MPPT issue ?

6 comments started 2024-05-20 last 2024-05-21
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#1 Tabulous

This is from yesterday, warm day, cloudless. String 1 is 5 panels and string 2 is 4 panels. Both have startup voltage set to 120V.

String 2 just drops off and never recovers ?

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#2 Vestas

Need a lot more info than that. People aren't mind readers and have no idea what system you have.

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#3 Tabulous

Vestas GIV-HY3.6 this has 2 x MPPT controllers. There is a 9.5 KWh GIV battery connected.

My thoughts are that the load increased to the point where MPPT tripped out @ 120V.

But that string never recovered, that is what is weird.

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#4 Lab140

Very strange. Check the inverter data to see if it could still see voltage. If the volts drop to 0 it could be an issue with the panels / wiring

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#6 Tabulous

Lab140 Voltage is low, but its not zero

DATE/TIME V1 V1 C1 C2 P1 P2 PVT
2024-05-19 12:19:45 148.3 146.5 12.9 0 1952 2 1954
2024-05-19 12:14:38 151.3 146.7 13.3 0 1979 2 1981
2024-05-19 12:09:31 149.8 146.6 12.8 0 1939 2 1941
2024-05-19 12:04:24 151.3 147 13 0 1949 2 1951
2024-05-19 11:59:18 151.3 147.2 13.2 0 1959 2 1961
2024-05-19 11:54:10 151.7 147.3 12.9 0 1960 2 1962
2024-05-19 11:49:03 149.8 147.8 13.1 0 1968 2 1970
2024-05-19 11:43:56 153.8 148.8 13.1 0 1944 2 1946
2024-05-19 11:38:49 159.5 135 10.8 6.9 1767 924 2691
2024-05-19 11:33:42 153.5 124.9 12.7 8.4 1932 1084 3016
2024-05-19 11:28:34 166 139.9 6.5 4 1135 578 1713
2024-05-19 11:23:28 146.4 124.9 12.7 8.4 1941 1051 2992
2024-05-19 11:18:21 173.7 141.5 3.9 4.1 713 625 1338
2024-05-19 11:13:14 148.3 126.7 12.6 7.8 1913 997 2910
2024-05-19 11:08:07 152.8 123.7 12.4 7.7 1900 965 2865
2024-05-19 11:02:59 151.6 125.7 12.5 7.4 1888 945 2833
2024-05-19 10:57:52 151.5 128.6 12.4 7.3 1893 929 2822
2024-05-19 10:52:45 151.6 128.7 12.2 7.1 1863 894 2757

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#7 dodger421

It looks like an MPPT issue. String 1 on my first Gen3 Hy 3.6 showed voltage but no current or power generation at all (max 2W even in full sun). The installer swapped the strings at the inverter to prove it wasn’t the panels or wiring before getting in touch with GivEnergy.

It took about a week of back and forth but eventually the inverter was replaced under warranty and the new one has been ok since.