GivTCP Understanding the battery data

3 comments started 2023-10-20 last 2023-10-21
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#1 ianp

Just installed givtcp and I'm trying to understand the battery data section. Omitting the individual cells the data for my two batteries are:

"Battery_Details": {
        "BK2246G121": {
            "Battery_Capacity": 98.75,
            "Battery_Cells": 16,
            "Battery_Cycles": 182,
            "Battery_Design_Capacity": 102.0,
            "Battery_Firmware_Version": 3012,
            "Battery_Remaining_Capacity": 77.36,
            "Battery_SOC": 42,
            "Battery_Temperature": 26.8,
            "Battery_USB_present": true,
            "Battery_Voltage": 51.034
        }
    },

and

"Battery_Details": {
        "BK2246G135": {
            "Battery_Capacity": 98.37,
            "Battery_Cycles": 164,
            "Battery_Design_Capacity": 102.0,
            "Battery_Firmware_Version": 3012,
            "Battery_Remaining_Capacity": 93.28,
            "Battery_Serial_Number": "BK2246G135",
            "Battery_SOC": 95,
            "Battery_Temperature": 22.5,
            "Battery_USB_present": true,
            "Battery_Voltage": 52.946
        }
    },

I'm trying to relate the capacity, remaining_capacity, and SOC figures with the % remaining that I see in the app, but none of it seems consistent.

For battery 121:
remaining/capacity = 77.36/98.75 = 78%, but SOC=42 and the app says 24%

For battery 135:
remaining/capacity = 93.28/98.37=94% but SOC=95 and app says 97%

I'm sure I'm simply misunderstanding the numbers: could someone explain what they mean please, or point me to some tech info that explains it!

Thanks,
Ian.

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#2 geoffreycoan

I’ve never looked at the battery data before, but looking at my 5.2 (the 9.5 is currently empty):

Battery capacity 98.5
Battery remaining capacity 46.69
Battery soc 47%

And 46.69/98.5 = 47.2% so seems correct to me

Worth noting that there is also a soc reported by the inverter. This is often a % or two different than the battery soc. At the moment my inverter is reporting 42%. No idea why the two values and why the inverter and battery socs are different with only one battery per inverter, but that’s the way it is

#3 hoggy

It's to do with the battery buffers.
The battery's all have 20% buffers built in, split 15% - 95% which corresponds to their rated capacity. (I.e 10.24kWh actual cell capacity, less 20% gives you the 8.2kWh pack)
So battery SOC is the batteries true SOC - ranging from 15% to 95% (unless your doing a calibration in which case you'll see it go from 0-100)
Inverter SOC is it rescaling the 15 to 95 part to the 4-100% for the end user.
It basically stops the end user being able to use the buffers.

Since deleted explainer here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210926131018/https://kb.givenergy.cloud/article.php?id=10