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<div><br><div>On Dec 12, 2025, at 9:10 AM, Starlight via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hello Drake, </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Absorption is the phase where voltage remains constant. Until the Absorb voltage value is achieved, you will be bulk charging. You can only force Float or Bulk. <br><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Larry Crutcher</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Starlight Power Systems</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div><br><div>On Dec 12, 2025, at 8:58 AM, Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">
<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hi Jay,</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 11pt;">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. </span><br><br><span style="font-size: 11pt;">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.</span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The grid tie came after the the Outbacks were already in as a backup system. </span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thank you,</span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><p><em>Drake Chamberlin</em></p><p><em>Athens Electric LLC</em></p><p><em>Ohio Electrical Contractor’s License 44810</em></p><p><em>NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional</em></p>
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<br><br>On 2025-12-11 10:54, Jay via RE-wrenches wrote:
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">Hi drake. <br><br>You’re talking about the inverters charging the battereis, meaning<br>this is a grid connected system?<br><br>Do you have a mate3/s or 1?<br><br>Jay<br><br>
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">On Dec 11, 2025, at 7:39 AM, Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br><br><br>Hello Wrenches,<br><br>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.<br><br>How do I disable refloat? Can I just set the refloat time to zero?<br><br>Thank you,<br><br>Drake<br><br>--<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Redwood Alliance<br><br>Pay optional member dues here: <a href="http://re-wrenches.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>Change listserver email address & settings:<br><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other:<br><a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/</a><br><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List rules & etiquette:<br><a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br><br>Check out or update participant bios:<br><a href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br></blockquote>
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