BMS Under Voltage

14 comments started 2023-12-17 last 2023-12-21
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#1 Steve0898

Been getting the above notification over the last two weeks, about once every couple of days. Does anyone know what it means and if I need to be doing something? The notification clears after 5 mins.

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#2 Vestas

Is it somewhere cold?

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#3 BarryForde

Steve0898 I'm getting the same thing but it only started after upgrade to 3015.

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#4 Steve0898

Vestas it’s in a cupboard in bedroom so temp is above 12 degrees.

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#5 Steve0898

Update. I’ve just matched the notification times against the System Settings and it seems to occur when the battery drops to 0%. When the notification clears 5 mins later, it pushes the battery to 5% using grid energy. Now before the update in June (I think?), the battery would never go below 5%. Since the update it occasionally does.

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#6 Vestas

What is the battery voltage when you get the notification?

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#7 Steve0898

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#8 Steve0898

4.25am Battery voltage is 45.32, batter watts 50. You see the battery goes to 0% at the end

#9 Hook

Steve0898 what firmware version is your battery on?

3012 was fine for me, 3013 I had the same issue as you, 3015 has been fine for me.

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#10 Steve0898

Hook it says 4001 last updated 28/7/23. There used to be an option next to it to ‘check for new update’ but doesnt appear to be there anymore

#11 hoggy

Steve0898 so 4001 is the eon 'special' firmware that basically runs the 5.2 battery at 100% DOD.
There is a whole thing on this because e.on essentially sold them based on a misprinted (but surprisingly long lived) datasheet from GE which said the 5.2 packs were 100% usable (they are normally 80% so about 4kWh)
To get around having their a%% handed to them legally, they got their own firmware which really does push these to their extremes (like running a calibration each time) which results in it hitting the lower and upper voltage alarms.
Expect a reduced lifespan and more alarms as the packs get older/more cycles.

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#12 Steve0898

hoggy urgh! Typical E.on. I didn’t know that so thanks so much for the information. Assume there’s not anything I can about that…

#13 Cdent

hoggy interesting, as I didn't buy my kit through eon but all my paperwork states 5.2kWh useable capacity but I never got that, always the 80%. Never thought anything about it but maybe I should speak to my installer.

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#14 Steve0898

It’s all weird behaviour since the update. I’ve set the discharge buffer to 5% to try and support the battery life but it still goes down to 1%