Classic 150 Incorrect Log Date

[jieseldeep]

I'm CRUNNELLS' brother in law.  I've been living with the funky data issue since the charge controller has been working fine but in the last 4 or 5 days when I go out to the garage in the morning, the charge controller's turbo fan is repeatedly alternating max fan with fan off and it isn't charging.  If I cycle the breakers, everything works fine until the next morning (well, except for the data issue that never got solved.)  I should also note I've been out as late as 10pm with the idea of checking the charge controller fan noise, and it's been fine that late, but by the next morning, it's not putting out a charge again.  I did a factory settings reset and it hasn't helped.

Any ideas? 

That RMA that Chris mentioned a few posts above never came to be and I'm wondering if the two problems could be related.  Since the data hasn't meant anything for some time, I've gotten out of the habit of logging in with the Local Status Panel app and just use my MNGP.  That being said, now I don't see my Classic anywhere on the network.  My computer gets internet when plugged into the same cable, so it's got fine connection to the router.  I've checked the router and the Classic isn't showing up there.  It was set with a static IP address and used to work with the local status app.

Lastly, once the batteries are fully charged and the system moves to "Float" it doesn't ever come back to "Bulk" charge on its own.  I have to manually reset it after each sunny day.

Thanks for the help in advance!

[boB]

Very strange... OK, so you're sure that the MNGP's TWEAKS setting, Time Sync is ON and the
time and date in the MNGP is correct ?  that's just for the date problem of course.

Having to reset the Classic to have it Bulk every day is not right of course.

Not sure about the fan.  I guess let's try to figure out the need to reset.
What do you do to reset it ?  Power it off and back on again or force bulk
in the Tweaks menu ?  The Classic is supposed to re-bulk every night
at midnight and when the sun comes up after that midnight (23:59 actually)

Also, if you have updated the firmware/software in the Classic and MNGP,
make sure that the Skip Days in CHARGE--ADVANCED isn't set to some number
other than zero if you want it to bulk every day.  This feature is fairly new so
if it is old firmware, say, more than a year old at least, it is probably one
without that skip days feature.

Or maybe you want to update the firmware ?  The networking aspect of
the Classic should work better with newer firmware.

See what you find here and then we can talk about the fan.  What does the
turbo fan do again ?  Is it just noisy and loud ?

boB