The Halo Energy range of batteries are fully compatible with Lux Power Inverters.
The following Installation Guide will assist you with correct battery and inverter settings you should use.
For further detailed information ensure you read the supplied manual of the battery and inverter regarding the setup and installation processes.
Halo Battery Specifications
| Halo Battery Specifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery | Nominal Voltage (VDC) | Discharge / Low Voltage Cutoff (VDC) | Float Voltage (VDC) | Bulk / Absorb (VDC) | Recommended Max Charge (A) | Recommended Max Discharge (A) |
| WM5 | 48 | 44 | 55.3 | 56.3 | 100 | 100 |
Using your Halo battery without a BMS connection
Configure your Lux Power inverter to work with the Halo battery by using the settings below
| Inverter Settings if you are not using a BMS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Value | Setting Name | Menu No. |
| Inverter Battery Type | Lead-Acid | BAT | 3 |
| Battery capacity | 100AH | BAT | 3 |
| MAX Charge current | 100 A | Ic | 6 |
| Equalise Charge Voltage | 56 V | ConChr | 7 |
| Float Charge Voltage | 54.6 V | FloChr | 8 |
| Max Discharge current | 100A | Id | 9 |
| Discharge control type | VOLT | TEOd | 10 |
| Low Cut-off voltage | 44 V | CutOFF | 11 |
| End of Discharge | 44 V | Eod | 12 |
Menu No. 3
Step 1: Choose battery type first, when Lead-Acid is flashing, select Enter to choose Lead-acid battery.
Menu No.3
Step 2: Then choose battery capacity
Menu No. 6
Ic: Maximum charge current (utility charge curent + solar charge current)
Total charge current setting: 100A
Menu No. 7
ConChr: CV voltage setting
Equalise Charge Voltage setting: 56V
Menu No. 8
FloChr: Floating charging voltage setting
Float Charge Voltage setting: 54.6V
Menu No. 9
Id: Maximum discharge current
Maximum discharge current setting setting: 100A
Menu No. 10
TEOd: Discharge Control Type
Discharge control type setting: VOLT
Menu No. 12
Eod: End of Discharge setting (*set before setting Menu No. 11)
End of Discharge setting: 44V
Menu No. 11
CutOff: Low Volatge CutOff setting (*set after setting Menu No. 12)
Low Cut-off voltage setting: 44V
To configure your inverter, reference your inverter manual to navigate to the Menu No. screens on the inverter display and set the parameters as in the table above.
Using your Halo battery with a BMS connection
1. Battery to inverter connection;
A regular straight ethernet cable will work, but If you want to crimp your own cable see the pinout table and diagram below.
Luxpower Inverters have 2 pinouts depending on:
- Cable A:
- Batt4 >>> INV4
- Batt5 >>> INV5
- Cable B:
- Batt4 >>> INV4
- Batt 5 >>> INV3
2. Multiple (parallel) batteries;
Use an Ethernet patch cable to connect from Battery RS485 port (1 or 2) to next Battery RS485 port (1 or 2) . See the wiring diagram below, connections in red. Using the DIP switches on the battery, starting at Address 1, configure the battery addresses for each battery in your system.
When multiple Batteries are used ( in parallel ) then the Ah and A settings will increase, but the voltages and % values will stay the same in the configurations.
For example: If 1 Battery is used the capacity is 110Ah, if 2 are used, the capacity is 220Ah, if 3 are used the capacity is 330Ah but the charge, float and cutoff voltages stay the same for all of the configurations.
The same for the Charge and Discharge currents: If 1 Battery is used the charge and discharge currents are 100A, if 2 are used the charge and discharge currents are 200A, if 3 are used the charge and discharge currents are 300A. Care must be taken to use Busbars or correctly sized cables to carry these currents.
3. Configure your inverter to use BMS mode;
Using the settings below, setup up your inverter to run using BMS mode.
| Inverter Settings if you are using a BMS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Value | Setting Name | Menu No. |
| Inverter Battery Type | Li-ion | BAT | 3 |
| Battery Brand | 2 | BAT | 3 |
| Max Discharge current | 100A | Id | 9 |
| Discharge control type | SOC | TEOd | 10 |
| Low Cut-off | 20% | CutOFF | 11 |
| End of Discharge | 20% | Eod | 12 |
Menu No. 3
Step 1: Choose battery type first, when Li-ion is flashing, select Enter to choose Li-ion battery.
Menu No.3
Step 2: Choose battery brand 2
Menu No. 9
Id: Maximum discharge current
Maximum discharge current setting setting: 100A
Menu No. 10
TEOd: Discharge Control Type
Discharge control type setting: SOC
Menu No. 12
Eod: End of Discharge setting (*set before setting Menu No. 11)
End of Discharge setting: 20%
Menu No. 11
CutOff: Low Volatge CutOff setting (*set after setting Menu No. 12)
Low Cut-off voltage setting: 20%
To configure your inverter, reference your inverter manual to navigate to the Menu No. screens on the inverter display and set the parameters as in the table above.
FAQs
How do you setup multiple batteries?
See table above and check your product manual for a more detailed explanation. You will have to set dip switch settings per battery to give them a unique address. You also have to connect the included RJ45 battery link cables into the “Battery Link” port of each battery. Ensure your master battery dip switch 1 is on, 2,3,4 is OFF. Only the master battery CAN Bus will be enabled. You can then connect the into the CAN port of the master battery for communications to work.
Do I have to use the communication battery link cables if I don’t want to monitor or have communications?
Yes