging newer Lithium's
>> 
>> My fellow wrenchers. Have sought help from SMA but they just defer to 
>> owner's manuals and the older batteries listed.. I have a customer 
>> with two SMA 5048's, roughly 11 years old and appear to be working 
>> fine. Customer wants to move to LIPO batteries and keep his SMA's. Has 
>> anybody made these transitions and how did you do it, not sure the SMA 
>> programing for LIPO's works the way Lithium's need. Any and all help 
>> and ideas appreciated.
>> 
>> Thx
>> 
>> Peter Giroux
>> 
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