Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread Mac Lewis
Hi Carl, We replaced an older set of HUPs on a quad stack of SI5048 system with the 3 cabinets of Blue Ion product about a year ago. Its working fine. The Sunny Islands SOC algorithm becomes worthless with the Blue Ion but SOC can be viewed through the eGauge interface. If you are auto

Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread Jay
Hi Carl, As you are using Schneider products, I’d recommend Discover lithium. They communicate with Schneider products using the standard xanbus protocol. https://discoverbattery.com/EN/products/lifepo4-batteries-aes-1/ Jay > On Jan 7, 2020, at 2:01 PM, Carl Adams wrote: > >  > Thanks

Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread Carl Adams
Thanks Jerry, Please forward any contact info you have on this product. On Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 4:05 PM Jerry Shafer wrote: > Carl > Blue planet Energy has a LFP solution that works well, the SI5048 is one > of the units that Blue Planet has tested there batteries on and has the set > points

Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread Ray
I recently contacted SMA about their requirement that if the LI+ battery isn't on their list, that we must use Lead acid.  I consider that to be a really poor answer;  just because they haven't tested it, we should not be forced to use a much worse alternative.  Yes, they would prefer to have

Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread Jerry Shafer
Carl Blue planet Energy has a LFP solution that works well, the SI5048 is one of the units that Blue Planet has tested there batteries on and has the set points needed, if you are interested I can put in touch with the powers that be Jerry On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 9:09 AM Carl Adams wrote: >

Re: [RE-wrenches] SI 5048 and replacement Lithium Ion battery bank

2020-01-07 Thread pgiroux
Carl Oh the joy of Fla’s. I looked at the battery list. Several are only available in Europe and some are no longer in business. Take a look at Fortress Batteries. Great LI tech, warrantee, price point, several models and a long service life ( 6000 full cycles ) in the meantime you might