[RE-wrenches] OB Radian / FM60 grid tie mystery

Sun Aug 18 16:51:15 PDT 2024

You are all the Outaback wrenches but with Schneider before you reset 
the defaults, you should just do a complete DC power down.  Just in case 
it is a stuck bit in config.

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On 2024-08-18 4:20 pm, Jay via RE-wrenches wrote:

> One other thing that has worked for weird issues is a full factory 
> reset of everything.
> 
> Jay
> 
>> On Aug 18, 2024, at 4:18 PM, Maverick Brown 
>> <maverick at mavericksolar.com> wrote:
> 
> On OpticsRE go to devices, Mate3S, Global Charge. Disable everything 
> there and for good measure also set the Maximum Battery Charge to 
> generously large number.
> 
> Also, if you recently upgraded to Inverter software 1.6.63 or later, 
> you have to do some procedure to edit the maximum sell current
> 
> <preview.png>
> 
> upgrading_1_6_63_app_note [1]
> PDF Document · 200 KB [1]
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Maverick
> 
> Maverick Brown
> Off-Grid Solar Commander since 2006
> Maverick Solar Enterprises, Inc.
> * Solar Commander Remote Power
> * SunFlow Systems Cathodic Protection
> maverick at mavericksolar.com
> 512-460-9825
> 
> On Aug 18, 2024, at 3:59 PM, Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> 
> Looks like its only programmable directly on the Mate3s, not in optics 
> RE. Or maybe I haven;t found it yet.
> 
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 3:22 PM Jay <jay.peltz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> There is a setting called
> 
> FLEXnet dc advanced control.
> 
> Default is Y
> 
> I always set it to N
> 
> Pg 128 in my manual.
> 
> Jay
> 
> On Aug 18, 2024, at 11:11 AM, Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> .
> I have a Radian 8048 system in service for over 10 years now. It sold 
> back quite normally until the last several months -3.- FM60 CC's are 
> set to grid tie mode and  viewable and programmed from the Mate3s / 
> OpticsRE. This issue loosely correlates to replacing one of the CCs 
> several months ago.
> 
> Trouble is all -3- charge controllers are almost always in a float 
> mode. The radian does sell, but at a small KW compared to what it used 
> to before the frequent float mode started popping up. If I remember 
> correctly, ideally the CCs should always be in bulk charge when 
> sellback occurs.
> 
> I have the CC and inverter charger float set to about 1 vdc higher then 
> the inverter's sell volts, as I believe was recommended way back when. 
> Hard to understand what changed, but something did. I've checked the 
> relevant setpoints many times and can't find anything obviously amiss.
> 
> Does a sell mode tech note paper exist still for the Radian system? Did 
> it ever? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> --
> 
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> 
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