Hi, i have one like yours, for lead acid , you only need to check the battery label and put on the CC the informations. Allways desconnect the batterys after configurations. It is a good CC. Specialy its protections. Greetings from Italy.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with these MakeSkyBlue controllers. I have 2 / 50amp controllers which I can easily change the programming to their proper functions. Thanks again.
Angel D. Class cool today I too got 2 50amps ✌️ going to 2- 290w panels to each and 12v bank of 6 golf cart batteries for 3k of usable storage and 3k of winter output potential. Resettable fuses going in between everywhere.
Important: For programming information to be retained by the controller you must disconnect the Solar power input from the controller. Once the unit has been programmed confirm that it has the information stored by disconnecting the battery connection. The controller will always boot up by running the fan momentarily, finally check to ensure the parameters you set have been retained.
I have been trying to resolve the puzzle myself. I remember reading about this but not sure about it. Now, you confirmed what I suspected. I think no matter to silly the engineers that designed this unit, one has to believe that if they say you can change the parameter, they must have tried it themselves.
@@josephdewuhan The info given in their literature is terrible. But so far so good on it's reliability. I found out later after this video that you really need to be using the voltage parameters set by the manufacturer of your batteries. Battery University has allot of info online. Good luck with your project.
@@AlvinShepherd Thanks for your reply. I ordered presumably the "fake" version of it. I did not know about the two versions before I ordered it. Now, I'm afraid that the fake will not work which means more waiting for an alternative. That is why I'd like to know why it is bad. The unit is still on its way to me. Due the covid-19 pandemic, everything is slowed to a halt. Even Amazon now takes a month to deliver of things that usually takes a couple of days. My panels and one inverter arrived before the mess, now I do not know if I can finish and start enjoying my solar energy before the summer is over. 🤣
@@josephdewuhan I know exactly what you mean, it seems allot of what we get is now getting difficult to find. Not really sure how the new version charge controller works though. Good Luck...
I'm not too concern with D03 since you don't have a load directly connected to the charge controller. However, you need to be careful with the inverter....the inverter will continue draining energy from the battery to the minimum in the inverter spec. If that minimum is set at 20 volts ...your battery bank will be exhausted... If you can not change the minimum in the inverter spec...you can certainly develop a gismo...that will shutdown the inverter based on "something" set in the load port of the charge controller....if the load goes off...then the inverter will be shutdown... Good video!!!
There were some reviews of these with pictures on Amazon showing they caught on fire or melted. Somehow the seller removed their old listings on Amazon and started new listings and were able to remove the bad reviews. I think they called it a new version and got away with it. Although my V113 unit is not getting too hot, I am worried... If my unit does malfunction in the future it can catch fire. It does charge up to 16 volts most days for one battery even though I set it to max 14.4v absorption and 13.2v float. It is cooking my batteries and I have re-start it all the time.
Have you made any sense of the low voltage disconnect? I have mine set to 24hrs which should be on anytime the the battery voltage is above the minimum set voltage. It appears to operate in a totally random manner and would be useful for nothing. Again, there is next to no documentation. In the 100W region tracking seems to get easily lost. My 60V array will drop to 16 or so volts. Disconnect the panels for 5 seconds and the array goes back to 60ish volts and a big boost in power. Thought it would be a once in a while thing. It happens so often that I had to make a circuit that disconnected the panels if voltage dropped below 40V for over 2 minutes. This might happen to anyone that has a high differential voltage between panels and battery. This unit is not ready for prime time.
I think the low voltage disconnect only comes into play when you are using the controller to power something directly. In my case I do not use that function, still it seems odd to me that they would set the controller up to allow your batteries to drop below 50%. As far as the low voltage issue you are experiencing you may check to see if the controller is in float mode next time you see this occur. When the controller goes into float mode the batteries are fully charged so it only allows a trickle charge during this time. So far mine has been reliable and I would recommend it to a friend.
dont put the parameters of the paper of the controller they are only an estimate. to get the most of your batteries go to your battery manufacturer page download the data of the batteries and set it up from there. the only problem im having with that controller is that i have 4x6v= 24v but the controller dont let me adjust it for 24v only for 12
If its overcharging your batteries, what will happen and what will that look like? That appears to be what's happening to me, where the battery bank charges suddenly plummeting after installing this thing. But other people rave that make sky blue is one of the durable controllers. so I need to figure out how to still use it but not have it over charge. How long with it overcharging your batteries can you go before its actually doing permanent harm to the batteries?
@@AlvinShepherd it only sets at 15 max, my Trojans need 16.1v briefly once a month. I don't like MSB is hoky, best get a EPsolar almost perfect tracking too.
@@davegeorge7094 I originally purchased ep solar myself but when tightening up the power cables one of the lugs snapped off making it toast. Also the fuses are soldered into the circuit board. Yeap.
Need some help. 36 volt LiFePO4 battery, Want to charge to 43-44 Volts. 6) 39v 285w PVs, 2S, 3P **Controller setting D2&D3 won't go below 48V...?? **Displayed Battery voltage reads 42.1. Measured Battery Voltage 39.2...?? For programming, PV Disconnected, Battery Connected. Unit still charges BUT wants to pump 48v into a 36v pack!! Also what is D5&D6? Seems Undocumented Please Help...
Ken, I have my lead acid battery bank connected in a 24vlt series. I'm not an expert but have used Battery University website for good info found some good information on Trojan's website and called the manufacturer of my batteries to get the specifics of my batteries. From my limited experience I have found that batteries need to rest for a few hours before taking a voltage reading. I would set up the recommended charging voltages with the manufacturer of your batteries and dismiss parameters coming from others.
so for lithium ion batteries d02 is the maximum voltage of your battery, in my case 48, a fixed to 14.2x4=56.8. and the lower voltage is d03 a fixed to 10.5x4 = 42
The Make Sky Blue model I believe is being sold now as PowMr. Yes it is suppose to charge a battery bank wired at 48 volts. With a solar Input voltage up to 190 volts dc. Max current pass through is 40 amps.
It detects the system voltage by looking at these rangers. 12V system (DC9V-DC15V) 24V system (DC18V-DC29V) 36V system (DC30V-DC39V) 48V system (DC40V~DC60V)
Have you try to install more than 1 charge controller to the same battery. I have a problem, I have 6 or them connected to the same battery, they are charging good until around 3.95 per module after that 3 of them end it up in a kind of float mode, they are no charging the battery, I appreciate any advice that you can give me.
Jose, sorry I'm only using one of these charge controllers on 6 - 12 volt -100 watt panels (600 watts total) wired together 2 each in series for a 24 volt battery bank and a buck block transformer to step down 24 to 12 volts to run the 12 volt tracking system. Good Luck...
I have two connected to the same battery bank, what I did was to lower the absortion voltage 0.1V to the CC with the least amount of solar panels. Now both CCs finish the absortion phase!
Might help those building the kit. 20A unit is not listed but functions the same. PDF]S3 SERIES MPPT SOLAR CHARGE CONTROLLER V117 For Models ... www.makeskyblue.com/.../V117%20MPPT%20Solar%20Charge%20Controller... S3 SERIES MPPT SOLAR CHARGE CONTROLLER V117. For Models: S3-30A, S3-40A, S3-50A, S3-60A. Reminder: For advanced function and application, ...
Hi, i have one like yours, for lead acid , you only need to check the battery label and put on the CC the informations. Allways desconnect the batterys after configurations. It is a good CC. Specialy its protections. Greetings from Italy.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with these MakeSkyBlue controllers. I have 2 / 50amp controllers which I can easily change the programming to their proper functions. Thanks again.
Angel D. Class cool today I too got 2 50amps ✌️ going to 2- 290w panels to each and 12v bank of 6 golf cart batteries for 3k of usable storage and 3k of winter output potential. Resettable fuses
going in between everywhere.
Important: For programming information to be retained by the controller you must disconnect the Solar power input from the controller. Once the unit has been programmed confirm that it has the information stored by disconnecting the battery connection. The controller will always boot up by running the fan momentarily, finally check to ensure the parameters you set have been retained.
I have been trying to resolve the puzzle myself. I remember reading about this but not sure about it. Now, you confirmed what I suspected. I think no matter to silly the engineers that designed this unit, one has to believe that if they say you can change the parameter, they must have tried it themselves.
@@josephdewuhan The info given in their literature is terrible. But so far so good on it's reliability. I found out later after this video that you really need to be using the voltage parameters set by the manufacturer of your batteries. Battery University has allot of info online. Good luck with your project.
@@AlvinShepherd Thanks for your reply. I ordered presumably the "fake" version of it. I did not know about the two versions before I ordered it. Now, I'm afraid that the fake will not work which means more waiting for an alternative. That is why I'd like to know why it is bad. The unit is still on its way to me. Due the covid-19 pandemic, everything is slowed to a halt. Even Amazon now takes a month to deliver of things that usually takes a couple of days. My panels and one inverter arrived before the mess, now I do not know if I can finish and start enjoying my solar energy before the summer is over. 🤣
@@josephdewuhan I know exactly what you mean, it seems allot of what we get is now getting difficult to find. Not really sure how the new version charge controller works though. Good Luck...
Hi, I'm thinking to order one on ebay. How is the controller holding up after a couple years of use? Any fire hazard?
thanks for info now i can program my controller
I'm not too concern with D03 since you don't have a load directly connected to the charge controller. However, you need to be careful with the inverter....the inverter will continue draining energy from the battery to the minimum in the inverter spec. If that minimum is set at 20 volts ...your battery bank will be exhausted...
If you can not change the minimum in the inverter spec...you can certainly develop a gismo...that will shutdown the inverter based on "something" set in the load port of the charge controller....if the load goes off...then the inverter will be shutdown...
Good video!!!
If I am doing a 12 volt system, do I not want the incoming volts to be above a certain amount? Thank you.
There were some reviews of these with pictures on Amazon showing they caught on fire or melted. Somehow the seller removed their old listings on Amazon and started new listings and were able to remove the bad reviews. I think they called it a new version and got away with it. Although my V113 unit is not getting too hot, I am worried... If my unit does malfunction in the future it can catch fire. It does charge up to 16 volts most days for one battery even though I set it to max 14.4v absorption and 13.2v float. It is cooking my batteries and I have re-start it all the time.
they did have a round of knockoff ones that did that
Have you made any sense of the low voltage disconnect? I have mine set to 24hrs which should be on anytime the the battery voltage is above the minimum set voltage. It appears to operate in a totally random manner and would be useful for nothing. Again, there is next to no documentation. In the 100W region tracking seems to get easily lost. My 60V array will drop to 16 or so volts. Disconnect the panels for 5 seconds and the array goes back to 60ish volts and a big boost in power. Thought it would be a once in a while thing. It happens so often that I had to make a circuit that disconnected the panels if voltage dropped below 40V for over 2 minutes. This might happen to anyone that has a high differential voltage between panels and battery. This unit is not ready for prime time.
I think the low voltage disconnect only comes into play when you are using the controller to power something directly. In my case I do not use that function, still it seems odd to me that they would set the controller up to allow your batteries to drop below 50%. As far as the low voltage issue you are experiencing you may check to see if the controller is in float mode next time you see this occur. When the controller goes into float mode the batteries are fully charged so it only allows a trickle charge during this time. So far mine has been reliable and I would recommend it to a friend.
That's the bad tracking symptom there MPPT software problems.
dont put the parameters of the paper of the controller they are only an estimate. to get the most of your batteries go to your battery manufacturer page download the data of the batteries and set it up from there. the only problem im having with that controller is that i have 4x6v= 24v but the controller dont let me adjust it for 24v only for 12
If its overcharging your batteries, what will happen and what will that look like? That appears to be what's happening to me, where the battery bank charges suddenly plummeting after installing this thing. But other people rave that make sky blue is one of the durable controllers. so I need to figure out how to still use it but not have it over charge.
How long with it overcharging your batteries can you go before its actually doing permanent harm to the batteries?
looking for a starter controller can you equalize with this controller?
It is a good reliable controller but does not have an equalization schedule built into the program.
@@AlvinShepherd it only sets at 15 max, my Trojans need 16.1v briefly once a month. I don't like MSB is hoky, best get a EPsolar almost perfect tracking too.
@@davegeorge7094 I originally purchased ep solar myself but when tightening up the power cables one of the lugs snapped off making it toast. Also the fuses are soldered into the circuit board. Yeap.
Need some help.
36 volt LiFePO4 battery,
Want to charge to 43-44 Volts.
6) 39v 285w PVs, 2S, 3P
**Controller setting D2&D3 won't go below 48V...??
**Displayed Battery voltage reads 42.1. Measured Battery Voltage 39.2...??
For programming,
PV Disconnected,
Battery Connected.
Unit still charges BUT wants to pump 48v into a 36v pack!!
Also what is D5&D6?
Seems Undocumented
Please Help...
Ken, I have my lead acid battery bank connected in a 24vlt series. I'm not an expert but have used Battery University website for good info found some good information on Trojan's website and called the manufacturer of my batteries to get the specifics of my batteries. From my limited experience I have found that batteries need to rest for a few hours before taking a voltage reading. I would set up the recommended charging voltages with the manufacturer of your batteries and dismiss parameters coming from others.
set it to battery manufacturer specs.......
so for lithium ion batteries d02 is the maximum voltage of your battery, in my case 48, a fixed to 14.2x4=56.8.
and the lower voltage is d03 a fixed to 10.5x4 = 42
Low voltage adjustment is for the low power output of max 5 amps. With it you can control an on-off switch or similar.
they advertise you can use this on 48 volt batteries. Or is that a different model?
The Make Sky Blue model I believe is being sold now as PowMr. Yes it is suppose to charge a battery bank wired at 48 volts. With a solar Input voltage up to 190 volts dc. Max current pass through is 40 amps.
It detects the system voltage by looking at these rangers.
12V system (DC9V-DC15V)
24V system (DC18V-DC29V)
36V system (DC30V-DC39V)
48V system (DC40V~DC60V)
@@dtvking Thanks Mark that is the best answer.
Have you try to install more than 1 charge controller to the same battery. I have a problem, I have 6 or them connected to the same battery, they are charging good until around 3.95 per module after that 3 of them end it up in a kind of float mode, they are no charging the battery, I appreciate any advice that you can give me.
Jose, sorry I'm only using one of these charge controllers on 6 - 12 volt -100 watt panels (600 watts total) wired together 2 each in series for a 24 volt battery bank and a buck block transformer to step down 24 to 12 volts to run the 12 volt tracking system. Good Luck...
I have two connected to the same battery bank, what I did was to lower the absortion voltage 0.1V to the CC with the least amount of solar panels. Now both CCs finish the absortion phase!
D01(acid) is the one to tell the charger to stop when the battery is full, and D02 do the same for lithium batteries, I'm right?
To select Acid or Lithium batteries you would go to D4 in the program and select 00 for Acid or 01 for Lithium batteries.
Go to 8:57 in the video and play
When the batteries are charged, does the controller show this on the display?
Yes it goes into the Floating Mode 7 when the batteries are charged
nice vidéo ! thanks !
It will show 24 volt I got a 24 volt system and charge is to be set at 28.7
Makeskyblue is a Chinese co. that will not honor warranty. Stay away.
Do you guys watch south park ? i am the only one that finds that amusing? Anyway , thank you for this movie , nice and educative
!
Super great vid bro .. how many pannels you are using ??
I only have 6- 100 watt 12 volt panels wired so that they send 24 volts to the controller
Might help those building the kit. 20A unit is not listed but functions the same. PDF]S3 SERIES MPPT SOLAR CHARGE CONTROLLER V117 For Models ...
www.makeskyblue.com/.../V117%20MPPT%20Solar%20Charge%20Controller...
S3 SERIES MPPT SOLAR CHARGE CONTROLLER V117. For Models: S3-30A, S3-40A, S3-50A, S3-60A. Reminder: For advanced function and application, ...
Makeskyblue is junk. Mine died completely only after couple months of use. I am not able to get any resolution from this company.
Me too, MSB shows power incorrectly will not stay in absorption long enough.
Have y'all found a good alternative by chance?
@@davegeorge7094 Have y'all found a good alternative by chance?
@@lovetheparadox EP solar with MT50 remote.
Cost less than the top 5 MFG.