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Rev: 0 

June 17, 2016 

 

 

 

VCSII – Battery Charger 

Bergey WindPower Co. 

Owner’s Manual 

Summary of Contents for VCSII

Page 1: ...Rev 0 June 17 2016 VCSII Battery Charger Bergey WindPower Co Owner s Manual ...

Page 2: ...VCS II User Interface 6 VCS II User Configuration 7 VCS II Can Bus Interface 12 VCS II CAN Bus Message Specification 12 VCS II Status Faults Warnings 15 VCS II Fault List 16 VCS II Warning List 17 VCS II Specifications 18 Turbine Input 18 Battery Output 18 Environmental 18 Performance 19 ...

Page 3: ...G wire per terminal 1 wire per phase per terminal provided The field wiring terminals shall be connected using the following wire types Copper Conductors Only Input Turbine connection Use No 8 2 AWG 75 C copper wire only Copper Conductors Only Output Battery connection Use No 6 350MCM 75 C copper wire only The following symbols are used as markings on this product with the following meanings Equip...

Page 4: ... enclosure needs at least 12 of clearance to allow for natural convection through the rear heatsinks and inductors Mount the enclosure indoors away from excess heat vibration and moisture and as close to the battery bank as possible The mounting bracket must be secured to the wall before mounting the enclosure The hardware to mount the bracket is not included There are three main mounting holes at...

Page 5: ... Torque to 4 5N m 40in lb Conduit enters the bottom of the enclosure through provided knockouts Drilling extra holes into the enclosure is not recommended The turbine leads enter on the left side of the enclosure while the battery connections are on the right side WARNING Clearance is required all sides of the enclosure for proper cooling Clearance is required on all sides of the VCSII to ensure p...

Page 6: ...han 0 5 seconds and less than 5 seconds a If the charge controller is powered up and in the Charging Mode with no faults the charge controller will go to the Manual Idle Mode b If the charge controller is powered up and in the Manual Idle Mode with no faults the charge controller will go to the Charging Mode c If the charge controller is powered up and in a Fault State the charge controller will c...

Page 7: ...zation Voltage Set point Vdc Factory default is 62 0 The equalization Voltage is settable and if a battery temperature sensor is present the equalization voltage is temperature compensated Equalization time is dependant on the Battery Equalization Completion Integral Battery temp correction slope Vdc degC Factory default is 0 12 for lead acid batteries Battery temperature compensation operates if ...

Page 8: ... case scope_03 csv Keep in mind that only scope logs for the last 10 faults are stored The scope fault logs show 16 channels of data surrounding the faults with a 52 µs resolution There are 2000 samples saved in each scope file The channels which will be saved are selected from several groups of data which data group is saved is set in the last line in sysparam txt see below Sysparam txt contains ...

Page 9: ...VCS II User Guide Bergey WindPower Co Rev 0 June 17 2016 9 ...

Page 10: ...red regarding battery voltage current and temperature To help with turbine and wiring diagnosis all 3 phase voltages as well as the turbine frequency are stored The dataxxxx csv files are the only place that cumulative kWh and run time are stored so if the files are deleted or modified an incorrect kWh or run time will be displayed All calibration data are stored in cal_data txt these values are d...

Page 11: ...csv the format is frequency in column A and power in watts in column B The frequency must be given in 1 Hz increments up to 150 Hz Changes to the power curve should not be made without Bergey WindPower Co approval as damage to the controller or the alternator can occur if improper values are used ...

Page 12: ...ications Message ID Request Response Comment 1 DLC 1 Mailbox 0 is reserved to receive this message DLC 1 Mailbox 16 is reserved to echo back the original message This message is for command 1 Start Reset 0 Stop If the system is in regular charge or equalizer mode the Stop command will stop the system operation If the system is in stop mode the Start command will start the system If the system is i...

Page 13: ...end the parameter to external controller Data format The first 4 bytes are Uint32 The last 4 bytes are float32 or Uint32 depending on the data item The external controller sends this message to DSP to request certain parameter The parameter ID PID is included in the requested message The DSP responds with the parameter filled in the last 4 bytes of the CAN message The first 4 bytes still holds the...

Page 14: ...ge battery temp measured deg C Float32 14 Average heatsink temp measured deg C Float32 15 L1 L2 voltage Vac rms Float32 16 L2 L3 voltage Vac rms Float32 17 L3 L1 voltage Vac rms Float32 18 Turbine frequency measured Hz Float32 19 System state na Uint32 20 Average current measured chopper 1 Adc Float32 21 Average current measured chopper 2 Adc Float32 22 Average current measured chopper 3 Adc Float...

Page 15: ...s such that multiple faults and warnings can be transmitted There will be an integer value returned for fault and warning queries This can be converted to hex and looked up in the tables on the following pages or if converted to binary then each individual bit indicates a separate fault Status Low Wind Speed Turbine is spinning too slow to generate power ...

Page 16: ...uration chopper 4 na 0x00000800 Fault De saturation chopper 5 na 0x00001000 Fault De saturation chopper 6 na 0x00002000 Fault De saturation chopper 7 na 0x00004000 Fault De saturation chopper 8 na 0x00008000 Fault Battery Over Voltage Fault Volts 0x00010000 Fault DC bus over voltage na 0x00020000 Fault Logic Power Supply Over Voltage Volts 0x00040000 Fault Logic Power Supply Under Voltage Volts 0x...

Page 17: ... MS_BAT_FULL_CHARGED 0x00000002 MS_SD_MISSING 0x00000004 MS_THERMAL_ACTIVE 0x00000008 MS_CAN_COMM_ERROR 0x00000010 MS_EQUALIZE_MODE 0x00000020 MS_SD_PROTECTED 0x00000040 MS_LOW_SPEED 0x00000080 MS_MANUAL_MODE 0x00000100 MS_BAT_VOL_LOW 0x00000200 MS_BAT_TEMP_HIGH 0x00000400 MS_PHASE_ROTATION 0x00000800 MS_EXT_RAM_FAILED 0x00001000 ...

Page 18: ... frequency 10 Hz Battery Output Rated output current max 200 Amps Rated output voltage max 65 Vdc Output start voltage minimum at low battery condition 36 Vdc Output normal operating voltage range 40 63 Vdc Control method Constant Voltage Output overcurrent protection DC Breaker 250 Amps Environmental Enclosure type NEMA 1 IP60 Overall NEMA 3R IP66 for internal controls Operating temperature range...

Page 19: ...ower Co Rev 0 June 17 2016 19 Performance Rated power 11 m s 8 kW Rated RPM 170 Rated windspeed 11 m s Start up windspeed 4 m s Cut in windspeed 1 8 m s Cut out windspeed none Furling windspeed 16 18 m s Max design windspeed 60 m s ...

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