[RE-wrenches] VFXR3648A battery charging

[Jerry Shafer]

William,  wrenches,
As l am sure you know the pv comes from the CC  and the gen charge cones
from the inverter., I would suggest digging into the mate and look at the
setting in the inverter, make sure you have it set to gen not grid and all
your settings are gen. Resetting would be way down the list to do.
Fun times


On Sat, Dec 13, 2025, 1:53 PM Steve Higgins via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> The other setting that could affect this is the DC Generator Setting in
> the AGS menu.
>
> For a Normal 48V system, this is generally set to around 70volts... Many
> see this and panic and set it down.  Even if you have DC Gen set to no,
> it'll still affect charging.
>
> This screenshot is assuming 24V...
>
> [image: image.png]
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> If they have the DC Gen set to 52 volts, it'll charge to 52 for a time and
> then shut off.
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> On Sat, Dec 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM William Miller via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
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>> Jay:
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>> Thanks for that.  I always thought re-bulk only applied if you had 24/7
>> AC input which we do not.  I made the adjustment and we will see what
>> happens.
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>>
>> William
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>> Miller Solar
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>> *From:* Jay [mailto:jay.peltz at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Saturday, December 13, 2025 12:11 PM
>> *To:* william at millersolar.com; RE-wrenches
>> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] VFXR3648A battery charging
>>
>>
>>
>> You have to set the rebulk volts higher, higher than what ever you start
>> the generator.
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>> Say 56 or so.
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>> Jay
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>> On Dec 13, 2025, at 11:56 AM, William Miller via RE-wrenches <
>> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
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>> 
>>
>> Friends:
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>>
>>
>> I have a client with one VFXR3648A inverter off-grid with PV and a
>> generator.  The inverter is set to bulk at 58.2 VDC for 2 hours but when
>> the generator is required the voltage never gets above 52 VDC.  The PV gets
>> the voltage up to the 58 volt zone reliable.
>>
>>
>>
>> The original generator was a portable of about 3 Kw.  I thought it was
>> not providing enough RMS power so we upgraded to a Kohler vertical shaft 12
>> kW air cooled unit.  The problem is still the same:  The bulk voltage of
>> the batteries never gets above 52 VDC.
>>
>>
>>
>> On my next visit I plan on resetting the inverter to factory defaults.
>> Other than that I am not sure what to try.  I have little luck reaching
>> Outback tech support in the last year so I am hoping someone here can
>> provide some advice.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>> William
>>
>>
>>
>> Miller Solar
>>
>> 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422
>>
>> 805-438-5600
>>
>> www.millersolar.com
>>
>> CA Lic. 773985
>>
>>
>>
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