Conext ComBox Giving Wrong Battery Output Wattage

a1certified
a1certified Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭✭
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Has anyone seen a Conext ComBox give wildly crazy readings for the battery output wattage? All other numbers seem to be reasonable (including wattage INTO the battery when it is being charged), but the output number is ALWAYS crazy. According to this, I would think that it should read 15-16W.


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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #2

    That's a lotta watts !! Hopefully just a display render error

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  • a1certified
    a1certified Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭✭
    #3
    https://forum.solar-electric.com/discussion/comment/396055#Comment_396055

    In my wildest dreams! The Volts and Amps displayed below the battery graphic seem to be reasonable/correct. But the displayed wattage is obviously way out of the realm of reality. I have put in a support question to Schneider.

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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,637 admin
    #4

    The first suggestion is to cut all power and do a controlled shutdown of the whole system for five minutes then restart {including disconnect of the data bus and Ethernet cables... If you have power over Ethernet).

    Bill

    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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  • a1certified
    a1certified Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭✭
    #5
    https://forum.solar-electric.com/discussion/comment/396064#Comment_396064

    I will try this tonight. It's just extremely odd that only one data point is wrong....

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  • Estragon
    Estragon Registered Users Posts: 4,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #6

    All it takes is one bit in the register in the wrong state. If it's in RAM, a cold reboot may fix.

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  • a1certified
    a1certified Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭✭
    #7

    Hard reset on the inverter did nothing to the reporting error of the ComBox application. I'm going to see if a firmware update of the inverter will correct this. The ComBox has the latest firmware already (thankfully, I just purchased it!).

    I did discover, however, that I have a faulty charge controller; but that is a subject for another thread! ;-)

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  • a1certified
    a1certified Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭✭
    #8

    Firmware update fixed the reporting issue. Everything looks like it should at this point. Thanks for your thoughts on this.

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