MisterSandals
Participation Medalist
I was testing my battery discharge to get a feel for its performance and cell behavior.
While running 66amps @13v from battery to inverter, my 100amp inline fuse would get hot and "cut out". I say "cut out" because the breaker lever didn't move as i would expect if it "tripped". But the test button got mushy until it cooled and then clicked back on all by itself (lever never moved).
Is this normal? I thought the breaker failed at first. My inverter and meter "flickered" a couple times and then power was cut.
No documentation (grrr). But the ad says:
Work Temperature: -10℃ to 50℃ (-14F to 122F).
This seemed to be its expected (intended?) behavior. Over the course of 4 hours of discharging, this happened about every 10-15 minutes. I could not detect any negative side effects or degradation in how the breaker functioned. I tested the breaker "test" button and reset lever quite a few times and all seemed normal (consistent anyway).
I was not expecting high performance or reliability from these breakers (using for testing only) but I have to say I am a little bit impressed with the heat cutoff. Its easier to get to the 50℃ level than I had hoped obviously.
300A shunt and meter to gather the data.
4x 206AH LiFePO4 cells (at 12v obviously)
Giandel 1200w Pure Sine Wave Inverter powering 740w space heater
While running 66amps @13v from battery to inverter, my 100amp inline fuse would get hot and "cut out". I say "cut out" because the breaker lever didn't move as i would expect if it "tripped". But the test button got mushy until it cooled and then clicked back on all by itself (lever never moved).
Is this normal? I thought the breaker failed at first. My inverter and meter "flickered" a couple times and then power was cut.
No documentation (grrr). But the ad says:
Work Temperature: -10℃ to 50℃ (-14F to 122F).
This seemed to be its expected (intended?) behavior. Over the course of 4 hours of discharging, this happened about every 10-15 minutes. I could not detect any negative side effects or degradation in how the breaker functioned. I tested the breaker "test" button and reset lever quite a few times and all seemed normal (consistent anyway).
I was not expecting high performance or reliability from these breakers (using for testing only) but I have to say I am a little bit impressed with the heat cutoff. Its easier to get to the 50℃ level than I had hoped obviously.
300A shunt and meter to gather the data.
4x 206AH LiFePO4 cells (at 12v obviously)
Giandel 1200w Pure Sine Wave Inverter powering 740w space heater