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Hi mates :). My first post here, but long time reader. I must thank the topic participants for the excellent info found on it! I to have a PIP-5048MSP for about 4.5 years. All been working fine, except 3 fan faults. Today a new problem arouse. It started to trip the mains differential when the inve...

Beta Version of Patched Firmware 73.00e for some PF0.8 models (introducing KettleKomp™) This is the fifth version of our patched firmware based on factory firmware version 73.00 for the PIP-4048MS and equivalents. This patched firmware has all the same patches as 73.00d and earlier patched firmware...

We have just bumped patched firmware 73.00d from beta to release. I note that we will be posting the beta version of 73.00e (with KettleKomp™ ) in the next few hours. It seems we failed to announce when we bumped patched firmware 72.20c from beta to release three weeks ago. Sorry about that. Many th...

The electrolyte in a NiFe cell is alkaline-based potash, which is just distilled water and potassium hydroxide. This is a commonly used plant fertilizer. Your biggest decision when getting rid of the electrolyte once neutralized is deciding where you are going to grow your pumpkins and Jerusalem Ar...

Hi Luke . It's great that you're doing this. But we want to be good network citizens, so if you just tell us when you'd like us to charge our EVs, there may not be any need for any network upgrades. All commercial EVs have a built-in timer that let's us plug in as soon as we come home but only charg...

@arnolde73 and @coulomb,
I have moved your recent discussion of AGM battery problems to a new thread here.

aim120 wrote: ↑

Wed, 21 Nov 2018, 23:09

Is there a patched firmware version for the Axpert VMII 5kva (PF1.0, PV 120v-450V) aka PIP5048GE

No. Sorry. We need a manufacturer's firmware update file for it before we can do that, and no one has sent us one. All available patched firmware is listed in the Firmware section of the index page.

Coulomb and I have been working on a set of firmware patches to address the "kettle cut-off" or "premature source switching" problem. We had a major setback when we bricked one of monkeytom's inverters in the process (a new one is on its way to him). But as of today, I am testing the first working n...

After reading a lot, I've changed the plan .... What do you think? https://imgur.com/a/EMPo9UR That looks good except that you need to use a USB-to-RS232 adapter cable between the PC and the PIP-5048MS. Like this: http://forums.aeva.asn.au/uploads/689/USB_to_serial.jpg I know the PIP has a USB sock...

I have a question. If, in my PIP4048, I would replace transistors, withstand higher voltage, and load software that would allow up to 66V, everything would work properly? if I understand correctly, I could raise the charging voltage to 66V Unfortunately no. For starters, you would need to upgrade D...

For whatever reason, the way to talk to it isn't documented, and those few that have figured it out don't seem to want to share how it's done. I went searching and found one person who figured out how to communicate with Voltronic Power inverters on their USB port, from Linux, who did share how it'...

I can't help wondering if the authors are confusing megapascals with kilopascals. The strange numbers they are using, like 1.32, suggest they were working in non-SI units. Edit: But I can't find any units that would give round numbers for pressure. Nor can I find any that would give round numbers fo...

I don't think anyone is in danger of overcompressing their cells. That's an insane amount of pressure. It's 14 atmospheres! For the cells in Mexy, whose broad face is approx 0.12 m x 0.18 m, it's equivalent to a weight of 3 tonnes!

Many thanks to Mike Van Emmerik (Coulomb) for his help on Friday. With only 14 of the 16 worst cells replaced, we did a range test and found that it had gone up from 65 km to 78 km (to turtle mode in both cases). Then we examined the data logged by the CMUs and found that the cells that had gone to ...

Still trying to get my head around what is actually causing the loss of capacity. The house battery packs I've tested recently still have over 100% of the advertised capacity, one 200Ah pack is over 7 yrs continuous service and the other over 5 yrs continuous service. The 5 yr old pack has spent qu...

Iv mailed with mppsolar and i am going to order the new PIP-MK SERIES 5048MK. In case you were planning to rely on any of the features of our patched firmware, such as the ability to remotely disconnect and reconnect the loads, I note that this patched firmware is not available for the PIP-5048MK. ...

Many thanks to Jeff Owen for his help yesterday, in using the engine crane to remove, modify and replace 3 more battery boxes. This leaves only 2 of the worst 16 cells not replaced. As they were only the 11th worst and 16th worst cells, and each is the only one in its respective battery box, I will ...

Is there any conformal coating on the PIPs PCBs? I am concerned about condensation if the temp is to low. Yes, there is conformal coating on the PIP PCBs. Can I start and stop the Pip inverting 230v remotely? And still charge the batteries? If I can, i will hook up a small heater and preheat the ma...

I tried the new menu and it's very good. I noticed that there is 3 options now in the menu 4 "Power Saving" : Sds / SEn and "nor" : after the update my inverter was on nor and i changed it back to Sds(was the setting prior update). What is "nor" used for ? I didn't see it in the Manual or in the Au...

Here are the 16 new cells installed, with shims, in the battery box Coulomb calls "the neck breakers" (it mounts through the parcel shelf, on the back of the rollbar). The drilling out of the cell high-current links, and the CMUs, from 6 mm holes to 8 mm holes was done with a step drill . This produ...

Good morning, i just did the update with the 73d Firmware. Hi Rick54. Thank you for testing the beta version. Everything is working well with the inverter but it seems that the remote display is still displaying the old menu (i.e. : no 38 option or old names ...) but the inverter (in my cave...) is...

Of course I knew you would use insulated tools (nice looking pack). My use of "you" was aimed at the general reader.

Hi Chris. That's true about the surprise factor being a hazard. But of course it shouldn't matter if you drop a tool. There is no excuse for using uninsulated tools on batteries. Even if you're unwilling to spend the money on a proper insulated socket and handle (click the image for an eBay search o...

Since the last post in this thread four months ago, Mexy has mostly been working fine. There has been the occasional difficulty in getting started, that seems to occur when the auxiliary battery is low. We really should have staggered the turn-on of the eleven EV200 contactors. We have since designe...

Can units in parallel be shut down say one of a pair. Yes indeed. :) As it says in the manual : "The zero in these commands can be changed to any digit from 0 to 8, being the number of the machine to which the command is addressed". The MNCHGC<m>497 command is equivalent to turning off the switch a...