Lux ac battery controller

philologus

Would this do the job?

https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/19-inch-racks/innox-ina-sr16-universal-rack-on-wheels-16u?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=17858045229&utm_term=&adgroup=&creative=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ADC_UK_PMAX_bucket1&utm_id=17858045229&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAqfe8BhBwEiwAsne6gT9bHqeO4vvBxTAld1QxNXOgfaeaPEiecT-GRC8kwdJ8hMbLXdKVHhoCuUYQAvD_BwE

Heedtheadvice

Physically 8xUS2000 should fit vertically in a 16u cabinet.

Unless there is something that fouls that space and there is a depth greater than 432mm including handles and connectors. An allowance needs to be made for front panel cables (feeding to the rear exiting the cabinet) either top or bottom of the batteries if no interbattery space ( biggest being the power cables ).

Any extra space for ventilation?

The manual specifies "There is no mandatory ventilation requirements for battery module, but
please avoid of installation in confined area".

What comprises a confined space is not defined but normally rack mount equipment has some space in between units to allow cooling ......but if omitted does that equate to a confined space?? 

Not a very satisfactory spec, however all the manual pictures of installation within and without cabinets do show approx 1u spacing vertically.

Installers choice might apply with possible overheating risks?

I played safe and included approx 1u spacing between my units and have no cable feed issues.

philologus

Problem now solved.

I got a 12u free and I found another 12u one from ebay (new) for £49 delivered.

QrizB

philologus said:

Problem now solved.

I got a 12u free and I found another 12u one from ebay (new) for £49 delivered.

Result! Well done

Heedtheadvice

Brill find and purchase!

philologus

I've ordered this one for £49 delivered. A bargain I think.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176814534504

Heedtheadvice

Suggestions please to investigate this oddity....

Power 'failure' overnight.

I have Lux ACS3600 ( non hybrid) inverter and Pylon batteries.

Yesterday sunny weather so almost empty to near full charge an ru night of battery/ solar for most of the day except at the odd high peak demand of little significance. Loads of storage by dust.

This morning a power failure evident from cooker and microwave clocks having lost time of day. A typical indicator of grid outage. Assumed to be the case..

Upon investigating property power- that should have been running on storage once grid returned - shows no visible outage ( Lux app charts) but shows running on grid for several hours from midnight to 04:56 drawing baseboard then storage again too over.

I assume any grid outage was just a glitch or that there was non and the inverter batteries failed momentarily and the house ran on grid for those few hours for some unknown reason.

Suspicious that it started at midnight ( no grid draw before midnight, all grid just after midnight ).

Everything seems fine now.

Any ideas to investigate further?

philologus

Have you got the EPS wired up to the mains board? If there is a power cut then the system is isolated from the mains to allow the engineers to work on the line safely. If you have the EPS wired up to the board then it should kick in as soon as mains power is lost.

Heedtheadvice

"Have you got the EPS wired up to the mains board?"

No in my case EPS is not wired into the board. I do have it available but just to a socket to connect in manually when required.

The mystery is that apart from the midnight glitch, the house had power all the time with nearly five hours running off the grid when the battery should still be giving power and hours before and after running off battery.

Several things have run through my mind such as a software update, grid power out of spec resulting in lux not accepting it as  'good or some fault that rectified itself.

chainreaction

There has been comment on the lux WhatsApp group about software being pushed to a number of inverters by infinity and strange things happening on or around midnight. Has the issue repeated itself or just a one off?