Strange MPPT fluctuations SmartSolar Charge Controller

Good evening,

The output of my solar charger fluctuates from the moment the output power exceeds +/- 1000W. This is clearly visible on today’s and yesterday’s graph coming from Home Assistant. Also a detailed screenshot from VRM shows this. Today and yesterday was sunny without clouds.

Anyone have an idea what could cause this?

My installation details:

  • SmartSolar charge controller MPPT 250|70 -Tr VE.Can (firmware v3.16)
  • 4 x Jinko 435W solar panels in series (JMK435N-54HL4R-BDV)
  • 48V system:16 x EVE280 Ah LiFePo4
  • JK-BMS connected via CAN
  • Multiplus 2 - 48/3000/35 (ESS active)
  • Cerbo-S GX (firmware v3.54)
  • DVCC, SVS, STS, SCS active

Thanks in advance for your responses.



I think you and I may have the same problem…

Hi @StephaneB and @spicedreams

I have the same problem on one of our installations. There we have two mppt 250/100 chargers. I don’t think both got damaged at the same time.. I think the bms communication is not stable. Hence the charger starts and stops constantly. I will go on site and try changing the cables and maybe even Cerbo gx. In the mean time did you find the problem and solution ?

I have now disconnected the CAN cable, since CAN with my (unknown) BMS caused problems of which this might be one symptom. I lose any ability to sense the LiFePO4 state of charge, until I grok the BMS’ serial protocol to parse that value out. But actually the batteries seem to charge better without CAN, they used to hit 100% then stop accepting charge until they fell down to ~90%, with a persistent high cell voltage error. Since the change I have not seen the high cell voltage and at the end of solar generation for the day they are at 99%. I will go through the BMS logs to see if I am still getting these swings.