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

[jay]

Lones is correct as usual

The newer Mate3 when battery charging with the generator has to have time below rebuik or it won’t work.

So your options are to raise the rebulk voltage, this allows more time below the rebulk, which allows for a complete charge.  
This situation is especially often when someone is trying to keep their batteries at a higher SOC.  

So again, raise the rebulk voltage, it doesn’t have any impact on offgrid systems.  

It will fix the problem.

jay

> On Jan 8, 2021, at 12:54 PM, William Miller <william at millersolar.com> wrote:
> 
> Drake:
>  
> I would suggest the following course of action:
>  
> 1.      Reboot Mate
> 2.      Reboot inverter 
> 3.      Reset all equipment to factory defaults and manually reprogram each item
> 4.      Update Mate Firmware
> 5.      Update Inverter Firmware.
>  
> We have solved mystery Radian problems with a firmware update.
>  
> Good luck!
>  
> William Miller
> Miller Solar
> 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422
> 805-438-5600
> www.millersolar.com <http://www.millersolar.com/>
> CA Lic. 773985
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>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org <mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>] On Behalf Of drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org <mailto:drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 10:34 AM
> To: RE-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org <mailto:RE-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
> 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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