TriMetric confusion
Marcel
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Howdy. I just installed the TriMetric and am trying to enter the setpoints. The manual says to use 28.6 for the charged setpoint voltage. I have 12 Trojans L16RE-2V in a 24 volt system. The battery is rated at 1235 AH @100hr and 1110 AH @20 hr. I don't understand their instructions for calculating the battery system capacity. My batteries are connected in series. Please help me with the math. Thanks a lot!
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Re: TriMetric confusion
Correction: The below I made a mistake and thought the OP had 24x2 volt batteries... Not 12x--The stuff following is correct in principle--but for the original question, the OP should enter in 1,110 AH (20 Hour rate) because there is just one string of 12 batteries. -Bill B.
L16re-2v 1110 @ 20 Hour Rate.- 12 batteries * 2 volts = 24 volts @ 1,110 AH per string
- 2 strings at 24 volts * 1,110 AH = 24 volts @ 2,220 AH
Adding batteries in parallel adds the AH capacity.
There is no loss if power/energy if you have a 12 volt bank at 4,440 Amp*Hours or a 24 volt at 2,220 AH.- Power = Volts * Current
- Power = 2*volts * current = volts * 2*Current
-BillNear San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset -
Re: TriMetric confusion
The 28.6v setting is just the voltage trigger that the Trimetrics resets the battery to 100% full. That is a good number as your absorb charge setting should be at least 28.6 vdc.
The AH setting is just the reference for the AH count up/down. You can play whatever psychological games you want on this setting by setting the reference number to 50% to 80% of you batteries AH rating.
I have mine set to 50% of 20 hr. AH rating to encourage me not to discharge batteries below 50% SOC. -
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Re: TriMetric confusion
MikeO,
You are suggesting 1,110 AH setting to show 0-100% capacity based on 50% maximum discharge for long battery life?--Or did I mess up reading the original question?
-BillNear San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset -
Re: TriMetric confusion
I'm sorry, this is a struggle for me. So, is the number I program for the battery system capacity gonna be simply the AH number, which is 1235? -
Re: TriMetric confusionwhich is 1235?
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Re: TriMetric confusion
Opps--I did miss-read the post... It is 12 batteries--Not the 24 I thought I saw.
Fixed original link.
Thank you Mike.
-BillNear San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset -
Re: TriMetric confusion
Okay, thanks for the help folks. My P1 is 28.6, P2 is 22.2, P3 is 1.11(decimal is flashing which means 1,110). Do I have it right? -
Re: TriMetric confusion
I can't get P2 to be 22.2. It won't do the .2. All it will do is 22. Is that okay?
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