Zapped Victron smartsolar 100/20 mppt

6 weeks ago I installed a victron multiplus-ii 48v/3000va 35-32

With 2 x 25.6v lifepo4 batteries in series giving me my 48v

Also Victron smart battery shunt

All of which have been working fautlessly

Last week I installed a Victron smartsolar 100/20 Mppt

With 2 x 290w solar panels in series

Voc 39.9

Vmpp 31.4v

Isc 9.97A

Impp 9.33A

All solar cabling 6mm2

They are laid flat on my hobby shed roof so will never Max out

The mppt was charging my battery setup for 3 days no problem at all

However on the 4th day while the solar was charging my battery I decided to switch on the multiplus-ii in passthrough mode

Ie: inverter on

That’s was when the mppt immediatelyblew its 25amp fuse

I replaced the fuse but all I got was smoke emitting from the mppt, now completely zapped

Can anyone please throw some light on this problem before I contact my mppt supplier

Thanks in anticipation

Your battery decided? So i guess youve setup some minimal SOC that then turns on the MP? If it can switch to passthrough, then some mains voltage needs to be present

Do you have a schematic of the system? This sounds to me like you have some grounding issue. The smaller MPPTs are not isolated, both battery and PV negative are common. Battery negative is usually also grounded, same for the incoming neutral of the mains voltage and the MP housing. There could some rouge current flowing trough the DC systems negative if things are not done properly, but thats very dependent on the situation

Please excuse this question; I’m not trying to talk down to you. Did you connect the MultiPlus to the load output of the MPPT? I hope not. As @chigru suggested, send us your wiring diagram and we’ll be able to help further. If you don’t have a schematic, then you should make one. That’s a great way to find errors before making any connections.

The other thing is are the solar panels in series or parallel, the 100/20 has a 20A input limit per the datasheet and if your panels are in parallel then you are very close to that limit You can also check it in the Victron MPPT Calculator. I do not know how that could have caused the failure, but you need to make sure your install is designed right.

Hello

They are in series

Hello chrigu

Thanks for reply

I have created a schematic image of the setup

but it appears there is no way to upload it

Please advise if you know how

Also the grounding point you made crossed my mind, but AC side is grounded

Thanks

When you are in the reply box there should be an icon with a bar at the bottom and an up arrow, this is for uploading files. On different devices it appears slightly different.

I think thats not possible if your account on here is too fresh

Hope this helps

Someone sent me the know how to upload

Thanks for that info

I was looking for the typical image icon

Managed to do the upload

Hello

No nothing connected to mppt load

Have uploaded image to chrigu