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Welcomed the new automatic charge feature in the new FAAB_2525 Firmware.

Feature #17

  • Improved SOC control mode:
  • - If battery voltage drops below the off-grid cut-off voltage, the inverter will force charge the battery up to (cut-off voltage + 2 V).

My 12kPV reached the Cut-off Voltage and has been charging for 2 days because the charge rate is ~350W (two 14.3KWh indoor batteries).


I don't see any setting that helps to increase the charge rate above that?

Charge Current Limit: 160

AC Charge Power (kW): 3

Battery Backup Charge Power: 2

On/Off-Grid Cut-off Voltage: 51.2

This system is Grid-Connected with PTO for Back-Feeding to the Grid

I am clearly missing an attribute, would welcome testing any settings to get this to charge faster in that situation.


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Is it charging the batteries from grid?


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@eg4eric For this new feature, of auto charging 2Volts when cut-off voltage is reached

  • I still don't know the default rate it should be charging at and if that rate can be set differently?

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@eg4eric  YES, ONLY from Grid. No Solar connected. Been having several issues since newest firmware was installed. This is the one that is straightforward. Unexplainable why only at +/- 350W rate.


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@eg4eric  YES, ONLY from Grid. No Solar connected. Been having several issues since newest firmware was installed. This is the one that is straightforward. Unexplainable why only at +/- 350W rate.

Are you running closed loop comm? What is the value of the BMS Limit Charge parameter that the master battery is sending to the inverter?

BMS Limit Charge

 


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@jlankford YES, Have always been running closed-loop. Charge and Discharge has been set to Volt (Not SOC%).

Thanks for pointing me to looking at that column. It is currently set to 28A. I have not made any adjustments and what is odd is that back onOct-31 It went from 280 (what it was at all summer) to 28. I am including the change and also including my set record (showing no change was made around that time.

Setting fields for OCT-31

Screen Shot 2025 11 02 at 7.39.56 AM

Oct-31 Charge Rate changing from 280->210->140

Screen Shot 2025 11 02 at 7.36.28 AM

Oct-31 (leter moring Charge rate 84->28

Screen Shot 2025 11 02 at 7.36.03 AM

Hoping @eg4eric would have other ideas to also investigate.


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@powerup 

That parameter is not "set" by the user. It is dynamically changed by the master battery to control the rate of charging. This is the primary method of charging control for closed loop operation. The inverter logic decides when to charge, but the master BMS determines how much to charge. It does so by changing the charging voltage and max charging current, but in practice I only ever see the current value change and the voltage is always fixed at 56VDC.

The 28A value represents a charging rate of 0.05C for your system. That's a very slow rate and it means that the BMS thinks that the battery state is nearly full. I see charging current values ranging from 0.5C at the highest to 0.01C at the lowest (that's 300A and 5A respectively, for my system). 0.01C charging for your system should be close to the 350W that you were experiencing. You should review your data history for the times when you saw the lowest charging power (it's the parameter named "pCharge(W)" and then look at the values for MaxChgCurr(A) during those times. If the current value is low, then look at the SOC% value for those times and see if it makes sense. If your BMS is setting a very low charging current value during times when the SOC is not nearly 100%, then you should get Customer Service to help you use the BMS Tools app to figure out why the battery is limiting the charging too much.

FYI, these are the SOC / Charge Current correlation values I have recorded for my system. These were taken at a time when I'm certain the BMS SOC reference was well calibrated. Values are a bit different depending on whether the SOC is on its way up or on its down (charging or discharging), so I've listed both. I'm giving current values in C rates, so you'll need to do the math to get amps for your system.

Discharging
SOC%    MaxChgCurr(A)
100        0.01C
99          0.05C
98          0.15C
96          0.25C
94          0.29C ~ 0.46C
93 ~ 0    0.5C

Charging
SOC%     MaxChgCurr(A)
39~91     0.5C
92           0.46C
94           0.375C
96           0.29C
97~98     0.15C
99           0.08C
100         0.04C ~ 0.01C


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@powerup 

BTW... where are you accessing the settings change history? I can't find the screen for that anywhere. I have an 18Kpv rather than a 12Kpv, but I'd expect the web monitor to be the same...


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@jlankford Happy to help. You are correct - it should be the same for the line of inverters"".

Maintenance" -> "Set Record"

Screen Shot 2025 11 03 at 8.45.15 AM

 


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@jlankford Happy to help. You are correct - it should be the same for the line of inverters"".

Maintenance" -> "Set Record"

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Thanks. Oddly enough, I don't have that option on my monitor page. I only have three functions in that left pane - both "Set Record" and "Update Record" are missing.

When you have "Set Record" highlighted like in your screenshot, can you tell me the URL that is shown at the top of your web browser?

 


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@jlankford Absolutely,

https://monitor.eg4electronics.com/WManage/web/maintain/remoteSetRecord

Thanks. That URL doesn't work for me - it just redirects back to the main monitor page. I guess the feature isn't supported for 18K.

 

 


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@jlankford Absolutely,

https://monitor.eg4electronics.com/WManage/web/maintain/remoteSetRecord

Thanks. That URL doesn't work for me - it just redirects back to the main monitor page. I guess the feature isn't supported for 18K.

 

 

 

@eg4eric  can you confirm if this settings change history feature is not supported for the 18Kpv, or is there something else wrong with my web monitor operation? The Set Record button mentioned above does not appear for me at all.

Thanks.

 


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@jlankford 
The Set record option is not available to end user accounts. You would need an installer account.


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@eg4eric 

OK, thank you for the clarification.


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