My battery dropped from 80% to 3% in 30 min overnight the other day. I talked to customwr suppoer and they said its a known firmware bug and the battery/inverter loose track of the levels or think its at x level when its not. The next day (sunny day) it started charging normally and then it jumped to full in big increments. I reckon the battery was full but the system went crazy. Two days later it happened again but theres been not much sun so the levels are very low (20%) so i cant fully test things. Couple of questions: those two drops happened during an internet outage could that be what triggered it? And, if i go and turn the battery off and on, is there a chance it might recognise that it actually has a lot of energy stored and things go back to normal?
Battery levels
Fmanresa the levels are very low (20%) so i cant fully test things.
That might be useful... from what I've read on here, when the battery is idle at low-ish charge level, it's able do some introspection and evaluate how full it really is.
Turning off eco for a couple of hours might be useful..? That will stop it charging from solar and discharging to cover house load. You might see the reported charge level drift a little.
Perhaps in the evening to avoid importing from grid during the peak.
What firmware are you currently running ?
I can't immediately think of a reason for internet outage causing problems. The system should operate standalone, and the connection to the internet is primarily for reporting state every 5 minutes.
Ive also noted in the last couple of days the inverter has notifications for bms under/over voltage. What does this mean and can this cause issues?
Fmanresa Is this a relatively new system, or have you had it a while?
If you use Android, you could try https://givenergymonitor.wixsite.com/tutorials
Clicking on the battery bar at the bottom will show you the individual cell voltages. Because GE support have already had a look at your system, there's no particular reason to suppose there's a weak cell, but worth ruling that since it probably can cause weirdness.
All you're looking for is that the cells are roughly the same voltage. Ideally within a few mV when the system is idle, though they may diverge a bit under load (charging or discharging).
thethomsons they said they know about it and testing on the beta firmware. Didnt give a date for the firmware to he released though
I'm also experiencing this issue with battery fw 3015 and inverter fw D0.205-A0.205.
There are "BMS under voltage" errors every few days and when this happens my battery charge drops to zero in the space of 5-10 mins.
Hopefully they have a fix shortly!
