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MisterSandals
Participation Medalist
What is the "unit"?
Is the battery full?
Are the panels in series and partially shaded?
Happen to have any pics?
Is the battery full?
Are the panels in series and partially shaded?
Happen to have any pics?
Panels are in series. Battery was at 78% when I checked yesterday.
Dave in AZ
Solar Enthusiast
That victron has bluetooth, just connect to your phone and it will tell you what is happening, and what is toggled off. Ot has reverse polarity protection, your wires might be jacked. It has battery temp protection, you might have that toggled on with no feed, may stop charge. Maybe you connected pv panels to controller before you connected battery, which is usually not good.
I did connect the pv panels to the controller before I turned the battery disconnect on. Does this damage the charge controller?
Dave in AZ
Solar Enthusiast
Can do. All videos from Will Prowse, owner of this forum, emphasize connecting battery to scc first. Victron are usually well protected from mistakes, not sure of this one though.
Dave in AZ
Solar Enthusiast
From the mppt overview booklet for that unit on victron site:
Remotely enabling and disabling the charger:
• All larger units feature the Victron standard remote on/off terminals. All models that don’t feature an
onboard Remote on/off terminal can be remotely controlled by using the VE.Direct non inverting
remote on/off cable – ASS030550310. Note that this prohibits using the VE.Direct port for anything
else.
MisterSandals
Participation Medalist
It’s easy to test. Disconnect solar (asap!) and connect the battery. If it powers up and displays in app you are good.
If it prompts for firmware updates, do them right away. Just a button press and usually less than a minute (awesomeness).
seneysolar
Solar Addict
I dont believe the Victrons are harmed by this, but they wont know what battery voltage to regulate incoming pv at. I would certainly try batteries first, wait a min, then pv.
Verify with multimeter that you have proper polarity. It happens.
