Installation of 3rd Lux ACS3600 unit …
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:22 pm
Hi all,
I thought I’d make a few comments regarding the installation of my third Lux ACS3600 unit. It complements my original installed back in 2019 and the second unit about a year ago.
Initially the original unit had 8 Pylon2000 batteries installed. It was replaced under warranty and I recall Jake mentioning that the replacement would be a “parallel” spec unit capable of supporting additional slave units in the future. That was it until 2 years ago when my brother had a Lux installed and went straight into a new master/slave config. I then followed suit as the charge/discharge rate could increase from 3600 to 7200 watts. Last year saw me install a couple of Chinese stacks - one on each of my Lux units.
In November I bit the bullet and ordered my 3rd Lux, and at the same time the cells to build Chinese stack # 3. The physical installation took me a while due to having to coordinate with the cells arriving from China and also a very busy time with life in general and “estate administration” duties in particular. I did 99% of the install myself, with my supplier doing the final config and bringing it into service a fortnight ago. I then introduced the Chinese stack and sat back & watched.
It behaved as expected, although was getting some charge/discharge stats which literally didn’t add up. For example, the parallel charge or discharge rate didn’t equal the sum of the rates of the individual units. Everything else worked, with peak charge & discharge and timed overnight charging working exactly as required.
I put a support request directly into Lux last night and heard back from them this morning. A software update on the two older units seems to have resolved the issue. This doesn’t surprise me, although in hindsight perhaps this should have been part of the installation procedure.
So there you have it, I can now charge/discharge my batteries at a rate,temperature permitting, of just over 10kW. Now that I’ve cracked the adaptive power output control on my Solar Edge inverters I think I’m in a good place to go into the sunny phase of the year. Perhaps time to think about getting some more panels - speaking of which, City Plumbing are doing 435watt panels for £71 inc vat & delivery! Almost seems rude not to really.
Cheers - Rob
I thought I’d make a few comments regarding the installation of my third Lux ACS3600 unit. It complements my original installed back in 2019 and the second unit about a year ago.
Initially the original unit had 8 Pylon2000 batteries installed. It was replaced under warranty and I recall Jake mentioning that the replacement would be a “parallel” spec unit capable of supporting additional slave units in the future. That was it until 2 years ago when my brother had a Lux installed and went straight into a new master/slave config. I then followed suit as the charge/discharge rate could increase from 3600 to 7200 watts. Last year saw me install a couple of Chinese stacks - one on each of my Lux units.
In November I bit the bullet and ordered my 3rd Lux, and at the same time the cells to build Chinese stack # 3. The physical installation took me a while due to having to coordinate with the cells arriving from China and also a very busy time with life in general and “estate administration” duties in particular. I did 99% of the install myself, with my supplier doing the final config and bringing it into service a fortnight ago. I then introduced the Chinese stack and sat back & watched.
It behaved as expected, although was getting some charge/discharge stats which literally didn’t add up. For example, the parallel charge or discharge rate didn’t equal the sum of the rates of the individual units. Everything else worked, with peak charge & discharge and timed overnight charging working exactly as required.
I put a support request directly into Lux last night and heard back from them this morning. A software update on the two older units seems to have resolved the issue. This doesn’t surprise me, although in hindsight perhaps this should have been part of the installation procedure.
So there you have it, I can now charge/discharge my batteries at a rate,temperature permitting, of just over 10kW. Now that I’ve cracked the adaptive power output control on my Solar Edge inverters I think I’m in a good place to go into the sunny phase of the year. Perhaps time to think about getting some more panels - speaking of which, City Plumbing are doing 435watt panels for £71 inc vat & delivery! Almost seems rude not to really.
Cheers - Rob