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electrical:solar:status [2023/09/22 11:35]
frater_secessus [setups with no float] |
electrical:solar:status [2024/01/14 15:32] (current)
frater_secessus [setups with no float] |
| Configurations with no float ("charge and stop", found on some Lithium profiles) will | Configurations with no float ("charge and stop", found on some Lithium profiles) will |
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| - charge to the Absorption ("boost") setpoint | - charge to the Absorption ("boost") setpoint((with or without some amount of Absorption duration)) |
| - **stop charging** | - **stop charging** |
| - until voltage falls to the rebulk ("reboost", "boost return voltage") setpoint, typically 13.2v | - until voltage falls to the rebulk ("reboost", "boost return voltage") setpoint |
| - repeat | - repeat |
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| The fall to reBulk looks like the transition to Vfloat described above. In both cases the controller makes no (or practically no) power until the lower setpoint is reached. | The fall to reBulk looks like the transition to Vfloat [[electrical:solar:status#transitioning_to_float|described above]]. In both cases the controller makes no (or practically no) power until the lower setpoint is reached. |
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| | A constant cycling 14.4v->13.2v->14.4v might seem extreme but in practice there is little actual cycling occurring. A fully-charged 4S LFP with no loads will rest somewhere around **13.6v**. So for actual SoC changes we are talking about the difference between 13.6v and 13.2v. With significant loads applied 13.2v observed could mean SoC as high as 90% and with trivial loads as low as 70%.((with trivial loads there might be only 1 cycle a day since voltage would not fall to reBoost)) In normal use the real cycling might be 100%->85%-100% and the solar is helping carry the loads during charging periods. |
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| === Renogy confusion === | === Renogy confusion === |
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| By default Renogy Li profiles work this way, and cause much concern for Renogy users who have not read their manuals and/or do not understand how solar charge controllers work. The required information is present [[https://www.renogy.com/support/downloads|in the manuals]] but Renogy should spell it out for the unfamiliar. | By default Renogy Li profiles work this way, and cause much concern for Renogy users who have not read their manuals and/or who are not familiar with how solar charge controllers / chargers work. [The required information is present [[https://www.renogy.com/support/downloads|in the manuals]] but Renogy really should spell it out for first-timers. -- secessus] |
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| * Rover series - the table on page 37 of [[https://www.renogy.com/content/RNG-CTRL-RVR40/RVR203040-Manual.pdf|the manual]] shows there is no boost duration and no float in the Li profile. The "boost return voltage" field shows **13.2v**. | * **Rover series** - the table on page 37 of [[https://www.renogy.com/content/RNG-CTRL-RVR40/RVR203040-Manual.pdf|the manual]] shows there is no boost duration and no float in the Li profile. The "boost return voltage" field shows **13.2v**. |
| * DC-DC/MPPT combo charger - the table on page 2 of [[https://www.renogy.com/content/RBC3050D1S-G1/RBC3050D1S-Manual.pdf|the manual]] shows there is no boost duration and no float in the Li profile. The "boost return voltage" field shows **13.2v**. | * **DC-DC/MPPT combo charger** - the table on page 2 of [[https://www.renogy.com/content/RBC3050D1S-G1/RBC3050D1S-Manual.pdf|the manual]] shows there is no boost duration and no float in the Li profile. The "boost return voltage" field shows **13.2v**. |
| * DC-DC charger (20A/40A/60A) | * **DC-DC charger** (20A/40A/60A) |
| * page 18 says "lithium batteries will only have an absorption charge and no float charge" | * page 18 says "lithium batteries will only have an absorption charge and no float charge" |
| * there is no setting for Float charge, as shown in the table on page 17 of [[https://www.renogy.com/content/RNG-DCC1212-60-BC/DCC1212-204060-Manual.pdf|the manual]] and it says "for lithium... there will not be a float voltage" | * there is no setting for Float charge, as shown in the table on page 17 of [[https://www.renogy.com/content/RNG-DCC1212-60-BC/DCC1212-204060-Manual.pdf|the manual]] and it says "for lithium... there will not be a float voltage" |
| * the manual does not state the 13.2v boost return setpoint [an egregious error - secessus] | * the manual does not state the 13.2v boost return setpoint [an egregious error - secessus] |
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| If users do not like this behavior they can set up the USER profile to their liking, for devices that support it. | Users uncomfortable with this behavior can set up the USER profile to meet their needs, including defining [[electrical:12v:drop-in_lifepo4#mythyou_shouldn_t_float_lithium|a quasi-Float setpoint]].((low temp charging cutoff, when available, may only be available in canned Li profiles)) |
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| ==== in float ==== | ==== in float ==== |
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