Votronic mppt 165 jumper settings - advice please

[MisterB]

I think I have set it to lead acid battery, but can anyone confirm please. The manual doesn't really help

I think it depicts the slide switch in the down position and all the others in the up, or is it showing as up and all the others down?

 

[Lenny HB]

I think it depicts the slide switch in the down position and all the others in the up, or is it showing as up and all the others down?

Switch 1 is in the down position.

 

[MisterB]

Switch 1 is in the down position.

thanks, thats how i have it then ! strange how these things play on your mind when you havent done them before!

ive had it all set up and ready to go for a couple of weeks now, just finished it before i left for france, but ive only just felt confident (daft?) enough to try it - on the basis that if it all went pear shaped it could ruin our holidays, but this afternoon i though do it , Do It, DO IT ... and i did ! no wizz bangs, no blown fuses - everything on the main control panel working as it should do !

i will add my extra 100w panel when i get back to the UK - i only had time to fit one panel before i left. i will also upgrade to the votronoc 250 (or higher) mppt - then its just getting lithium and i think im finished 'modding' for the year !

 

[Lenny HB]

The instructions aren't the clearest on those switches.

 

[autorouter]

There are four switches. Switch 1 selects the battery chemistry: ON = Lead (ie gel, flooded, AGM), OFF = Lithium.

Once you have selected Lead, the other switches (2, 3 and 4) select the program. In theory there are 8 possible combinations of 3 switches. Only 3 are valid, the others should produce errors.

So start with all four switches ON. Then decide whether you want Gel, Lead-acid/AGM1 or AGM2.
Switch 2 OFF for Gel.
Switch 3 OFF for Lead-acid/AGM1,
Switch 3 OFF for AGM2

Any other combination, such as the one in your photo, is invalid.

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[MisterB]

There are four switches. Switch 1 selects the battery chemistry: ON = Lead (ie gel, flooded, AGM), OFF = Lithium.

Once you have selected Lead, the other switches (2, 3 and 4) select the program. In theory there are 8 possible combinations of 3 switches. Only 3 are valid, the others should produce errors.

So start with all four switches ON. Then decide whether you want Gel, Lead-acid/AGM1 or AGM2.
Switch 2 OFF for Gel.
Switch 3 OFF for Lead-acid/AGM1,
Switch 3 OFF for AGM2

Any other combination, such as the one in your photo, is invalid.

i have switch one down and switch two, three and four up

assuming up is off and down is on,

i have switch one on and switches two, three and four off


- so should i have (for lead acid batteries)

one on
two on
three off
four on

??????

 

[autorouter]

Yes, I think that's right. But I haven't got one of these controllers, I'm only going by the manual that I found online.

 

[MisterB]

autorouter

i have now altered the switch settings

1 on (down)
2 on (down)
3 off (up)
4 on (down)


all lights are on and displaying as they should according to the instructions booklet, now just need to wait and see if they increase the battery power to confirm its all working.

i cant get the solar control display to work though, so i assume its faulty as i have double checked connections etc ....

thanks for your help

 

[funflair]

autorouter

i have now altered the switch settings

1 on (down)
2 on (down)
3 off (up)
4 on (down)


all lights are on and displaying as they should according to the instructions booklet, now just need to wait and see if they increase the battery power to confirm its all working.

i cant get the solar control display to work though, so i assume its faulty as i have double checked connections etc ....

thanks for your help

That will be,

 

[MisterB]

after a bit of messing around, i now have the solar up and running, i had hoped to run it through my NE 237 on board system, but have now connected it direct from the mppt 165 to the leisure battery and it all seems to be working fine.

anyone any ideas why it might not be working via the NE237?

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