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SoC Gen Stop
The combination of all these settings should give you a battery protection program that should look something
like this…….
When you get up in the morning, before your solar panels are working at their best, the generator runs for
an hour or so while you are cooking, or heating the bathroom for the kids, and starts the day with a support
charge (see SoC Renewable Assist).
Then it shuts down during the day when you expect that the solar panels will be carrying the load; then it may
start again later that night when your night load is at its highest or if there has been a cloudy day and there
hasn’t been as much solar input as you would have expected.
Throughout the whole day there is always the lower “safety net” level that will not allow your batteries to get
totally flat. Your Selectronic Accredited Installer can help you arrive at the most fuel efficient program to suit
your particular needs.
The above system of Generator Auto Start SoC Start and Stop levels
prevents the generator from charging the battery bank during the
batteries least energy efficient stage; the highest voltage with the least
amount of absorbed amp hours. This reduces the amount of time your
generator will run for, saving fuel.
This type of system is called Partial SoC control. A battery system
will perform well in partial SoC conditions however it is desirable to
periodically fully charge a battery bank and bring the SoC to 100% by
allowing the charger to complete through to Float stage.
If FOR 100% SoC is enabled it will continue the normal charge process
right through to Float stage as often as you require. In this example it
occurs every 7 days.
