VOLTA Stage 1 Battery 5kwh Wall Floor Mount LifePO4 Battery User Manual
- June 12, 2024
- VOLTA
Table of Contents
- VOLTA Stage 1 Battery 5kwh Wall Floor Mount LifePO4 Battery
- Statement of Law
- Safety Precautions
- Preface
- Introduction
- Product identity definition
- Product Specification
- Interface Definition
- Battery Management System(BMS)
- Installation and Configuration
- Tools and data
- Technical preparation
- Equipment installation
- Product Size
- Communicate inverter
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VOLTA Stage 1 Battery 5kwh Wall Floor Mount LifePO4 Battery
Wall / Floor Mount LiFeP04 Battery
- Advanced BMS with current limiting function
- CAN Bus, fully integrates and communicates with leading Inverter brands(DEYE,Sunsynk,Victron,Growatt,SOLAX,LUXPower,MUST, Voltronic,SMA…etc. )
- Excellent high temperature performance
- High Cycle Life and Service Life
- 1C High Performance Lithium battery
- High Energy Density and conversion efficiency
- Complete with integrated Battery Management System
- Compatible with most Inverters and chargers
- Low self discharge
- Easy wall mount or Floor Mount installation
- Heavy duty side handles for easy handling and mounting on the wall
- Built in protection for over-charge, over-discharge & over-temperature
Statement of Law
- Copyright of this document belongs to Solar Tech Wholesalers. documentation maybe excerpted, reproduced, translated, annotated or duplicated in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Solar Tech Wholesalers. All Rights Reserved.
- This product complies with the design requirements of environmental protection and personal safety.
- The storage, use and disposal of the products shall be carried out in accordance with the product manual, relevant contract or relevant laws and regulations.
- Customer can check the related information on the website of Solar Tech Wholesalers the product or technology is updated. Web URL: https://solartechwholesalers.co.za/.
- Please note that the product can be modified without prior notice.
Safety Precautions
Warning
- Please do not put the battery into water or fire, in case of explosion or any other situation that might endanger your life.
- Please connect wires properly while installation, do not reverse connect.
- To avoid short ci rcuit, please do not connect positive and negative poles with conductor (Wires for instance).
- Please do not stab, hit, trample or strike the battery in any other way.
- Please shut off the power completely when removing the device or reconnecting wires during the daily use or it could cause the danger of elect ric shock.
- Please use dry powder extinguisher to put out the flame when encountering a fire hazard, liquid extinguisher could result in the risk of secondary disaster.
- For your safety, please do not arbitrarily dismantle any component in any circumstances unless a specialist or an authorized one from our company, device breakdown due to improper operation will not be covered under warranty.
Caution
- We have strict inspection to ensure the quality when products are shipped out, however, please contact us if case bulging or another abnormal phenomenon.
- For your safety, device shall be ground connected properly before normal use.
- To assure the proper use please make sure parameters among the relevant device are compatible.
- Please do not mixed-use batteries from different manufacturers, different types and models, as well as old and new together.
- Ambient and storage method could impact the life span and product reliabi lity, please consider the operation environment abundantly to make sure device works in proper condition.
- For long-term storage, the battery should be recharged once every 6 months, and the amount of electr ic charge shall exceed 80% of the rated capacity.
- Please charge the battery in 18 hours after it discharges fully and starts over-discharging protection.
- Formula of t heoretical standby time: T=C/1 (Tis standby time, C is battery capacity, I is total current of all loads).
Preface
Manual declaration
The VOLTA lithium iron phosphate battery energy storage system can provide
energy storage solutior6 for photovoltaic power generation users through
parallel combination. During the day, the excess power of photovoltaic power
generation can be stored in the battery. At night or when needed, the stored
electrical energy can be used to supply power to the electrical equipment,
which can improve the efficiency of photovoltaic power generation, peak load
shifting, and emergency power backup. This user manual details the basic
structure, parameters, basic procedures and methods of installation and
operation and maintenance of the equipment.
Introduction
Brief Introduction
VOLTA lithium iron phosphate battery system is a standard battery system unit,
customers can choose a certain number of VOLTA according to their needs, by
connecting parallel to form a larger capacity battery pack, to meet the user’s
long-term power supply needs. The product is especially suitable for
applications with high operating temperatures, limited installation space,
long power backup time and long service life.
Product Properties
VOLTA energy storage product’s anode materials are lithium iron phosphate,
battery cells are managed effectively by BMS with better performance, the
system’s features as below:
- Comply with European ROHS, Certified SGS, employ non-toxic, non-pollution environment-friendly battery.
- Anode materials are lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4), safer with longer life span.
- Carries battery management system with better performance, possesses protection function like over-discharge, over-charge, over-current, abnormal temperature.
- Self-management on charging and discharging, Single core balancing function.
- Flexible configurations allow parallel of multi battery for longer standby time.
- Self-ventilation with lower system noise.
- Less battery self-discharge, then recharging period can be up to 10 months during the storage.
- No memory effect so that battery can be charged and discharged shallowly.
- With wide range of temperature for working environment, -20°C ~ +65 °C, circulation span and discharging performance are well under high temperature.
- Less volume, lighter weight.
Product identity definition
Product Specification
Size and Weight
Table 2-1 VOLTA Device size
Product
| Nominal Voltage| Nominal Capacity|
Dimension
|
Weight
---|---|---|---|---
VOLTA STAGE 1| DC51.2V| 10OA h| 480x600x150mm| 47kg
VOLTA STAGE 2| DC51.2V| lSOA h| 480x650x180mm| 75kg
VOLTA STAGE 3| DC51.2V| 202A h| 48Qx650x225mm| 95kg
Performance Parameter
Table 2-2 VOLTA performance parameter
Item| Parameter value| P a r a 1 mete
r value| Parameter value
---|---|---|---
Nominal Voltage(V)| 51.2| 51.2| 51.2
Work Voltage Ran ge(V )| 44 .8 “’56| 44.8″’56| 44.8 “’56
Nominal Capacity(Ah)| 100| 150| 202
Nominal Energy(lkWh)| 5 .12| 7.68| 10.34
C R a 1 ti ng| 1.0| 1.0| 0.75
Charge Volta.g efV)| 55 .2-56| 55.2-56| 552 -56
Discharge Cutoff Vollt age(V)| 44 .8| 44.8| 44.8
Equilized Charge Voltage(V)| 56| 56| 56
Max. Continuous Charging
Cur 1 rent (A)
|
100
| 150| 150
M ax . Co nti nuo us Discharging
Cur1rent(A)
|
100
|
150
|
150
Interface Definition
- This section elaborates on interface functions of the front interface of the device.
Top View
Item | Name | Definition |
---|---|---|
1 | Power switch | OFF/ OIN, |
must he in the “ON” state when in use
2| DRY CONTACT| I
3| Reset| Restart all lba, tt er y settings
4| ADD| DIP switch
5| RS485| Com munication cascade port, suppo rt RS48,5 co mm unica ti on
,6,| CAN| Com munication cascade port, support CAN communication
(factory default CAN comm unicati on)
7| RS232| Com municati,on cascade, p ort ,b att ery connect t o the
host computer
8| ParaUell ParaUel2| ****
Battery paralle l connection ports
9| Positive socket| Battery output positi ve or paralle l positive line
1 0| Negative soclket| Battery output negative or paralll el
negatiive line
DIP switch definition and description
Table 2-4 Interface Definition
DIP switch description
When the battery pack is connected in parallel, the host can communicate with
the slave through the CAN interface. The host summarizes the information of
the entire battery system and communicates with the inverter through CAN or
485. The connection mode is divided into the following two cases:
Address | Codes the switch pos itio n |
---|---|
#1 | |
1 | OFF |
2 | ON |
3 | OFF |
4 | ON |
5 | OFF |
6 | ON |
7 | OFF |
8 | ON |
9 | OFF |
10 | ON |
11 | OFF |
12 | ON |
13 | OFF |
14 | ON |
15 | OFF |
16 | ON |
Table 5 Dial switch position
Table 2-4 Pin Definition
RS485-1 / CAN Communication Interface Definition
Battery Management System(BMS)
Voltage Protection
Discharging Low Voltage Protection
- When any battery cell voltage is lower than t he protection value during discharging,
- The over-discharging protection starts, and t he battery buzzer makes an alarm sound.
- Then battery system stops supplying power to the outside.
- When the voltage of each cell recovers to rated return range, the protection is over.
Charging Over Voltage Protection
- When total voltage or any battery cell voltage reaches the protection value during charging, battery stops charging. When total voltage or a cell recover to rated return range, the protection is over.
Current Protection
- Over Current Protection in Charging:
- When the charging current is greater than the protection value, the battery buzzer alarms and t he system stops charging. Protection is removed after rated time delaying.
Over Current Protection in Discharging
When the discharge current is greater than the protection value, t he battery
buzzer alarms and t he system stops discharging. Protection is released after
rated time delaying.
Note:
The buzzer sound alarm setting can be manually turned off on the background
software, and the factory default is on. 2.4.3 Temperature Protection
Less/Over temperature protection in charging
When battery’s temperature is beyond range of O C ~+65 C during charging,
temperature protection starts, device stops charging. The protection is over
when it recovers to rated return range.
Less/Over temperature protection in discharging
When battery’s temperature is beyond range of -20 C~+65 C during discharging,
temperature protection starts, device stops supplying power to the outside.
Short Circuit Protection
When the battery is activated from the shutdown state, if a short circuit
occurs, the system starts short-circuit protection for 30 seconds.
Self-Shutdown
When device connects no external loads and power supply and no external
communication for over 72 hours, device will dormant standby automatically.
Caution
- Battery’s maximum discharging current should be more than load’s maximum working current.
Installation and Configuration
Ready for installation
Safety Requirement
This system can only be installed by personnel who have been t rained in the power supply system and have sufficient knowledge of the power system. The safety regulations and local safety regulations listed below should always be followed during the installation.
- All circuits connected to this power system with an external voltage of less than 48V must meet the SELV requirements defined in the IEC60950 standard.
- If operating within the power system cabinet, make sure the power system is not charged. Battery devices should also be switched off.
- Distribution cable wiring should be reasonable and has the protective measures to avoid touching these cables while operating power equipment.
- when installing the battery system, must wear the protective items below:
Environmental requirements
- Working temperature: -20 °C ~ +55 °C
- Charging temperature range is o0c~+55 °c,
- Discharging temperature range is -20 °c ~+55 °c
- Storage temperature: -10°C ~ +35 °C
- Relative humidity: 5% ~ 85%RH
- Elevation: no more than 4000m
- Operating environment: Indoor installation, sites avoid the sun and no wind, no conductive dust and corrosive gas.
- And the following conditions are met:
- Installation location should be away from the sea to avoid brine and high humidity environment.
- The ground is flat and level.
- There is no flammable explosive near to the installation places.
- The optimal ambient temperature is 15°C ~ 30 °c
- Keep away from dust and messy zones
Tools and data
- Hardware tool
- Tools and meters that may be used are shown in table 3-1.
- Table 3-1 Tool instrument
Name
Screwdriver (wordl, cross)| AVOmeter
Wrench| Clamp meter
lnclline dl pliers| Insulating tape
Needle nose pliers| The thermometer
Name
Clip forceps| Wrist strap
Wire stripper| AVO meter
Electric drill| Tape
Technical preparation
Electrical interface check
Devices that can be connected directly to the battery can be user equipment,
power supplies, or other power supplies.
- Confirm whether the user’s PV power generation equipment, power supply or other power supply equipment has a DC output interface, and measure whether the DC power output voltage meets the voltage range requirements in Table 2-2.
- Confirm that the maximum discharge current capability of the DC power interface of the user’s photovoltaic power generation equipment, power supply or other power supply equipment should be greater than the maximum charging current of the products used in Table 2-2.
- If the maximum discharge capacity of the DC power interface of the user’s photovoltaic power generation equipment is less than the maximum charging current of the products used in Table 2-2, the DC power interface of the user’s photovoltaic power generation equipment shall have a current limiting function to ensure the normal operation of the user’s equipment.
- Verify that the maximum operating current of the battery-powered user equipment (inverter DC input) should be less than the maximum discharge current of the products used in Table 2-2.
The security check
- Firefighting equipment should be provided near the equipment, such as portable dry powder fire extinguisher.
- Automatic fire fighting system shall be provided for the case where necessary.
- No flammable, explosive and other dangerous articles are placed beside the battery.
Unpacking inspection
- When the equipment arrives at the installation site, loading and unloading should be carried out according to the rules and regulations, to prevent from being exposed to sun and rain.
- Before unpacking, the total number of packages shall be indicated according to the shipping list attached to each package, and the case shall be checked for good condition.
- In the process of unpacking, handle with care and protect the surface coating of the object.
- Open the package, the installation personnel should read the technical documents, verify the list, according to the configuration table and packing list, ensure objects are complete and intact, if the internal packing is damaged, should be examined and recorded in detail.
Engineering coordination
- Attention should be paid to the following items before construction:
- Power line specification.
- The power line specification shall meet the requirements of maximum discharge current for each product.
- Mounting space and bearing capacity.
- Make sure that t he battery has enough room to install, and that the battery rack and bracket have enough load capacity.
- Wiring.
- Make sure t he power line and ground wire are reasonable. Not easy to short-circuit, water and corrosion.
Equipment installation
Installation steps
Table 3-2 Installation steps
Stepl
| Installati on preparation| Confirm that the OIN/ OFF switch on the front
panel of unit is in the “OFF” state to ensure no live operation.
---|---|---
Step2
|
Med ui nk all installation
| 1. Battery placement positi on determination
2. Cable harness pre -installed
3. Ba, tt ery module installation
Step3
|
El ectrical inst allation
| 1. Ground cable installation
2. Ba, tt ery modu le parallel! cable installati on
3. Batt ,ery modu le total positive cable installa ti on
4 . Battery module total negative cable installation
5. Internal CAN communication interface connection
Step4
|
Batt ery system self-t est
| 1. Press the ON/ OFF switch to the “ON” state
2. BMS system power-on activation
3. Check the system output voltage
4. Shut down the system
Steps
|
Connect ing invert er
| 1. Connect totaI positive & total negative cable of the
battery system to the inverter
2. Connect the eKternal CAN/RS485 communication cable to the invert er(Detai ls as page 15 )
Product Size
Accessories:(Optional)
Parallel Connection Of Batteries
Connect the positive pole and positive pole in parallel, and the negative pole
and negative pole in parallel, as shown in the figure below.
Installation Notes
- As shown in the figure below, press the fixed pendant on the wall surface with one hand, use a marker to draw the installation positioning hole of the fixed pendant, and use a tool to drill.
- As shown in the figure below, fix the attached 4 MS expansion bolts in the opening of the pendant, and tighten the nuts on the bolts.
- Lift up the 51.2V battery box, adjust the opening of the pendant on the back of the box to align with the pendant on the wall as shown in the figure below, and then use a marker to mark the mounting ears of the box, and use tools to drill holes for the mounting ears.
Communicate inverter
- Method 1: Communicate factory default inverters
- Step 1: Select the cables used by the inverter by the label on the communication cables.Insert the RJ45 connector of the battery end(CAN/RS485) and the inverter end(CAN/RS485) into the interfaces on both sides.
- Step 2: Turn on the battery and inverter and wait until they are working properly. The battery is configured by factory default to communicate with the Voltronics,Mecer,Kodak,Phocos,Axpert Inverter (RS485 Port), DEYE, Sunsynk, SMK(Hybrid),Luxpower,Sofar, TBB inverters (CAN Port), the battery will automatically select and communicate with one of these inverters.
- Step 3: After successful communication between battery and inverter, battery status will be displayed on inverter: voltage,current,SOC, temperature, etc.
Method 2:Communicate optional inverters(protocol select)
- When communicating with other brands of inverters,such as:Growatt,Solax,Goodwe,Sorotech,LTW,MUST,SMA,etc.
- Step 1: Turn on the battery,ensure BMS is normally powered on and not in sleep state, the RS232 crystal head of the communication cable is inserted into the battery communication port, the USB end is inserted into the computer;
- Step 2: Unzip the package of BMS monitoring software to the current computer(Windows Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or above). This software does not need to be installed independently, only the environment is satisfied, double-click the main program icon(BMS exe file) to run and use. Enter the password:greenl234 (space is green, the password is correct).
- Step 3: Click “Parameter information”at the top of system page, cl ick”Read”button to read battery parameter.Select the inverter protocol at “Protocol type”.Click the “Write”button to set the protocol,after the system displays the operation succeeds, protocol selection is complete(Please refer to the following pictures).
- Step 4: Select the cables used by the inverter by the label on the communication cables.Insert the RJ45 connector of the battery end(CAN/RS485) and the inverter end(CAN/RS485) into the interfaces on both sides. Restart the battery and inverter. The battery will automatically communicate with the inverter corresponding to the selected protocol.
Remark of inverter protocol code
Inverter protocol code remark
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