[Ovmsdev] 12V battery alerts
Thomas Bergo
thomas.bergo at gmail.com
Wed Oct 30 18:17:29 HKT 2013
Just a comment, for the i-Miev we don't have the ambient temperature
available.
So for now we need a static diff that is grater then 1.5V
Regards, Thomas
2013/10/30 Rolf Welde Skeie <rwskeie at gmail.com>
> Somehow I feel a few fingers pointing my way.. :)
> I can have a go, but do not have time until sometime next week.
>
> The algorithm I envision goes something like this:
>
> cold_lim = 10; // celcius that is..
> batt_diff = 2; // max difference between charged and non-charged
> batt_definitely_low = 12; // definite low level limit
> volts_per_degree = 0.05;
>
> // add cold weather component
> if (env_temp < cold_lim) {
> batt_diff += (cold_lim - env_temp)*volts_per_degree;
> }
>
> if ((batt_now < batt_definitely_low) || ((batt_charged - batt_now) >
> batt_diff))) {
> alarm_low();
> } else {
> alarm_cleared();
> }
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Actually we should probably look at the server logs and create some
> statistics to measured correlated 'batt_now' and 'env_temp' to properly
> calibrate 'volts_per_degree'. Also look at peak highs and lows to see how
> the batteries out there are performing :)
>
> Regards
> Rolf
>
>
>
> On 10/30/2013 12:54 AM, Mark Webb-Johnson wrote:
>
>>
>> Can someone try it at 2.0V (rather than 1.5V) and see if it solves the
>> false-alerts problem?
>>
>> Regards, Mark.
>>
>> On 29 Oct, 2013, at 5:10 pm, Rolf Welde Skeie <rwskeie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ok, it seems like a few have similar issues.
>>> The logic behind the calculations seems to be reasonable, it is the
>>> assumption that there is a 1.5V difference between charging/non-charging
>>> state which is not generally applicable.
>>> From my observations it seems like increasing this to 2.0V would take
>>> care of most mis-firing events.?..
>>>
>>> Disclaimer: I'm not an expert on batteries...
>>>
>>> Running on 2.5.5 experimental/TC
>>>
>>> Rolf
>>>
>>> On 10/29/2013 10:00 AM, Matt Beard OVMS wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yup, I also get this message and it would be great if it were working
>>>> properly, but it actually fires at 13.1V which is far too high.
>>>>
>>>> Matt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 29 October 2013 08:46, Rolf Welde Skeie <rwskeie at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:rwskeie at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have the following features set:
>>>> #0=1, #8=1, #9=1, #15=1, all others =0.
>>>>
>>>> Can't remember which one made it work, but one of them did, my guess
>>>> would be #9 :)
>>>>
>>>> Rolf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/29/2013 09:38 AM, Håkon Markussen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I never get this alert.
>>>> I have a Think City (as Rolf Skeie) and use the iOS-app.
>>>> I have tested on both an exhausted aux-battery and on a brand
>>>> new
>>>> battery in perfect condition.
>>>>
>>>> Br.
>>>> Håkon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/10/29 Thomas Bergo <thomas.bergo at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:thomas.bergo at gmail.com**>
>>>> <mailto:thomas.bergo at gmail.com <mailto:thomas.bergo at gmail.com**
>>>> >__>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm also get this alert.
>>>>
>>>> Regard, Thomas
>>>>
>>>> tirsdag 29. oktober 2013 skrev Rolf Welde Skeie følgende:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm getting 12V battery alerts ala:
>>>> "MP-0 PAALERT!!! 12V BATTERY CRITICAL (13.2V,
>>>> ref=14.7V)"
>>>>
>>>> So the 1.5V hardcoded difference between charged and
>>>> non-charged
>>>> state seems to be too low. The battery is working just
>>>> fine and
>>>> has been tested without any issues, but seems to
>>>> stabilize at
>>>> approx. 12.8V.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a global issue; are others experiencing this as
>>>> well?
>>>>
>>>> If this is a issue only relevant to my car: would it
>>>> make sense
>>>> to allow for controlling some of these kind of values
>>>> through
>>>> parameters?
>>>>
>>>> BTW, I believe the Think City module could be put in
>>>> the
>>>> production builds, it seems to be working fine.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>> --
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