Newbie to solar here - but learning fast...
Some background: I recently had 24 panels (8.4kWp), StorEdge 7600A, LG battery and Auto-transformer installed at my home in NC. No meter. My installer disappeared after the job was "done," so I have had to learn a lot about the system as fast as I could. I ended up having to fix some of the things the installer did wrong or didn't do at all (some minor and couple of major things). All of the major issues have been fixed and only a few minor issues remain. Now that I'm at least "stable," I wanted to dive into some details and gain some wisdom from the community. This post is about a specific configuration setting: Alt Power Src
My StorEdge Inverter (7600A, w/screen, w/o HD-Wave)
CPU: 3.2525.0
DSP1: 1.210.1428
DSP2: 2.52.515
My LG Battery (R15563P3SSEG1, 9.8kWh, HWID:100): DCDC 7.4.8
I was scrolling through my configuration settings and noticed one called Alt Power Src that was enabled. I hadn't noticed that during my previous dive into the menu and so I looked at the SolarEdge Application Note for Alternative Power Source (v1.4, March 2020). When I read through the document, it seems that this setting is for the SolarEdge inverter to work in coordination with a generator. I don't have a generator, but I do have a battery.
I guess that the LG Battery is technically an alternate power source, but I wonder if it is an "Alternate Power Source" within the context of this configuration setting? I didn't see anything in the StorEdge connection and configuration documents that mention the Alt Power Src setting when configuring an LG Battery.
Before I call SE. I thought I'd check here to see whether anyone knows whether the Alt Power Src setting should remain enabled on the StorEdge inverter with LG Battery if I don't have a generator?
Some background: I recently had 24 panels (8.4kWp), StorEdge 7600A, LG battery and Auto-transformer installed at my home in NC. No meter. My installer disappeared after the job was "done," so I have had to learn a lot about the system as fast as I could. I ended up having to fix some of the things the installer did wrong or didn't do at all (some minor and couple of major things). All of the major issues have been fixed and only a few minor issues remain. Now that I'm at least "stable," I wanted to dive into some details and gain some wisdom from the community. This post is about a specific configuration setting: Alt Power Src
My StorEdge Inverter (7600A, w/screen, w/o HD-Wave)
CPU: 3.2525.0
DSP1: 1.210.1428
DSP2: 2.52.515
My LG Battery (R15563P3SSEG1, 9.8kWh, HWID:100): DCDC 7.4.8
I was scrolling through my configuration settings and noticed one called Alt Power Src that was enabled. I hadn't noticed that during my previous dive into the menu and so I looked at the SolarEdge Application Note for Alternative Power Source (v1.4, March 2020). When I read through the document, it seems that this setting is for the SolarEdge inverter to work in coordination with a generator. I don't have a generator, but I do have a battery.
I guess that the LG Battery is technically an alternate power source, but I wonder if it is an "Alternate Power Source" within the context of this configuration setting? I didn't see anything in the StorEdge connection and configuration documents that mention the Alt Power Src setting when configuring an LG Battery.
Before I call SE. I thought I'd check here to see whether anyone knows whether the Alt Power Src setting should remain enabled on the StorEdge inverter with LG Battery if I don't have a generator?
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