Lux ac battery controller

martin2020

Hi guys - does anyone have experience with the sofar me3000 and the lux power ?, if so which would you recommend,  ive not used either and im looking to buy one of them and a couple of pylontechs batteries - 

also wheres cheapest place for the pylontechs and inverters, think renewables looks the cheapest ive found so far


thanks

martin

Solarchaser

I've had both, the lux is better.
One of the members had a cheaper seller than think renewables.... whose aftercare has been very poor

martin2020

ok thanks - it does look better just by the fact its much more configurable by the looks of it and through a webpage,  if anyones got one spare they wanna sell  or has a contact for a cheaper one that would be great

Solarchaser

I think it was chameleon,  he has posted in this thread, so you could send him a pm?

chamelion

martin2020 said:

ok thanks - it does look better just by the fact its much more configurable by the looks of it and through a webpage,  if anyones got one spare they wanna sell  or has a contact for a cheaper one that would be great

it was me Got the lux and my first pylon for 1000. The guy has been MIA during lockdown though, and another member on this board didn't have the best experience, so take with big pinch of salt! If he surfaces in the coming weeks ii'll fire you over his details

martin2020

chamelion said:

martin2020 said:

ok thanks - it does look better just by the fact its much more configurable by the looks of it and through a webpage,  if anyones got one spare they wanna sell  or has a contact for a cheaper one that would be great

it was me Got the lux and my first pylon for 1000. The guy has been MIA during lockdown though, and another member on this board didn't have the best experience, so take with big pinch of salt! If he surfaces in the coming weeks ii'll fire you over his details

perfect thanks that be great - id install myself so as long as the kit is new and works on worries

martin2020

Whats the bms link from the battery to the inverter do ?  was thinking of using one of the cheap chinese bms moduals on a home made battery but they have uart rs485 and not sure if would work, anyone tried it

mickyduck55

Hi anyone else get these unexplained surges? At about midnight (house should have been at base load) my battery discharged at a rate of about  1.7 Kw and a small export to the grid... the later morning spikes are the usual morning activity of Kettle, Toaster etc !

martin2020

mickyduck55 said:

Hi anyone else get these unexplained surges? At about midnight (house should have been at base load) my battery discharged at a rate of about  1.7 Kw and a small export to the grid... the later morning spikes are the usual morning activity of Kettle, Toaster etc !

ive only had my lux a few days but im seeing somthing kinda similar.  after i shut my house down at night my base load is about 80watts, its shortly after that i see surges of grid import but the battery stays on standby.

my battery doesnt respond as good as yours in your graph to the kettle and somtimes doesnt even register on the graph when kettle has been on. is there a setting maybe im missing ?

EVandPV

martin2020 said:

mickyduck55 said:

Hi anyone else get these unexplained surges? At about midnight (house should have been at base load) my battery discharged at a rate of about  1.7 Kw and a small export to the grid... the later morning spikes are the usual morning activity of Kettle, Toaster etc !

ive only had my lux a few days but im seeing somthing kinda similar.  after i shut my house down at night my base load is about 80watts, its shortly after that i see surges of grid import but the battery stays on standby.

my battery doesnt respond as good as yours in your graph to the kettle and somtimes doesnt even register on the graph when kettle has been on. is there a setting maybe im missing ?

Bare in mind the graph resolution is only every 2 minutes so it's quite possible a kettle wont register and will probably only appear as a single blip at best.