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Samlex America Solsum_F User Manual

Operating manual

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Operating manual

Solar charge controller

10.10 A / 8.8 A / 6.6 A

Please read these instructions comp

letely

before installation!

1.

A

bout thi

s manual

T

h

ese oper

ati

n

g i

n

str

u

cti

o

ns ar

e

par

t

of

the pr

oduct. R

ead these oper

ati

n

g i

n

str

u

cti

ons

car

e

fu

lly

bef

o

re

use, keep them ov

er

the enti

re l

ifeti

m

e of

the pr

oduct, and pass them on to

any

f

u

tur

e

ow

ner

or

user

of

thi

s pr

oduct.

T

h

is

manual

descr

ibes

the i

n

stal

la

tion, f

u

ncti

on, oper

ati

on and mai

n

tenance of

the sol

a

r

char

ge

contr

o

lle

r.

T

hese oper

ati

n

g i

n

str

u

cti

o

ns ar

e i

n

tended f

o

r end customer

s.

A techni

cal

ex

per

t must be consul

ted i

n

cases of

uncer

tai

n

ty

.

2. Safety

T

h

e

solar

charg

e

controller m

a

y only

be us

ed in PV sy

stem

s f

o

r charg

ing

and controlling

lead-

aci

d

batter

ies

in

accor

d

ance w

ith thi

s oper

ati

n

g manual

and the char

gi

ng

speci

fic

ati

ons of

the batter

y manuf

actur

e

r.

T

h

e

sol

a

r

char

ge

contr

o

lle

r may

onl

y be connected to the l

o

cal

l

oads and the batter

y by

tr

ai

ned per

sonnel

and i

n

accor

d

ance w

ith the appl

ic

abl

e r

e

gu

la

tions. Fol

lo

w

the

in

stal

la

tion

and oper

ati

n

g i

n

str

u

cti

o

ns f

o

r al

l components of

the PV sy

stem.

N

o

ener

gy

sour

ce

other

than

a sol

a

r g

e

ner

a

tor

may

be connected to the sol

a

r char

ge

contr

o

lle

r.

Fol

lo

w

the g

ener

al

and nati

onal

saf

e

ty

and acci

dent pr

ev

enti

on r

e

gu

la

tions.

Keep chi

ld

ren aw

ay

f

rom PV sy

stems. D

o

not

use

the

sol

a

r

char

ge

contr

o

lle

r

in

dusty

env

ironments, i

n

the v

ici

ni

ty

of

sol

vents or

w

h

er

e i

n

flammabl

e g

a

ses

and

vapour

s

can

occur

.

N

o

open

fir

e

s, f

lames or

spar

ks i

n

the v

ici

ni

ty

of

the batter

ies. Ensur

e

that the r

oom

is

adeq

u

atel

y v

enti

la

ted. C

heck the char

gi

ng

pr

ocess r

e

gu

la

rly

.

Fol

lo

w

the char

gi

ng

in

str

u

cti

ons of

the batter

y manuf

a

ctur

er

. Batter

y Aci

d

spl

a

shes on ski

n

or

cl

othi

ng

shoul

d be i

mmedi

atel

y r

inse w

ith pl

enty

of

w

a

ter

. Seek medi

cal

adv

ic

e.

D

o

not

oper

ate

the

sol

a

r

char

ge

contr

o

lle

r w

hen i

t does not appear

to f

uncti

on at al

l. T

he

sol

a

r char

ge

contr

o

lle

r or

connected cabl

es ar

e v

isi

bl

y damag

ed or

l

oose.

In

these

cases

immedi

atel

y r

e

mov

e

the sol

a

r char

ge

contr

o

lle

r f

rom the sol

a

r modul

es and batter

y.

3.

Functi

ons

T

h

e sol

a

r char

ge

contr

o

lle

r moni

tor

s the state

of

char

ge

of

the batter

y bank, contr

o

ls

the

char

gi

ng

pr

ocess, contr

o

ls

the connecti

on/di

sconnecti

on of

l

oads.

T

h

is

opti

m

is

es

batter

y

use and si

gn

ifi

cantl

y ex

tends i

ts ser

vi

ce l

ife.

T

h

e f

o

llo

w

ing

pr

otecti

on f

uncti

ons ar

e par

t of

the basi

c f

uncti

on of

the contr

o

lle

r:

Ov

er

char

ge

pr

otecti

on

; D

eep di

schar

ge

pr

otecti

on

; Batter

y under

vo

ltag

e pr

otecti

on

;

Sol

a

r

modul

e

r

e

ve

rs

e cur

rent pr

otecti

on.

4. In

stallatio

n

4.1 M

o

unti

n

g l

o

cati

on r

e

qu

irements

D

o

not mount the sol

a

r char

ge

contr

o

lle

r outdoor

s or

in

w

e

t r

ooms. D

o

not subj

ect

the

sol

a

r

char

ge

contr

o

lle

r

to

di

re

ct

sunshi

ne

or

other

sour

ces of

heat. Pr

otect the sol

a

r char

ge

contr

o

lle

r f

rom di

rt

and moi

stur

e

.

M

ount upr

ig

h

t on the w

a

ll (

concr

ete)

on a

non-

flammabl

e

substr

ate.

M

a

in

tai

n

a

mi

ni

mum

cl

ear

ance

of

10

cm

bel

ow

and

ar

ound the dev

ice to ensur

e unhi

nder

ed ai

r ci

rc

ul

ati

on.

M

ount the sol

a

r char

ge

contr

o

lle

r as cl

ose as possi

bl

e to the batter

ies

(w

ith

a

saf

e

ty

cl

ear

ance of

at l

east 30 cm)

.

4.2 Fasteni

ng

the sol

a

r char

ge

contr

o

lle

r

M

a

rk

the posi

tion of

the sol

a

r char

ge

contr

o

lle

r f

a

steni

ng

hol

es on the w

a

ll.

Drill 4

Ø 6

m

m

h

o

le

s a

n

d

in

se

rt d

o

w

e

ls. Fa

ste

n

th

e

so

la

r

ch

a

rge

co

n

tro

lle

r

to

th

e

w

a

ll

w

ith

the cabl

e openi

n

gs

f

a

ci

ng

dow

nw

ar

ds, usi

n

g 4 ov

al

head scr

ew

s M

4

x40 (

D

IN

7996)

.

4.3 C

o

nnecti

on

U

se

an

w

ire

si

ze

sui

ted

to

the

cur

re

nt

ra

ting

s of

the char

ge

contr

o

lle

r,

e.g

. 6mm²

f

o

r 10A, 5

mm²

f

o

r 8A, 4 mm²

f

o

r 6A, 3 mm²

f

o

r 5A f

o

r cabl

e l

e

ng

th of

10 m.

An addi

tional

ex

ter

nal

20A f

u

se (

n

ot pr

ov

id

ed)

must be

connected

to

the

batter

y

connecti

on

cabl

e, cl

ose to the batter

y pol

e. T

he ex

ter

n

al

f

u

se pr

ev

ents cabl

e shor

t ci

rc

ui

ts.

Sol

a

r modul

e

s g

ener

ate el

ectr

ic

ity

under

i

n

ci

dent l

ig

ht. T

he

fu

ll

vo

ltag

e

is

pr

esent,

ev

en

w

h

en the i

n

ci

dent l

ig

ht l

e

ve

ls

ar

e l

o

w

. Pr

otect the sol

a

r modul

es f

rom

in

ci

dent

lig

ht

dur

in

g

installation, e.g

. cov

e

r them.

N

e

ve

r touch not i

sol

ated cabl

e ends. U

se onl

y i

n

sul

a

ted tool

s. Ensur

e

that al

l l

oads to be

connected ar

e sw

itched of

f.

If

necessar

y, r

e

mov

e

the f

u

se.

C

onnecti

ons must al

w

a

ys

be made i

n

the seq

u

ence descr

ibed bel

ow

.

1st step:

Connect the battery

C

onnect

the batter

y connecti

on cabl

e w

ith the

cor

re

ct pol

ar

ity

to the mi

ddl

e

pai

r

of

ter

m

in

al

s

o

n

t

h

e

so

la

r

ch

a

rge

co

n

tro

lle

r (w

ith

t

h

e

b

a

tt

e

ry

sy

mbol

).

If

pr

esent, r

e

mov

e

any

ex

ter

n

al

f

u

se. C

o

nnect

batter

y connecti

on cabl

e A+

to the posi

tiv

e

pol

e

of

the batter

y. C

o

nnect batter

y

connecti

o

n

cabl

e A– to the neg

a

tiv

e

pol

e of

the batter

y. Inser

t the ex

ter

nal f

u

se in

the

batter

y connecti

on cabl

e.

If

the connection polar

ity

is cor

re

ct, the

inf

o

L

E

D illu

m

in

a

te

s gre

e

n

.

2nd step: Connect the sol

ar

modul

e

Ensur

e

that the sol

a

r modul

e

is

pr

otected f

rom

incident lig

ht (

cov

er

it or

w

a

it f

o

r nig

h

t)

.

Ensur

e

that the sol

a

r modul

e

does not ex

ceed the max

imum per

m

issi

bl

e i

nput cur

rent.

Fi

rs

t connect the M

+

sol

a

r modul

e

connecti

on cabl

e to

the

cor

re

ct

pol

e

of

the

le

ft

pai

r

of

ter

m

in

al

s on the sol

a

r char

ge

contr

o

lle

r (

w

ith the sol

a

r modul

e

sy

mbol

),

then connect the

M

cable. Remov

e

the cov

e

ring

f

rom the solar

module.

3rd step:

Connect loads

Fi

rs

t connect the L+

load cabl

e to the cor

re

ct pol

e

of

the

rig

h

t

pai

r

of

ter

m

in

al

s

on

the

sol

a

r

char

ge

contr

o

lle

r

(w

ith

the

la

mp

sy

mbol

),

then connect the L– cabl

e. Inser

t the l

oad f

u

se or

sw

itch on the l

oad.

N

o

tes :

C

onnect l

oads that must not be deacti

va

ted by

the

sol

a

r

char

ge

contr

o

lle

r

deep

di

schar

ge

pr

otecti

on,

e.g

.

emer

ge

ncy

l

ig

hts

or

r

a

di

o connecti

on, di

re

ctl

y to the batter

y.

Loads w

ith a hi

gher

cur

rent consumpti

on than the dev

ic

e output

can

be

di

re

ctl

y

connected

to

th

e

b

a

tte

ry

. Ho

w

e

ve

r, th

e

so

la

r ch

a

rge

co

n

tro

lle

r

d

e

e

p

d

isch

a

rge

p

ro

te

ctio

n

w

ill

n

o

lo

n

ge

r

in

ter

vene. Loads connected i

n

thi

s manner

must al

so be separ

atel

y f

u

sed.

4th step:

Final w

o

rk

Fa

ste

n

a

ll ca

b

le

s w

ith

stra

in

re

lie

f in

th

e

d

irect v

icinity

of

the

so

la

r ch

a

rge

co

n

tro

lle

r

(c

lear

ance of

appr

ox

. 10 cm)

.

5.

LED di

spl

ay

s

LED

Status

M

eaning

illum

inates g

reen

norm

al operation

Inf

o

LED

flashes sl

ow

ly

r

e

d*

sy

stem f

aul

t

- too hi

gh

char

gi

ng

cur

re

nt

- ov

er

load / shor

t ci

rc

ui

t

- ov

er

heated

tog

e

ther

w

ith r

e

d LED :

- too l

o

w

batter

y v

o

ltag

e

tog

e

ther

w

ith g

reen LED :

- too hi

gh

batter

y v

o

ltag

e

flashi

ng

q

u

ickl

y*

batter

y empty

, l

o

w

v

o

ltag

e di

sconnecti

on

p

re

w

a

rn

in

g, lo

a

d

s still o

n

Batter

y

red

LED

flashi

ng

sl

ow

ly

*

deep di

schar

ge

pr

otecti

on acti

ve

(

L

VD

),

lo

ads

di

sconnected

illu

m

in

a

te

s

b

a

tte

ry

w

e

a

k, lo

a

d

s a

re

o

n

Batter

y

ye

llo

w

LED

flashes sl

ow

ly

y

e

llo

w

*

LVD

r

e

connecti

on setpoi

nt has not y

e

t been

reached, loads still disconnected

illu

m

in

a

te

s

batter

y g

o

od

Batter

y

gr

een

LED

flashes q

u

ickl

y g

reen*

batter

y f

u

ll, char

ge

r

e

gu

lation activ

e

*f

la

shi

n

g sl

ow

ly

: 0,4H

z:

4 ti

mes i

n

10 second, f

lashi

ng

q

u

ickl

y:

3H

z:

3 ti

mes i

n

1 second

6.

Gr

oundi

ng

T

h

e

components

in

stand-

al

one sy

stems do not hav

e to be g

rounded – thi

s i

s not standar

d

pr

acti

ce or

may

be pr

ohi

b

ited by

nati

onal

r

e

gu

la

tions (

e

.g

.: D

IN

57100 Par

t

410:

Pr

ohi

bi

tion

of

g

roundi

ng

pr

otecti

ve

lo

w

v

o

ltag

e ci

rc

ui

ts)

. Ask y

our

deal

er

f

o

r techni

cal

assi

stance.

7.

Li

ghtni

ng pr

otecti

on

In sy

stems subj

ected to an i

n

cr

eased r

isk of

ov

er

vo

ltag

e damag

e

, w

e

r

e

commend

installing

additional lig

htning

protection / ov

erv

oltag

e protection to

reduce dropouts.

Ask y

our

deal

e

r f

o

r te

chnical assistance.

8. M

aintenance

T

h

e

so

la

r ch

a

rge

co

n

tro

lle

r is m

a

in

te

n

a

n

ce

-f

re

e

.

Al

l components of

the PV sy

stem must be checked at l

east annual

ly

, accor

d

in

g

to

the

speci

fic

ati

ons of

the r

e

specti

ve

manuf

a

ctur

er

s. Ensur

e

adeq

uate v

e

nti

la

tion of

the

cool

in

g

el

ement. C

heck the cabl

e str

a

in

r

e

lie

f.

C

h

eck that al

l cabl

e

connecti

ons

ar

e

secur

e

.

T

ig

h

ten

screw

s if

necessary

. Check

cor

ro

si

on on ter

m

inal

s.

9.

Faul

ts and r

emedi

es

No

d

isp

la

y

: C

h

eck batter

y pol

ar

ity

and ex

ter

n

al

f

u

se. Or

batter

y v

o

ltag

e i

s

too

lo

w

or

batter

y def

e

ctiv

e.

Batter

y is not

char

ge

d

: C

h

eck i

f sol

a

r modul

i

s connected w

ith cor

re

ct pol

ar

ity

or

i

f shor

t

ci

rc

ui

t at the sol

a

r i

n

put. If

sol

a

r modul

e v

o

ltag

e i

s l

o

w

e

r than

batter

y

vo

ltag

e

or

i

f

sol

a

r

modul

e i

s def

ecti

ve

the batter

y cannot be char

ge

d.

Battery

display

s jum

p

s q

u

ickly

:

Batter

y v

o

ltag

e chang

es q

u

ickl

y.

Lar

ge pul

se cur

rents

cause

vo

ltag

e

fluctuati

o

n.

Batter

y

is

too smal

l or

def

ecti

ve

. Ask y

our

deal

er

f

o

r techni

cal

assistance.

T

h

e

f

o

llo

w

in

g

fa

u

lts

d

o

n

o

t

d

e

stro

y th

e

co

n

tro

lle

r. A

fte

r co

rre

ctin

g th

e

f

a

u

lt, th

e

d

e

vi

ce

w

ill

conti

nue to oper

a

te cor

re

ctl

y:

* sol

a

r modul

e

shor

t ci

rc

ui

ts

* r

e

ve

rs

e sol

a

r modul

e

pol

ar

ity

*2

* shor

t ci

rc

ui

ts at l

oad output

* ex

cessi

ve

lo

ad cur

re

nt

* re

ve

rse

d

b

a

tt

e

ry

p

o

la

rit

y

*1

* so

la

r m

o

d

u

le

o

ve

rcu

rre

n

t

* dev

ic

e ov

er

temper

atur

e

* ov

er

vo

ltag

e at the l

o

ad output

10.

Legal

guar

antee

Accor

d

in

g

to

the

Ger

m

an

le

ga

l r

e

qu

irements, f

o

r thi

s pr

oduct the customer

has a 2 y

e

ar

le

ga

l gu

a

ra

n

te

e

.

T

he seller w

ill rem

o

ve

all m

a

nuf

a

cturing

and m

a

terial f

a

ults th

at occur in the product

during

the l

e

ga

l g

u

ar

antee per

iod and af

fe

ct the cor

re

ct f

uncti

oni

ng

of

the pr

oduct. N

a

tur

a

l w

e

ar

and tear

does not consti

tute a mal

functi

on.

Leg

a

l g

uar

antee does not appl

y i

f the f

aul

t can be attr

ibuted to thi

rd par

tie

s,

unpr

of

essi

onal

in

stal

la

tion or

commi

ssi

oni

ng

, i

n

cor

re

ct or

neg

lig

ent

handl

in

g,

im

pr

oper

tr

anspor

t,

ex

cessi

ve

loadi

n

g,

use of

i

m

pr

oper

eq

ui

pment, f

a

ul

ty

constr

ucti

on

w

o

rk

,

unsui

tabl

e

constr

ucti

on

lo

cati

on or

im

pr

oper

oper

a

tion or

use.

Leg

a

l

guar

antee

cl

ai

ms

shal

l onl

y be accepted i

f noti

fic

ati

on of

the f

a

ul

t i

s pr

ov

ided

immedi

atel

y

af

ter

i

t

is

di

scov

e

red.

Leg

al

g

u

ar

antee cl

ai

ms ar

e to be di

re

cted to the sel

le

r.

T

he sel

le

r must be i

n

fo

rm

ed bef

o

re

le

ga

l g

uar

antee cl

ai

ms ar

e pr

ocessed.

For

pr

ocessi

ng

a l

e

ga

l g

uar

antee cl

ai

m an ex

act f

aul

t descr

ip

tion and the i

n

vo

ic

e

/

del

iv

er

y

note must be pr

ov

id

ed. T

he sel

le

r can choose to f

u

lfi

l the l

e

ga

l g

uar

antee

ei

ther

by

r

epai

r

or

repl

acement.

If

the pr

oduct can nei

ther

be r

e

pai

re

d nor

r

e

pl

aced, or

i

f thi

s does not occur

w

ithi

n

a

sui

tabl

e

per

io

d

in

spi

te of

the speci

fic

ati

on of

an ex

tensi

on per

io

d i

n

w

rit

in

g by

the

customer

,

the

reducti

on

in

v

a

lue

caused

by

the f

a

ul

t shal

l be r

e

pl

aced, or

, i

f thi

s i

s not

suf

fici

ent taki

ng

the i

n

ter

e

sts of

the end customer

i

n

to consi

d

er

ati

on, the

contr

a

ct

is

cancel

led. Any

f

u

rt

her

cl

ai

ms ag

ai

nst the sel

le

r based

on

thi

s

le

ga

l g

uar

antee

obl

ig

ati

on,

in

par

tic

ul

ar

cl

ai

ms f

o

r damag

e

s due to l

o

st pr

of

it, l

o

ss-

of

-u

se

or

indi

re

ct

damag

es

ar

e

ex

cluded, unless liability

is

oblig

atory

by

Germ

an law

.

11. Technical Data

St

eca Solsum F

6.6F

8.8F

10.10F

C

h

aract

e

risat

ion of

t

h

e operating performance

Sy

stem v

o

ltag

e

12 V (

24 V)

Ow

n consumpti

on

<

4 mA

DC input side

Open ci

rc

ui

t v

o

ltag

e sol

a

r modul

e

(a

t mi

ni

mum oper

ati

n

g temper

atur

e)

<

47 V

M

odul

e cur

re

nt

6 A

8 A

10 A

DC output side

Load cur

rent

6 A

8 A

10 A

End of

char

ge

v

o

ltag

e

13.9 V (

27.8 V)

Boost char

ge

v

o

ltag

e

14.4 V (

28.8 V)

R

e

connecti

on v

o

ltag

e (

S

OC

/ LVR

) *³

>

50 % / 12.4 V … 12.7 V

(24.8 V … 25.4 V)

D

eep di

schar

ge

pr

otecti

on (

S

OC

/ LVD

) *³

<

30 % / 11.2 V … 11.6 V

(22.4 V … 23.2 V)

Operating conditions

Ambi

ent temper

atur

e

-2

5 °C

… +

50 °C

Fitting and c

onstruction

T

e

rm

in

a

l (f

in

e

/

sin

gle

w

ire

)

4

m

m

2

/ 6 mm

2

-

AW

G 12 / 9

D

e

gr

ee of

pr

otecti

on

IP 32

D

im

ensi

ons (

X

x

Y

x

Z)

145 x

100 x

24 mm

W

e

ig

ht

appr

ox

. 150 g

*1

Sol

sum i

s pr

otected ag

ai

nst r

e

ve

rs

e batter

y pol

a

rity

tog

e

ther

w

ith

pol

a

rity

pr

otected

loads.

R

e

ve

rs

e

batter

y

pol

ar

ity

combi

n

ed w

ith shor

t ci

rc

ui

ted or

pol

a

rised l

o

ad coul

d

cause damag

e

s i

n

load or

r

e

gu

la

tor

*2

Av

oi

d r

e

ve

rs

e modul

e

pol

ar

ity

in

a 24V sy

stem

*3

Low

e

r v

a

lu

e f

o

r nomi

nal

cur

rent, hi

gh

er

v

a

lu

e f

o

r l

o

w

e

st cur

re

nt

In

fo

LE

D

Ba

tt

ery

LE

D

s

Manufac

tured in a

DIN E

N

ISO 9001:

2000 facility

Sols

um

/ Z

02

/ Ver

sion 1104

/ 730.930