[RE-wrenches] Radian Charges 1 hour per calendar day

[Tuss, Lones]

Hello Drake
Have the customer initiate a new bulk cycle from the Mate3.
Do this by
Pressing the Charger button on the Mate3
Select Bulk Charge then Start Bulk.
This will initiate a full Bulk/Absorb Cycle as programmed in the inverter.
If the Absorb time is set to 2 hours that is what will happen.

By way of explanation the time on the absorb cycle is incremented up from zero when the dc battery voltage is at or below the re-bulk voltage as programmed in the inverter.
 So if the batteries were at or below re-bulk for 1 hour that is all the time that was incremented back onto the absorb timer.




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From: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org> On Behalf Of drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org
Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 10:34 AM
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Radian Charges 1 hour per calendar day

Hello Wrenches,

An off grid, Radian / Mate 3 system we set up some years back has worked flawlessly. The client is now reporting that his system will only go into absorption charge for 1 hour per calendar day. The setting was previously to absorb for 2 hours.

He has tried shutting off the generator and then restarting. The inverter will connect, but not go into absorb.

During this cloudy period, he is only able to get the batteries to about
80 percent before he needs to leave the site for a week or so.

I finally go through to Outback, and they think it is a Firmware problem. As it is a long drive out, it seems worth while to run it by the list. Does FW this seem like the issue?

Thank you,

Drake

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