Valence charging with the Calpha 5000 inverter charger

Seems part of the answer was to turn up the hertz and turn down the amps.

[@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead]

Well, Hello there from Mr. Garry and Mrs. Betty at The Ole Church 5 Acre Homestead! Found you on Codraven57

[@offgridwanabe]

hey thanks for watching Codraven has a great channel

[@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead]

Here with a FULL Watch…..20AMPS is good!

[@offgridwanabe]

ya took a while to understand the software on the Calpha there are better settings for hybrid charging.

[@MrDoingEverything]

Generators are a need having extra's are very handy when the one stops working for which ever reason. A off gridder can't have to many as i see it. There like toilet paper never not needed.

[@offgridwanabe]

Could be right as long as they work.

[@goldwingmoments]

Nice work my friend. It's good to see you have everything figured out and your generator working. Interesting stuff for sure.

[@offgridwanabe]

Well for now just when we think all is good another one jumps up lol

[@jwsolarusa]

If you want a stable Charging, set the charging Amps to 18A instead of 20A

[@offgridwanabe]

Ya it only goes in 5 amp increments but I understand now why it was bogging out or not accepting the input.

[@jasonl8648]

@@offgridwanabeglad to see you got it working and it wasn’t a sign wave issue after all.

[@offgridwanabe]

@@jasonl8648 oh but it was the frequency of the sine wave was out but the amps added to the problem as it is with lots of things there was more than one thing wrong.

[@jwsolarusa]

Good job

[@offgridwanabe]

Thanks you are a nighthawk lol

[@JonOffgrid]

👍

[@offgridwanabe]

Thanks Jon

[@codraven57]

Good info and glad you got it sorted out.

[@DMIINC2013]

Nice software solution.

[@offgridwanabe]

Those Valence batteries are pretty good but the software needs to be on for balance which means leaving the computer on.

[@DMIINC2013]

@@offgridwanabe wonder why

[@offgridwanabe]

@@DMIINC2013 The internal bms needs to be powered from an outside source as it was in the original system they were designed for. The revision 2 batteries will allow disassembly so most guys replace the bms but these revision 1 are glued shut. There is plenty of information on them on the internet but I got them used at a good price so I will just use them like this.

[@frankz1125]

I tried charging with my geny today and it wount work. 137vac and 64 hrz. Inverter wouldnt accept it at all. What a pain. I could get the voltage down but not the hrz on the geny. O well. Glad you got yours working. Cheers

[@offgridwanabe]

Wow did you turn down the governer screw or nut counter clockwise being that high it may be 1/2-3/4 of a turn

[@frankz1125]

@@offgridwanabe there isnt one. May see about a stabilizer

[@offgridwanabe]

@@frankz1125 I see some guys use a ups to clean up the signal

[@frankz1125]

@@offgridwanabe Im thinking a variac or something

[@offgridwanabe]

@@frankz1125 Which inverter is that you are using.