I don't know if I have something set wrong but the title says it all pretty much. My classic 150 no longer shows bulk charging or absorb charging. EQ is disabled because I have AGM 4 in series to get 48v. I only get Float MPPT charging.
I have not worried about it too much because it charges my batteries fine and it does go into float at my voltage set point.
I want to switch to Lithium. Expensive upgrade so now this bugs me. Do I have something set wrong?
Thanks in advance
Charge Mode= Solar
You will have to explain some more detail like
Absorb setpoint, absorb time, Float setpoint, temperature compensation setting , are you using ending amps ?
Also what is your PV setup ?
If you have internet do you have MyMidnite set up - you can get a history graph of what was going on with that.
Larry
Check the clock. I didn't realize it even had one but the time was way off, (hours) Set the correct time. This was causing my classic to do what you are describing.
This is my query into my issue and the remedy from the good folks at Midnite.
http://midniteftp.com/forum/index.php?topic=5809.msg53077#msg53077
Seems to me that if the charging is being done at any time other than middle of the night as far as the clock is concerned, that bulk and absorb should happen like you think it should.
If you are not seeing a bulk-absorb cycle, then either skip days are one or voltage and time set points are not as expected and/or ending amps is set too high. Something like that.
The clock should only be controlling when a new day happens. That is at 23:59 hours:minutes of the clock (midnight basically).
I think there may be something else happening here other than just the clock being wrong. HOWEVER, the Classic is a complicated beast. Please try adjusting the clock time to be correct just in case I am wrong.
boB