I have a 6000XP off grid with 10 pannels.
Yesterday while using my generator to charge my (6) EG4 LifePower4 Lithium Battery 48V 100AH the system encountered a fault. Now when I run the generator there's no charge going to the batteries. Looking for help!
Do you know what the fault code was?
Also, have you tried power cycling the entire system? Batteries and inverter.
JB
Thanks for your interest in helping me!
I should have taken a picture of the screen.
I did see [18]
. There was s face with a frown. I did follow through with a total shutdown and restart.
Here's my situation. We live in northern Minnesota and are not connected to the grid.
Temperatures lately around 30F. For several months I attempted to get the generator charging process to work without any results. Then about three weeks ago I tried again and at the top of the display I noticed for the first time a message "AC Charge", and it was working!
Last night I checked the specs for the batteries and found that 32F was the low limit for charging. My entire system is installed inside a small trailer and I don't have a heater setup yet. I have an electric heater running now on the generator to get the trailer up to around 70F.
fault 18 appears to AC frequency out of range.
I am guessing that the gen was cold as well?
This is just a guess but, if you allowed the gen to warm up and stabilize for a few minutes before drawing from it, it might help?
Heating this up should help as well.
I am assuming that the fault did clear after the power cycle?
Also, what size gen are you using?
Thanks,
JB
Thanks again. Yes, the fault cleared.
The generator is a Champion dual fuel. Running on propane 7200 running watts.
The generator was cold as well. Good point.
I plan on testing again in about an hour, the trailer should be warmer by then.
Keep us posted please.
JB
