Posts made by Jan

• WS500 connecting to Neece-Leville Prestolite alternator

  Quote from Jamieson Ide on February 8, 2022, 12:30 pm My question was why did you use the R terminal for the heat sensor?  I guess it works but wonder why you didn\'t use a case bolt like one wher...

  posted in WS500 User Installation and Programming Questions

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  Jan
  2/8/22, 12:14 PM
• WS500 connecting to Neece-Leville Prestolite alternator

  Quote from Ben on August 19, 2021, 10:06 am Nice Jan, You got it working. One comment on your last picture. The cable connected to P looks very thin. I can be wrong, because the picture. ...

  posted in WS500 User Installation and Programming Questions

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  Jan
  2/8/22, 12:11 PM
• Hardwired shutoff in case of BMS critical shutoff

  Ideally the wakespeed is controlled by the BMS through CANbus, but in case of a critical shutoff of the battery I want to kill the alternator at the same time. I read all the guides, and as far as ...

  posted in WS500 Tips, Tricks and support

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  Jan
  1/31/22, 11:01 PM
• WS500 Configuration Tool 1.2.2 with firmware2.4.1 support now released

  Will there be support for firmware 2.4.3 any time soon?

  posted in Software Configuration Tool

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  Jan
  1/31/22, 10:52 PM
• Settings: Chemistry, Strings & Voltage

  If you have 4 parallel \"banks\" of 4 cells in series, you\'re capacity is 1120Ah. Parallelling banks adds capacity, while serializing banks increases voltage. Since you have 4s, you\'re in a 12V s...

  posted in REC Active BMS

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  Jan
  1/31/22, 9:36 PM
• Alternator not reaching Target batt voltage

  Hi Rick, we measured the voltage drop and it\'s about 0.4V, wire size is 90mm2 or AWG 3/0. The wakespeed gets voltage information from the battery through a volt sensing wire.

  posted in WS500 Tips, Tricks and support

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  Jan
  1/31/22, 9:24 PM
• Voltage spike WS500 and Victron Quattro + Skylla

  When my Victron chargers are running (Quattro 100A and Skylla 100A) and I start the alternator with the wakespeed WS500, we\'ve experienced an overvoltage scenario. The battery bank shut down to pr...

  posted in WS500 Tips, Tricks and support

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  Jan
  1/31/22, 4:33 PM
• Alternator not reaching Target batt voltage

  Hi Rick, I\'m using the CPE#8 LiFePO4 profile, so target voltage is about 28.8V. I had the alternator in small mode, but changed it to 100% output through the software and redid the test. Field ...

  posted in WS500 Tips, Tricks and support

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  Jan
  1/31/22, 4:22 PM
• Alternator not reaching Target batt voltage

  I\'ve installed a WS500 about 6 months ago and it\'s working fine at first sight. When giving more attention to the data, I noticed that the alternator only goes to about 27V and never reaches the ...

  posted in WS500 Tips, Tricks and support

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  Jan
  1/31/22, 12:26 PM
• WS500 connecting to Neece-Leville Prestolite alternator

  Final solution, with 2 holes drilled to have the rotor field connections available externally. For reference: Left wire rotor field (front brush) = positive field, connected to the blue wir...

  posted in WS500 User Installation and Programming Questions

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  Jan
  8/18/21, 6:20 AM
• WS500 connecting to Neece-Leville Prestolite alternator

  Just an update: everything is working! There was a secondary issue: my fuse in the alternator positive line was blown. Because of this, no voltage was applied on the F+ line and only an induced ...

  posted in WS500 User Installation and Programming Questions

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  Jan
  8/18/21, 4:35 AM
• WS500 connecting to Neece-Leville Prestolite alternator

  Ben, Rick, I had the original regulator disconnected and used the connection points of this regulator on the back. The blue wire of the WS500 is connected where the orange wire was connected fro...

  posted in WS500 User Installation and Programming Questions

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  Jan
  8/17/21, 10:38 PM
• WS500 connecting to Neece-Leville Prestolite alternator

  Rick, thank you in advance. I noticed I connected to yellow wire incorrectly to D+ 5 (R terminal). After changing it to the AC-taps and running the engine idle, I only measure 0.25V on the blue wir...

  posted in WS500 User Installation and Programming Questions

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  Jan
  8/17/21, 12:27 PM
• WS500 connecting to Neece-Leville Prestolite alternator

  Some more information, the alternator is a 8SC series. In attachment the wiring diagram (same as posted first, but somewhat clearer).

  posted in WS500 User Installation and Programming Questions

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  Jan
  8/17/21, 6:39 AM
• WS500 connecting to Neece-Leville Prestolite alternator

  I\'m having troubles connecting the WS500 harness (positive) to this alternator. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The system is 24V with a battery of 840Ah. The alternator is 100A 24V. I r...

  posted in WS500 User Installation and Programming Questions

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  Jan
  8/17/21, 4:36 AM