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| brucedownunder2 Guru  Joined: 14/09/2005 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1548 |
I purchased a new MPPT controller about a year ago , and I need some help ?. I'm happy with the controller, a CPE series 060(60 Amp) , have written many times to the distributor ,but answers to my questions seem to be fairly vague.... it cost around $250 ,so I thought it might be OK . There may be nothing wrong, but I'm concerned ,because I don't see any "battery use" . I'm connected to around 500 watts of lights , battery is showing 3/4 full to full most of the day ,but no battery consumption on my controller display. I've got it wired to about 2.5 Kw of solar , so should be no problems there. My main wish is to talk to someone who actually has one , so anyone that has one could you please phone me ,so we can exchange our experiences. I've read the instruction booklet hundreds of times , but its sort of written in a way that my brain can't fully understand. 76 , so may be missing a few bits of the OL brain box ,??? . OK, thanks if you can help./Users/bruce/Desktop/DSC00036 2.jpg  ] Bushboy |
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| brucedownunder2 Guru Joined: 14/09/2005 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1548 |
From my previous post, the illustrated bottom MPPT Controller view, you can see that I only get or ever have got , somewhere around from 63watts . mostly less, I don't think ever much more . So, I'm wondering if I have the parameters not set correctly,(because the 8 x40watt are using in the order of 6-8 amps ? Yet, my batteries are being charged, because the controller shuts down around 55 volts. and the battery symbol shows a full charged battery, plus I've seen the PV green light (led),the bottom lefthand indicator LED on the bottom row of LEDS) extinguish for a short time before it charges again.  Bushboy |
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Revlac Guru Joined: 31/12/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1024 |
Some fella has a vid of one of these, mppt cpe 60a I can't see much detail on my computer screen, perhaps someone can see it better, higher resolution or something. Cheers Aaron Off The Grid |
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| brucedownunder2 Guru Joined: 14/09/2005 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1548 |
Thanks Aaron and the video clip poster, well done. I've never seen inside mine ,so that video gives me an insight to what to expect. Fairly reasonable , and well documented explanation ,. I think ,along with Aaron, that my particular problem lies with the unit never charging above float mode voltage ??. Mostly ,have seen it in the 60-70 watt charging range , where with my workshop lights load of ,say 400 watts , I'd expect the charging to be in the 300-600 watt range ,but never seen this. Be great if the video poster could call me on the telephone ,so I could be led through the steps required to ,maybe, get mine working correctly ,please call or send me a PM and I'll call you back ,please. I've checked everything that I possibly know of ,,,except the darn instruction leaflet,which is confusing in it's interpretation -all those little buttons . Thank you again, Bruce I think I should have said --TRICKLE MODE- that the unit is constantly charging at ,,not FLOAT MODE . Sorry, Bruce Edited 2021-02-14 16:28 by brucedownunder2 Bushboy |
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