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Post by mediadogg on Feb 11, 2020 18:21:08 GMT
^^^^^^^^^^ Thank you that was very helpful............. ^^^^^^^ Minor price to pay for all the help you give!
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Post by Admin on Feb 11, 2020 23:17:06 GMT
QUESTIONS FOR ADMIN: (1) What is the function of the RJ-45 cable to the Lycan battery? Is it a temperature sensor or communications for BMS (or both)? (2) If a battery with its own protection, designed to be charged directly from a 54V LI battry charger (that's what the Lycan AC adapter is - I found the identical one on Aliexpress) is connected to the XT-90 cable, will that safely work? (3) Would Renogy be willing to explore being able to install or attach one of its other Lithium batteries? 1. The RJ-45 cable is used only for communication for the BMS. 2. As long as the battery has the appropriate XT-90 and RJ-45 ports, it should be able to safely work. The Lycan battery is connected to built-in internal XT-90 and RJ-45 cables as an internal battery inside the Lycan unit, and the battery accepts a charge from the AC adapter charger when the Lycan connects to its AC adapter charger. 3. We can pass along this information to our management and let you know if we become aware of any updates regarding this in the future. -Renogy Team
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Post by mediadogg on Feb 11, 2020 23:56:17 GMT
QUESTIONS FOR ADMIN: (1) What is the function of the RJ-45 cable to the Lycan battery? Is it a temperature sensor or communications for BMS (or both)? (2) If a battery with its own protection, designed to be charged directly from a 54V LI battry charger (that's what the Lycan AC adapter is - I found the identical one on Aliexpress) is connected to the XT-90 cable, will that safely work? (3) Would Renogy be willing to explore being able to install or attach one of its other Lithium batteries? 1. The RJ-45 cable is used only for communication for the BMS. 2. As long as the battery has the appropriate XT-90 and RJ-45 ports, it should be able to safely work. The Lycan battery is connected to built-in internal XT-90 and RJ-45 cables as an internal battery inside the Lycan battery, and the battery accepts a charge from the AC adapter charger when the Lycan connects to its AC adapter charger. 3. We can pass along this information to our management and let you know if we become aware of any updates regarding this in the future. -Renogy Team Thank you.
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Post by Interested Soul on Feb 17, 2020 0:02:56 GMT
Admin, how does the lycan, given that it uses a 48v battery, raise the charge voltage sufficiently for the battery with just one 100 watt panel hooked up? The voltage from a single panel isn't that high, and is only about half the battery voltage.
Interested Soul
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Post by mediadogg on Feb 18, 2020 0:55:09 GMT
Admin, how does the lycan, given that it uses a 48v battery, raise the charge voltage sufficiently for the battery with just one 100 watt panel hooked up? The voltage from a single panel isn't that high, and is only about half the battery voltage. Interested Soul Sorry, I just realized you specifically asked Admin. Removed my previous post.
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Post by Interested Soul on Feb 19, 2020 23:36:50 GMT
No response. That's not comforting.
Interested Soul
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Post by Admin on Feb 20, 2020 0:55:46 GMT
Admin, how does the lycan, given that it uses a 48v battery, raise the charge voltage sufficiently for the battery with just one 100 watt panel hooked up? The voltage from a single panel isn't that high, and is only about half the battery voltage. Interested Soul Due to the internal circuitry of the built-in charge controller, its able to utilize the 100W coming from solar to charge the internal battery pack and step up the charging voltage shown on the Lycan display. -Renogy Team
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Post by mediadogg on Feb 22, 2020 15:23:57 GMT
You are most welcome. Just FYI, I put my first Lycan into operation July of 2017 and have been using it virtually every day since. I would be surprised if the battery only lasted 5 years. As I mentioned before, unless they are abused or suffering a defect, Lithium iron batteries last virtually forever, with slow degradation based on usage. I understand your scenario for building up a library - just doesn't suit my use case. The one external battery that I bought, strangely would not accept a charge after a long period of not being charged. It is being evaluated by Renogy Support at the moment. I have requested a refund, but if they do not grant it and instead return the repaired unit, I will probably put it up for sale. Then I might buy a non-Lycan Renogy Lithium and charge it through a DC-DC charger (I need to confirm with Renogy that this will work). Alternatively, I could use one of those "drop in replacement" Lithium (such as Battleborn) and charge via the Lycan external SLA charge port. I'd be happy to have even a single external battery. I may be interested in yours if I keep my new lycan and if you would be willing to sell a repaired/functional battery? I'm still pretty bummed out about the lack of spec batteries from Renogy. Larrie Sorry to report, my friend, that Renogy has confirmed to me that they have no more spare batteries for sale. I was granted compensation for my defective one with a store credit that I briefly considered using against the purchase of another Lycan, and I asked them to sell you the battery that they would have used as a warranty replacement. But they wouldn't (or couldn't).
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Post by tattoo on Feb 22, 2020 15:48:33 GMT
Sorry to report, my friend, that Renogy has confirmed to me that they have no more spare batteries for sale. I was granted compensation for my defective one with a store credit that I briefly considered using against the purchase of another Lycan, and I asked them to sell you the battery that they would have used as a warranty replacement. But they wouldn't (or couldn't). Well DAMN, That's not good.....
That makes me not even consider buying one........ And I was looking into getting one.....
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Post by mediadogg on Feb 22, 2020 17:15:32 GMT
Sorry to report, my friend, that Renogy has confirmed to me that they have no more spare batteries for sale. I was granted compensation for my defective one with a store credit that I briefly considered using against the purchase of another Lycan, and I asked them to sell you the battery that they would have used as a warranty replacement. But they wouldn't (or couldn't). Well DAMN, That's not good.....
That makes me not even consider buying one........ And I was looking into getting one.....
Such a shame. Monster box. AT least I have two in case I ever need a desperation repair that requires sacrificing one of them. They do have a new box - only 300W AC output, kind of a mini-Lycan.
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