My SI6.OH-11 keeps jumping to 60Hz.

Hi I am in France but speak English.

My SI6.OH-11 keeps jumping to 60Hz.

I Have recently purchased a New SI6.OH-11. So I can add AC Coupling to my 9 buildings Sustainability Community Project system here in Normandy, France
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I have been using APC 5000va UPS Inverters.
My Power sources are :- 5kW on PV Trackers, 90amps at charge rate 56vdc, Tristar MPPT & Midnite Classic 200.
3 off Hugh Piggott design Wind Turbines with a normal 3.4kW, 66amps. These 3 wind turbines have 3 Tristar Controllers set for PWM Dumping to 6kW of heaters.
Max DC Charging can therefore be 156amps into my 1100ah batteries.

I am now installing AC Coupling with Static PV arrays. At present I have 2.5kW of PV coupled to a SB3800 which is set in Island Mode, Off Grid..

I keep re-setting the SI6.OH-11 for, ….. Off Grid Mode, 230v50Hz, VRLA, 48v, 1100ah, PV Only,
We do not have a generator.

I have contacted the SMA Helpline, they showed/told me on the telephone how to reset the SI6 back to factory settings. The SMA Specialist said, “You have to much DC Coupling” and then said “The SI does not like Over Voltage on the DC”.

When I do the setting up process for the battery sensor process, and apply DC coupling the SI6.OH-11 Inverter goes straight to 60Hz 230v output.

Obviously certain electrical Items in our buildings will not work on 60Hz.

I do not think that the DC coupling is the problem, do any of the Forum members have any solutions please.

Please remember that this was a very expensive Inverter for us, as we have very little money, but we did think that this SI 6 would take us into the Future of AC Coupling.

Thanks for any help,

Thank you 'pezibaer'.Peter. I have removed some of my DC Coupling, but I can now replicate the fault with the SI6 Inverter jumping to 60HZ.

So I KNOW what to look for, and IMPORTANTLY what to AVOID. With this particular model of SI6, (SI6.OH-11) and its software version of 2014.

My Problem Is the Shunt Current Sensor set up stuff.

I will allow SMA 2 weeks to respond to my 2 emails. At present SMA have not acknowledged my emails, and hopefully offer some advice. I have tried telephoning SMA but the phone just rings and I am on constant hold.

AT least I now know what the FAULT is.

I will post the issue/bug/conflict problem and the FIX, or the bit to be careful with and double check. I will post on the Australian Forums with Dave, and US Forums.............

At least my information might help other SI owners/users in the Future, but first I await SMA's response..

Thank you PV-Insel for the information.

My Dc charging sources charge direct to the 48vdc batteries that the SI6 is also running from the same batteries.

I have installed the SI DC 'Battery Current Sensor Shunt' so the SI can see the batteries being charged from other sources. This DC 'Battery Current Sensor Shunt' is described in the SI Installation Manual.

If SMA told me that the SI6 CAN NOT TAKE DC COUPLING IN THEIR MANUAL or SPECIFICATIONS I would Have not have spent/purchased the 3000 euro SMA Sunny Island.
SMA have not responded / answered my enquiry on HOW MUCH DC COUPLING the Sunny Island can actually Take/ accept.

This Posting on this Forum is to help others in the Future who purchase/own this Particular type of Sunny Island. And where they have DC Coupling, (PV, Turbines that direct charge the Batteries the SI is running from), and also use the SI’s AC Coupling, (Sunny Boys Grid Tied Inverters, connected to the SI’s 230vac 50HZ Created Mini Grid) . For further information see, http://www.navitron.org.uk/for…ex.php/topic,24455.0.html

My Observations on the Sunny Island 6 SI6,OH-11, New, purchased 2014, European Market 50HZ.
Problem, 50HZ leaps to 60HZ, SI6,OH-11, (2014) Battery Current Sensor Shunt.
At present I have enough PV DC coupled sources to charge my 1100ah 48v bank of batteries, but it might be nice to use the SI sometimes especially as I add more AC Coupling in the future as it can also take AC and back charge the 48vdc batteries.

With my particular SI6,OH-11, (2014) when entering the type and values of the Shunt into the SI software I noticed it is factory set at 100amp 50mv or 60mv, now obviously I set this to 250amp at 60mv to match my physical shunt itself.

However, what I find is during the shut down and restart procedures when installing the shunt, the shunt setting can revert back to a factory setting.

So you think everything is going to be okay, then a little bit of DC coupling, in this instance only 40amps, and this software bit with the Shunt throws the SI Inverter from 50Hz straight to 60Hz mode, it does not climb steadily, no, it just jumps up to 60HZ.

SO......If you are going to have a lot of DC Coupling, and for me it could be as much as 150amps, .........Then.......DURING THE BATTERY CURRENT SENSOR SET UP, PLEASE ENSURE THE SETTING FOR YOUR ACTUAL SHUNT MATCHES THE SETTINGS IN THE SOFTWARE, AND THAT THE SOFTWARE SETTING HAS NOT REVERTED TO A FACTORY SETTING, as mine kept doing.

My lasts set up I ended up doing it twice, and I keep checking, and its holding, so far....... fingers crossed!.

I can now understand why SMA are not particular interested as DC Coupling, as it is not their ball game, and the SI was meant to blend/join in with their AC products.

But Importantly perhaps a little more information in their manual about DC Coupling, source connections etc, might have been helpful for some of us. Instead we have got the European & Australian Forums guiding us along.
So that's the TRIGGER FAULT, WATCH THAT FACTORY DEFAULTS SETTING.

Thanks PV-Insel,

Regards my 30ff Wind turbines, I have 3off PWM Tristar Controllers that are set up to dump excess voltage, they can dump to Air heaters 6kW.
All my DC Charging controllers are set to the same charginging regime, ie, the same Absorp, Bulk, Float.

Thanks about the Midnite interface circuit/software for the SI, However after consideration of the problems we here at our comminuty project are having with the SMA Sunny Island6 we have decided to De-commission the SI, (Auberbetriebnahme) and fit a used/second hand APC 10000va UPS 230vac Inverter.

We just can not keep installing more equipment to keep the SI working properly, we just do not have the funds/money.

So the SMA Sunny Island is entsorgen.

Thanks you for your help.

Hi,

Follow up information.

The Sunny Island was returned to SMA.

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We here at Echorenovate are not a commercial organization so we just require the printing, postage + packing, and PCB manufacturing costs.

The Inverter is basically open source on several Worldwide Forums, I have condensed all information on the machine and it can be made anywhere, relatively easy for anyone who understands a little electronics, electrical installations and some engineering skills.

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We have the running/idle power use down to 45W. We can back charge through the OzInverter to charge batteries when the OzInverter is AC coupled. We use the slight rise in the AC output when the batteries are filling up to shut the Ac Coupled GTI's down. We finish charging the batteries with DC source controllers.

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I trust this New OzInverter project helps others.

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Thank you.

Gogle Übersetzung .....
Hallo zusammen,
Follow-up-Informationen.
Der Sunny Island wurde auf SMA zurück.

Ich bin enttäuscht, welche kommerziellen Maschinen zur Verfügung stehen, und es schlechten Leistungen und schlechten Betriebsparameter, sofern Sie Gerätehersteller in gebunden Fach Haben ...... Also, ich meine eigenen Inverter gemacht.
Mit Hilfe von "Oztules" ...... http://www.anotherpower.com/bo…7jd5l4edljl6k4ls18pgfj4i1 und andere spezialisierte Leute aus der ganzen Welt. Ich habe meine eigene 6kW-15kW OzInverter, benannt nach dem 'Oztules' John Tullock, Flinders Island, Tasmanien.

Ich habe jetzt ein Buch, 100 von Fotos veröffentlicht, wie Sie Ihre eigenen OzInverter zu machen, und ich liefern die benötigten auch Leiterplatten und die PCB Herstellung von Masken für die 6-15kW Power Board, The OzControl Vorstand und dem Vorstand OzCooling.
Wir hier bei Echorenovate sind keine kommerzielle Organisation, so dass wir nur den Druck, Porto + Verpackung erfordern, und PCB-Herstellungskosten.
Der Wechselrichter ist Open Source auf mehreren Grundsätzlich Worldwide Foren, ich kondensiert haben alle Informationen über die Maschine und kann es überall gemacht werden, relativ einfach für jedermann, der es versteht, ein wenig Elektronik, Elektroinstallationen und einige technische Fähigkeiten.
Die OzInverter ist kein Spielzeug tut es 6 kW bis 15 kW und 50 kW entsteht an das ist, wenn Sie Ihre Batterien, die Lasten zu nehmen.

Wir verwenden 30kg Silikon Eisenkern Toroid, gebe ich die Mathematik für Querschnitt jeder Kerngröße, so dass Sie die sekundären und primären für die richtige Konzentration Sättigung Wind, wir die Ringkerne und Harzbindung der sekundären und verwenden einen einzigen niedrigen Wendungen stapeln primäre, so können wir die Torus Kraft kühlen, falls erforderlich.
Wir haben den Lauf / Leerlaufstromverbrauch bis zu 45W. Wir können durch die OzInverter laden zurück Batterien aufzuladen Wenn die OzInverter ist AC-gekoppelt. Wir verwenden den leichten Anstieg der Ausgang AC Wenn die Batterien geschlossen füllen bis zum Ac GTI nach unten gekoppelt ist. Wir beenden die Batterien Mit Controller DC Ladequelle.

Die OzInverter ist einfach, die Elektronik sind einfach, wir haben den Umrichter so ausgelegt, alle Teile sind leicht überall erhältlich in der Welt, und noch besser .... die OzInverter ist sehr kostengünstig mit Materialkosten über $ 700 zu bauen. Noch günstiger ist es, Ihnen scavenge große toroids gebrochen GTI bilden und sie auszuziehen.

Ich vertraue darauf, esta New OzInverter Projekt anderen hilft.
http://www.echorenovate.com/ne…--make-a-6kw-inverter.php

Danke.