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Victron & Pylontech UP2500, US2000, US3000, US2000C, US3000C, UP5000, Phantom-S, Force-L1 & L2

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Victron & Pylontech UP2500, US2000,
US3000, US2000C, US3000C, UP5000,
Phantom-S, Force-L1 & L2

The combination of Victron products with Pylontech lithium batteries has been tested and certified by
the Victron and Pylontech R&D departments.

General information about the battery is found in Pylontech's documentation.

This manual is intended to be used in conjunction with the product manual supplied by Pylontech. It
provides additional and specific information regarding integration with Victron systems.

The Pylontech includes a Battery Management System (BMS) with each battery module. This
interfaces with the Victron 

GX device

 and can support multiple battery modules connected in parallel.

1. Product & system compatibility

Battery UP2500* US2000 (Plus/C) US3000(C) UP5000 Force-L1 & L2

Nominal voltage

24V

48V

48V

48V

48V

Module capacity 2.55 kWh

2.4 kWh

3.5 kWh 4.8 kwh 3.55 kWh

* Note that UP2500 came in two versions, UP2500NA01V00101 does not have a CANBUS port, and IS
NOT supported by Victron. UP2500NB01V00101 released April 2020 has the CANBUS port and IS
supported.

1.1 Offgrid, Backup and Energy Storage Systems are possible

V Pylontech can be used for the following system types:

Off-grid 

(DVCC)

Grid Backup 

(DVCC

 or 

ESS)

Energy Storage Systems (ESS) - Self Consumption (

ESS - Start page

)

Summary of Contents for Pylontech Force-L1

Page 1: ...ing integration with Victron systems The Pylontech includes a Battery Management System BMS with each battery module This interfaces with the Victron GX device and can support multiple battery modules connected in parallel 1 Product system compatibility Battery UP2500 US2000 Plus C US3000 C UP5000 Force L1 L2 Nominal voltage 24V 48V 48V 48V 48V Module capacity 2 55 kWh 2 4 kWh 3 5 kWh 4 8 kwh 3 55...

Page 2: ...commended where possible and a necessary first step when troubleshooting issues These inverter charger units must be connected to the GX device via the VE Bus connection port Legacy systems installed with VE Bus firmware 422 can continue to be used without upgrade as long as they do not present any issues 1 4 All VE Direct BlueSolar and SmartSolar MPPT Chargers are compatible For proper operation th...

Page 3: ...he battery as the inverter will automatically recover whereas the battery may require intervention once in a fault state Some suggested battery sizings for common Victron inverter chargers are listed below These are suggestions for reliable operation for single phase off grid and are not specified by Pylontech Using the above formula an example of minimum system sizing based on the US2000 battery mo...

Page 4: ... documentation for more details The batteries will automatically detect and link to each other no adjustment of dip switches on the battery module are necessary The battery with the empty link port 0 is the master battery You must use the VE Can to CAN bus BMS type B Cable part number ASS030720018 for connection with US2000 US3000 UP2500 and VE Can to CAN bus BMS type A Cable part number ASS030710...

Page 5: ...be connected to this If you connect the BMS to the VE Can port you will need to adjust the port speed Select the CAN bus BMS 500 kbit s CAN profile in the GX device Menu path Settings Services VE CAN port After properly wiring and setting the correct CAN bus speed the Pylontech will be visible as a battery in the device list If you have multiple batteries a single entry will show up which represent...

Page 6: ...es could potentially absorb more The parameters option within the battery page shows the battery charge and discharge limits as communicated to the DVCC system by the BMS The charge current limit CCL as shown in the parameters screen and received from the BMS by the GX device via DVCC will be the ceiling and the system will try its best not to exceed that as much as it can it may spike under momen...

Page 7: ...his section presumes familiarity with VEConfigure software Voltages shown are for the 48V model and should be scaled for the 24V model The 24V model is an 8 series configuration while the 48V model is a 15 series configuration Voltages should therefore be scaled by 8 15 5 1 General tab Check the Enable battery monitor function Set the battery capacity to the total capacity of the battery eg 50Ah time...

Page 8: ...system please review the ESS Quickstart guide and Design and Installation Manual The settings that are specific to the Pylontech battery in the VEConfigure ESS Assistant are below Select the externally managed Lithium battery option ESS Parameter Settings Sustain voltage 48V Dynamic cut off values set all values to 46V Restart offset 1 2V Default Due to the reliability of the grid supply and the behav...

Page 9: ...charge Current Limit set to 0A at 47V inverter will turn off Over charge and Over discharge Current Limit 102A for 15 seconds 200A for 0 1 seconds and 400A short circuit current If operation is attempted outside the operating range the battery will disconnect to protect itself 6 VE Direct MPPT Settings In normal operation the MPPT charge characteristics are governed by the GX device via DVCC with i...

Page 10: ...shooting If the system is not operating correctly go through these steps Step 0 If the Inverter Charger or GX device does not switch on As a safety precaution the inverter charger will not switch on if the GX device is not on If you are unable to start the system due to a total system blackout battery shutdown due to low voltage you may need to disconnect the VE BUS connection cable between the in...

Page 11: ...ion v2 15 or later CAN bus communication cabling between Pylontech and Victron system Make sure that it is in the right way around Pylontech system is up and running LEDs are on Step 2 Check that the Pylontech battery is ready for use Check the Max Charge Voltage parameter This voltage parameter is sent together with the other three parameters by the Pylontech system via the CAN bus cable They are...

Page 12: ...on be entering the Pylontech Battery menu on your GX device and then the Parameters Menu This will report the Charge Current Limit CCL and Discharge Current Limit DCL This information is also logged in the advanced section of the VRM monitoring portal My system only charges the battery to 52 4V When DVCC is enabled the battery via the CAN bms is responsible for the charge voltage The Pylontech bat...

Page 13: ...re unable to maintain the target voltage to balance the batteries without the high voltage alarm occurring you may need to enable and set the Limit managed battery charge voltage setting in the DVCC menu of the GX device Reduce this voltage as necessary until the alarm stops After sufficient time to balance the batteries try increasing this value until it can be disabled again for normal operation I...

Page 14: ...ve Printed on 2022 03 05 21 27 Further community discussion about installing and using Pylontech and Victron can found at Victron Community use the topic label Pylontech DISQUS View the discussion thread From https www victronenergy com live Victron Energy Permanent link https www victronenergy com live battery_compatibility pylontech_phantom rev 1618822856 Last update 2021 04 19 11 00 ...

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