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BMV-700 history item "J SYNCHRONIZATIONS" stuck at 0

I have a BMV-700 hooked to a 12V lead-acid battery, powered by 2 Blue Solar MPPT 75/15 controllers. The BMV is hooked up correctly - it shows proper voltages, power, current (with the correct sign), ... - but the history item, "J SYNCHRONIZATIONS" is stuck at 0. I assume that when the BMV encounters the correct conditions to perform an auto-synchronization, it should increment this counter. Am I mistaken?


Here are the relevant BMV parameters I've changed (the rest are left at default values):


01 Battery capacity - 242Ah

02 Charged voltage - 14.4V (the charger controllers are set to 14.7V absorption voltage)


Now, I've watched the monitor, and I know that the battery has exceeded 14.4V for more than 3 minutes with a current of less than 9.7A, so it should have automatically synchronized. The battery icon is not flashing (I have done some manual synchronizations). Any idea what's going on?


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boekel avatar image boekel ♦ commented ·

what have you set for 'tail current' and 'charged detection time'?

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bschack avatar image bschack boekel ♦ commented ·

They're both set to their default values: 4% for tail current and 3 minutes for charged detection time.

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Paul B answered ·

was the SOC already at 100% as a sync may only occur if the SOC is not at 100% when the batteries are charged.

just a thought thats all

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bschack avatar image bschack commented ·

That's quite possible (I'll confirm it the next time the sun fully charges the batteries). So is that how the monitor works - it only does an automatic synchronization *if* the parameters are satisfied *and* the SOC isn't already 100%?

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