hogback
New Member
Hi all,
A friend had some sunpower battery systems that he modified to basically keep the xwpros that are in there, and asked if I wanted to try to use the batteries. They are mostly in the 52V range sitting there. They have some sort of internal relay that activates when you push the power button, and ethernet type ports to daisy chain the batteries, and I gather once you terminate the chain, there is another port that goes to the inverter or insight facility module, which I also have. The only documentation I found online for the pcs (they call it) refers to grid sell which doesn't apply to me, and also that it isn't compatible with dc coupled systems with sccs like I have. Does anyone know if any part of this system is supposed to control/limit current going to the individual batteries when they are all wired in parallel? Any thoughts as to if there would be any difference between double-terminating each battery, having them operate blind (like my simpliphis do now), and actually daisy chaining the communication cable between the batteries? Basically, does this daisy-chaining actually do anything if the last battery is NOT connected back to the inverter/insight?
Thanks!
hb
A friend had some sunpower battery systems that he modified to basically keep the xwpros that are in there, and asked if I wanted to try to use the batteries. They are mostly in the 52V range sitting there. They have some sort of internal relay that activates when you push the power button, and ethernet type ports to daisy chain the batteries, and I gather once you terminate the chain, there is another port that goes to the inverter or insight facility module, which I also have. The only documentation I found online for the pcs (they call it) refers to grid sell which doesn't apply to me, and also that it isn't compatible with dc coupled systems with sccs like I have. Does anyone know if any part of this system is supposed to control/limit current going to the individual batteries when they are all wired in parallel? Any thoughts as to if there would be any difference between double-terminating each battery, having them operate blind (like my simpliphis do now), and actually daisy chaining the communication cable between the batteries? Basically, does this daisy-chaining actually do anything if the last battery is NOT connected back to the inverter/insight?
Thanks!
hb