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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I have a Tracer 2210A 20 amp same specs as the 4210A 40 amp model. I used it all last summer and it worked very well.
Unless you have the external connections to do a change to its charging profile it will do its standard EP Solar profile at the voltages for the type of battery.
That is a setting you must do on the unit itself. I found it is tricky to get the setting to "set" but you can tell if you got it right by what the high voltage is it gets the batts to.
Flooded is 14.6v but mine gets them to 14.7 in fact. ISTR default is out of the box at Gel which is lower voltage, so it is important to set Flooded.
It will not equalize those batteries, since its mis-named "E" is for 14.8 and voltage limit is 15. If the new batts need equalizing you will need a different charger to do that, or take them someplace that will do them. (You can do "panel-direct" by-passing the controller to do an equalize, but you have to know what you are doing---more a thing for somebody with some experience with solar charging)
If you do have the equipment to set the parameters to some other voltages, then you should try to match the Trojan battery specs for those batteries. Then follow the Tri instructions for setting P1.
Unless you have the external connections to do a change to its charging profile it will do its standard EP Solar profile at the voltages for the type of battery.
That is a setting you must do on the unit itself. I found it is tricky to get the setting to "set" but you can tell if you got it right by what the high voltage is it gets the batts to.
Flooded is 14.6v but mine gets them to 14.7 in fact. ISTR default is out of the box at Gel which is lower voltage, so it is important to set Flooded.
It will not equalize those batteries, since its mis-named "E" is for 14.8 and voltage limit is 15. If the new batts need equalizing you will need a different charger to do that, or take them someplace that will do them. (You can do "panel-direct" by-passing the controller to do an equalize, but you have to know what you are doing---more a thing for somebody with some experience with solar charging)
If you do have the equipment to set the parameters to some other voltages, then you should try to match the Trojan battery specs for those batteries. Then follow the Tri instructions for setting P1.
