<div dir="auto">Wrenches<div dir="auto">Don&#39;t let the LBCU scare you as this battery has such a flat SOC line that when it falls off there is not much left in the tank. In addition set the flex net to low SOC at 15% and critical to 10%.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 22, 2020, 12:15 PM Sindelar Solar &lt;<a href="mailto:Allan@sindelarsolar.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Allan@sindelarsolar.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
  <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    <p>Specifically with Blue Ion, the installation manual recommends
      48V as LBCO, but also recommends setting it a bit higher:</p>
    <p>&quot;Recommended Low Voltage Disconnect Setting: 48 VDC (~2-10% State
      of Charge)<br>
      BMU will power down the Blue Ion 2.0 cabinet at 44 VDC (&lt;1%
      State of Charge)<br>
      Based on system discharge patterns, SoC and voltage correlations
      will vary.<br>
      We recommend you err on the side of caution with a higher LVD
      setting and adjust as necessary.<br>
      To prevent a dark start event, we recommend leaving a little
      reserve \u201cfuel in the tank\u201d.&quot;</p>
    <p>I have used 48VDC with success, and had one system indeed shut
      down at 44V, leaving 1% left to reboot.<br>
    </p>
    <p>Allan<br>
    </p>
    <div>On 3/22/2020 12:44 PM, Ray wrote:<br>
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      <p>Blue Ion, and Simpliphi that I know of.<br>
      </p>
      <pre cols="72">Ray Walters
Remote Solar
303 505-8760</pre>
      <div>On 3/21/20 2:48 PM, Dave Angelini
        Offgrid Solar wrote:<br>
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        <p>I see what you mean Ray. Sorry I misread your mail. There are
          not too many batteries out there that need LBCO above 48V.
          Which ones are you talking about please?</p>
        <p><strong><span style="font-size:small">Dave Angelini Offgrid
              Solar</span></strong></p>
        <div>
          <pre><strong><span style="font-size:small">&quot;we go where powerlines don&#39;t&quot;
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text 209 813 0060</span></strong></pre>
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        <p>On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 11:18:21 -0700, Dave Angelini Offgrid
          Solar <a href="mailto:offgridsolar@sti.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">&lt;offgridsolar@sti.net&gt;</a>
          wrote:</p>
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          <p>Hi Ray,</p>
          <p>Which XW? There are 3 now. The old graybox XW defaults at
            44V LBCO and the range is 40 to 48V. There also was firmware
            back in its day that got older units updated. Schneider
            still has the firmware under discontinued products.</p>
          <p>XW+ is default 44V and adjustable 36 to 44 vdc.</p>
          <p>XW pro is running downstairs and I will take a look. It
            would be my guess that it is the same as XW+. I think one
            needs to be sure they are in Advanced settings to tweak LBCO
            also.</p>
          <p>I am not plugging Schneider and have done work for both
            Outback and Schneider as well as my clients. Hope this
            helps. </p>
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            <pre><strong><span style="font-size:small">Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
&quot;we go where powerlines don&#39;t&quot;
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text 209 813 0060</span></strong></pre>
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          <p>On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 11:46:21 -0400, Ray <a href="mailto:ray@solarray.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">&lt;ray@solarray.com&gt;</a>
            wrote:</p>
          <blockquote style="padding-left:5px;border-left:#1010ff 2px solid;margin-left:5px;width:100%">
            <p>We&#39;ve been having good luck with SImpliphi, the pricing
              has recently gotten much more competitive.  As it&#39;s names
              states, its simple.  Each 3.8 kWh unit has an 80 amp
              breaker built into the top, weigh about 75 lbs, and are a
              bit smaller than an L16 but with carry handles.  We use an
              insulated 2 pole combiner block to run all the parallel
              conductors to the main 2/0 cable.  No monitoring, but they
              do have an handy setup guide with recommended settings,
              specific for each manufacturer (including Outback). </p>
            <p>Note to all:  Schneider XW can still not set its LVD
              above 48, which basically makes it incompatible with most
              Li+ batteries.  Their tech support has been abysmal as
              well.   We&#39;re looking forward to them as one of the larger
              companies in the business, to put additional resources
              into their engineering, and come out with at least a
              firmware update to correct this problem.  </p>
            <pre>Ray Walters
Remote Solar
303 505-8760</pre>
            <div>On 3/20/20 3:59 PM, David Katz
              wrote:</div>
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              <div dir="ltr">
                <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Hello Wrenches,</div>
                <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I am working with some people that
                  want to use a 20 kw-hour to 30 kw-hour 48 volt
                  lithium-ion battery with an Outback Radian and Outback
                  FM charge controllers.</div>
                <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">They are considering using
                  Discover, Blue-Ion, Battle Born or SimpliPhi
                  batteries.</div>
                <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Does any one have any
                  recommendations of which battery functions best with
                  the Outback system.</div>
                <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thanks,</div>
                <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">David Katz</div>
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