Trimetric 2030 battery monitor
I'm in the process of installing my solar setup. I have everything installed except the solar panels. I am having issues with my Trimetric 2030 battery monitor. After charging to 95%, according to ...
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JRRNeiklot wrote:
I have my panels hooked up now. When I turn the solar on, I'm getting 20 amps in, then it slowly drops down to around 1.8 amps. Currently, it's sitting at 14.5 volts and 95% capacity. Is this normal?
Thanks.
Sounds like your batteries were almost fully charged when you turned on the sun. The solar charger started in "bulk" mode and quickly got the batts up to 14.5V then switched to "absorb" mode. The voltage will now remain fixed at 14.5V (f there's enough sun) while amps drop to whatever trigger value is set for termination of the absorb stage. Alternatively there may be a time trigger to terminate absorb. Then the charger will switch to "float" mode and reduce the voltage to what ever is set (~13.2V?).
I see that BFL covers the 95% capacity stuff which depends upon your settings as well.
The actual settings you use for Absorb Voltage and termination current and so on, depend upon your batteries, both make and quantity (Ah).
You may also see a top up charge at the end of Absorb, depending upon which profile you choose.
