Solar Chargers indicate an error with their LEDs. See the Toolkit App for the LED codes.

Detailed error codes can be read with a remote panel, such as the Color Control GX or the MPPT Control.

This error will auto-reset after the battery voltage has dropped. This error can be due to other charging equipment connected to the battery or a fault in the charge controller. This error can also occur if the battery voltage is set to a lower voltage than the actual battery voltage.

Check if the T-sense connector is properly connected to a remote temperature sensor. Most likely cause: the remote T-sense connector is connected to the BAT+ or BAT- terminal. This error will auto-reset after proper connection.

Check if the T-sense connector is properly connected to a remote temperature sensor. This error will not auto-reset.

Check if the V-sense connector is properly connected to the battery terminals. Most likely cause: the remote V-sense connector is connected in reverse polarity to the BAT+ or BAT- terminals.

Check if the V-sense connector is properly connected to the battery terminals.

This error will auto-reset after charger has cooled down. Check the ambient temperature and check for obstructions near the heatsink.

This error will auto-reset. If the error does not auto-reset disconnect the charge controller from all power-sources, wait 3 minutes, and power up again. If the error persists the charge controller is probably faulty. A cause for this error can be switching on a very large load on the battery side.

This error can only occur when the maximun bulk-time protection is active. This error will not auto-reset. This error is generated when the battery-absorption-voltage is not reached after 10 hours of charging.

This protection is default disabled in all Solar Chargers.

It is default enabled on the Skylla-i and the Skylla IP44.

Our advice is to not enable it on solar chargers.

This error will not auto-reset.

Disconnect all wires, and then reconnect all wires. Also, make sure the minus on the MPPT charge controller (PV minus/Battery minus) is not bypassing the charge controller.

If the error remains, please contact the dealer, there might be a hardware defect.

Power terminals overheated, check wiring, including the wiring type and type of strands, and/or fasten bolts if possible.

This error will auto-reset.

This error will not auto-reset.

Disconnect all wires, and then reconnect all wires. If the error persists the charge controller is probably faulty.

This error will auto-reset after PV-voltage has dropped to safe limit. This error is an indication that the PV-array configuration with regard to open-circuit voltage is critical for this charger. Check configuration, and if required, re-organise panels.

The current from the solar-panel array has exceeded 75A. This error could be generated due to an internal system fault. Disconnect the charger from all power-sources, wait 3 minutes, and power-up again. If the error persists the controller is probably faulty, contact your dealer.

To protect the battery from over-charging the panel input is shorted.

Possible reasons for this error to occur:

• The Battery voltage (12/24/48V) is set, or auto-detected, incorrectly. Use VictronConnect to disable auto-detect and set the Battery Voltage to a fixed voltage.
• There is another device connected to the battery, which is configured to a higher voltage. For example a MultiPlus, configured to equalise at 17 Volts, while in the MPPT this is not configured.
• The battery is disconnected using a manual switch. Ideally the charger should be switched off before disconnecting the battery, this avoids a voltage overshoot on the charger output. If necessary the voltage trip-level for the PV Short protection can be increased by raising the Equalization voltage set-point (note: equalization does not have to be enabled in this case).
• The battery is disconnected using a Lithium charge relay connected to the “allow-to-charge” output of a BMS. Consider wiring this signal to the Remote terminal of the charger instead. This shuts down the charger gracefully without creating a voltage overshoot.

Error recovery:

• Error 38: First disconnect the solar panels and disconnect the battery. Wait for 3 minutes, then reconnect the battery first and next the panels.
• Error 39: The charger will automatically resume operation once the battery voltage drops below the float level for 1 minute.

If the error persists the charge controller is probably faulty.

Communication with one of the paralleled controllers was lost. To clear the warning, switch the controller off and back on

The controller is being paralleled to another controller that has different settings and/or a different charge algorithm.

Make sure all settings are the same and update firmware on all chargers to the latest version

The charger is configured to be controlled by a BMS, but it does not receive any control messages from a BMS. The charger stopped charging, as a safety precaution.

Check the connection between the charger and the BMS.

How to reset the charger, to de-couple it from the BMS

When the charger needs to operate in stand-alone mode again, not controlled by a BMS, it needs to be reset:

• VE.Can solar chargers, go into the setup menu, and change setting ‘BMS’ from ‘Y’ to ‘N’ (setup item 31).
• VE.Direct solar chargers, reset the charger to factory defaults with VictronConnect, and then reconfigure it.

Note that (solar-)chargers automatically configure themselves to be BMS-controlled when they are connected to one; either direct or via a Color Control GX or Venus GX.

This error will reset after the CPU has cooled down. If the error persists, check the ambient temperature and check for obstructions near the air inlet and outlet holes of the charger cabinet. Check manual for mounting instructions with regard to cooling. If error persists the controller is probably faulty.

If the unit does not work and error 116 pops up as the active error the unit is faulty, contact your dealer for a replacement.

If the error is only present in the history data and the unit operates normally this error can be ignored safely. Explanation: when the units power up for the very first time in the factory, it does not have calibration data and an error 116 is logged. Obviously this should have been cleared, but in the beginning units left the factory with this message still in the history data.

The charger cannot read its configuration, and stopped.

This error will not auto-reset. To get it working again:

1. First, restore it to factory defaults.
2. Disconnect the charge controller from all power-sources
3. wait 3 minutes, and power up again.
4. Reconfigure the charger.