[RE-wrenches] Disable refloat

[drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org]

P.S. The Mate is the old oval variety.

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On 2025-12-12 10:58, Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches wrote:

> Hi Jay,
> 
> The system feeds the grid through an SMA H-FUS inverter. The Outbacks 
> are off grid inverters, but are AC coupled to the batteries to provide 
> power when the grid is down.
> 
> The inverters monitor the batteries and go into REFLOAT when the 
> batteries hit 25 volts. I would like the inverters to go strait into 
> the ABSORB cycle instead of going to REFLOAT.
> 
> The grid tie came after the the Outbacks were already in as a backup 
> system.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Drake
> 
> _Drake Chamberlin_
> 
> _Athens Electric LLC_
> 
> _Ohio Electrical Contractor's License 44810_
> 
> _NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional_
> 
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> 
> On 2025-12-11 10:54, Jay via RE-wrenches wrote: Hi drake.
> 
> You're talking about the inverters charging the battereis, meaning
> this is a grid connected system?
> 
> Do you have a mate3/s or 1?
> 
> Jay
> 
> On Dec 11, 2025, at 7:39 AM, Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Wrenches,
> 
> We have a rental property with two, stacked VFX 3524 inverters. In the 
> winter the batteries don't get an adequate solar charge. I would like 
> to have the batteries get a bulk charge when the voltage drops to 24 
> volts, but it keeps hitting refloat.
> 
> How do I disable refloat? Can I just set the refloat time to zero?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Drake
> 
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