Hawke’s Bay
Manual
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absence of specifications from your battery manufacturer, use 1
–
3% of the total bank
amp-hour capacity for ending amps.
•
Re-Bulk -
Forces
Hawke’s Bay
back to the Bulk charge cycle. When the battery voltage
drops 1/10V below the Re-bulk setpoint
for 90 seconds, the Hawke’s
Bay then goes back
into Bulk Mode.
•
Absorb Skip Days -
This setting forces the
Hawke’s Bay
to Float at the start of the charging
day vice to Bulk.
•
Output Amps -
Limits the
Hawke’s Bay’s output amps. Useful if your system produces more
current than the battery manufacturer recommends or if you installed a circuit breaker
between the
Hawke’s Bay
and the battery bank that is too small for the current load, and
you want to stop nuisance tripping of the breaker.
•
Input Amps -
Limits the incoming amps from the PV array. Usually not needed.
•
Max and Min T-Comp Voltages
o
MAX
–
Highest T-comp charging voltage allowed. Adjust if cold battery temp-comp
increases battery charging voltage to point that the inverter shuts down from HI
BATT. If so, lower the Max T-Comp Voltage so the inverter stays on.
o
MIN
–
Lowest T-comp charging voltage allowed. Leave at default. If the battery is
hot enough to make it drop too low, there will be bigger issues to deal with.
HAWKE’S BAY PROGRAMMING
The MidNite Graphics Panel 2 (MNGP2) (
Figure 18
) navigates the many menus for programming
the Hawke’s Bay and displaying data points, historical data points, and system warnings. Below
are explanations of the various programmable menu items.
VOICE
•
Audio Mode:
o
Off
- No voice
.
o
Rick Mode
o
Errors
- All errors such as "Over voltage,"
“Battery High Temp,” etc.
o
Warnings
- All errors and warnings.
o
Verbose
- Menu help messages the first time the menus are accessed. Information
messages such as status, charge stage and all warnings and errors.
o
Chatty Cathy
- Menu help messages every time the menus are accessed, all the
warnings, errors and status info as described above, plus random hidden messages.
•
Audio Volume
:
1 -10
•
Quiet Time:
Figure 18
