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Franklin Home Power User Manual

 

 

Date 

August 10, 2021 

Doc. No. 

FD21081001 

Revision 

V01 

 

© 2021. FranklinWH Technologies Co., Ltd. 

 

Page 18 Total 31 

type 

EPO 

EPO connection, NC type 

Reserved 

DI1 

Generator alarm, NO type 

Reserved 

CAN IN 

Communication between aGate and 

aPoewers 

Loop-in wiring system. 

If the loop is broken (2 CAN 

cables are broken), the power 

system will be off. Only 1 CAN 

cable is broken, the system 

works well. 

CAN OUT 

VCC IN 

20VDC from aPower 

Loop-in wiring system 

If the loop is broken (VCC 

in/VCC out cables are all 

broken), the system will power 

off when the grid/solar is off. 

Otherwise, the system will work 

well. 

VCC OUT 

 

 

 

DI2 

NO type 

Reserved 

DI3 

NO type 

Reserved 

DI4 

NO type 

Reserved 

Eth1 

100M, Ethernet ports to the home 

gateway or VPP networks 

Plug and play 

Eth2 

SIM card 

Support the U.S. and Canadian 

standards GSM, WCDMA, CDMA EVDO, 

CDMA2000, LTE (FDD), LTE (TDD), 

Mobile network, cloud access 

(alternate channel)    

 

CT5,CT6, (J7) 

Grid CT connection 

 

4G/WIFI 

4G/WIFI connection 

 

SMART RELAY 

Connect to smart circuit relay in 

aGate 

 

SOLAR RELAY 

Connect to the solar board in 

aGate 

RS485 

Connect to AC meter in aGate 

 
 
3.6 aGate optional 
1)    Optional generator circuit relay 

The generator circuit connection is blanked by default. The 

Figure Optional generator circuit relay 

 

Summary of Contents for BR230

Page 1: ...Title Franklin Home Power User Manual Date August 10 2021 Doc No FD21081001 Revision V01 2021 FranklinWH Technologies Co Ltd Page 1 Total 31 Franklin Home Power User Manual...

Page 2: ...mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners All others trademarks used herein do not imply sponsorship or endorsement of their products or services Unauthorized use of any trademark s...

Page 3: ...e Franklin Home Power User Manual Date August 10 2021 Doc No FD21081001 Revision V01 2021 FranklinWH Technologies Co Ltd Page 3 Total 31 Revision N o Descriptions Date Remark 1 Pre Release August 10 2...

Page 4: ...y features 10 1 3 Whole home loads backup 11 1 4 Partial home loads backup 11 2 Warranty 12 3 Product s overview 12 3 1 System elements 12 3 2 aPower 13 3 3 aPower LED indicating 14 3 4 aGate 15 3 5 E...

Page 5: ...by 26 Genset 26 VPP 27 4 Smart Circuit schedule 27 5 More operations 27 9 Maintenance 27 10 Troubleshooting 27 10 1 Troubleshooting 28 10 2 Fault alarm list 29 10 3 Power map 30 10 4 Turn off the syst...

Page 6: ...will be used in this document to highlight the safety important information Danger Danger indicates that there has a hazardous situation which if not avoided will result in injury or death Ensure extr...

Page 7: ...g force to FHP Keep the product units into the package upward until they have arrived at the installation site Danger Do not insert any objects into FHP and rotated fans in the back Do not block any s...

Page 8: ...set etc Warning Keep FHP out of the driving path when the installation is in the garage or near the vehicles Ensure the vehicles can t crush to FHP Warning Ensure there are no water drops to FHP and w...

Page 9: ...Revision V01 2021 FranklinWH Technologies Co Ltd Page 9 Total 31 Abbreviations FHP Franklin Home Power LFP Lithium Iron Phosphate battery PCS Power converters system PE Power element PCS in a PE box...

Page 10: ...emergency and VPP as well as your activated energy at 100 grid off FHP supports inputs of the grid solar inverters and optional generator as well as outputs the whole home backup loads and smart circ...

Page 11: ...e your heavy duty on off on time or manually such as air conditioner pool pump etc to enlarge your backup time You can also remote garage door EV charger work from smart circuit Reminder it needs a ju...

Page 12: ...ists of 3 parts aPower aGate and FranklinWH App Figure FHP system elements units aGate aGate is a console of energy control and management and connection center for inputs of the grid solar optional g...

Page 13: ...nit status 4 Wiring compartment Provides the connection ports to aGate 5 Vented grille There have 3 plates on the left right and top 6 aPower on off button Default the button off during shipping and s...

Page 14: ...he bottom and last section 4 5 at the top are off 20 SOC 40 Section 1 2 on and solid from the bottom and last section 3 4 5 at the top are off 0 SOC 20 Section 1 on and solid from the bottom and last...

Page 15: ...st Items Descriptions Device volume size Remarks 1 Grid circuit breaker Maximum 200A Blanked configured by installer 2 Neutral bars 3 Generator circuit breaker Maximum 200A Blanked configured by insta...

Page 16: ...aker 2 Pole 25kAIC 200A 240V 6 BW2100 100A Eaton Circuit Breaker 2 Pole 10kAIC 100A 240V 7 BW2125 125A Eaton Circuit Breaker 2 Pole 10kAIC 125A 240V 8 BW2150 150A Eaton Circuit Breaker 2 Pole 10kAIC 1...

Page 17: ...Pole 10kAIC 35A 240V Load 1 load 2 18 CH240 Eaton Circuit Breaker 2 Pole 10kAIC 40A 240V Load 1 load 2 19 CH245 Eaton Circuit Breaker 2 Pole 10kAIC 45A 240V Load 1 load 2 20 CH250 Eaton Circuit Break...

Page 18: ...n the system will power off when the grid solar is off Otherwise the system will work well VCC OUT DI2 NO type Reserved DI3 NO type Reserved DI4 NO type Reserved Eth1 100M Ethernet ports to the home g...

Page 19: ...able The relay is listed below The generator circuit relay will provide by FrnaklinWH 2 Optional EPO button The installer will configure the EPO button by the local regulations EPO button will be wire...

Page 20: ...backup 10kW Discharge ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATION Apparent Power Max Continuous 5 8kVA Operating Temperature 4 to 122 20 to 50 6 Apparent Power Peak 10s off grid backup 10kVA Discharge Recommended Tem...

Page 21: ...Input Short Circuit Current 10kA Weight 48lbs 22kg Overvoltage Category Category IV Mounting Wall mount or Semi flush mount AC Meter Accurate 1 ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATION Backup Transition 16ms Opera...

Page 22: ...mful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or tele...

Page 23: ...near the aPowers Keep aPowers away from the moving objects whatever it falls onto or collides to aPowers Timely sweep up the aPowers from dust leaves etc Timely clean the units using water only or sof...

Page 24: ...this section you will review the system s running information shown as left interface picture including the solar grid FHP generator home loads etc The menu is listed at the left top corner and the me...

Page 25: ...uble the solar energy amount that powers your home loads And it is the best way to reduce your carbon footprint until zero export application It is used commonly in the states of Hawaii and California...

Page 26: ...d Load shifting Setting a higher reserve percentage protected during an outage Setting a lower reserve percentage maximizes your home loads allocation and save more bills Emergency backup mode Emergen...

Page 27: ...otor etc 5 More operations OTA upgrading Remote diagnosis History Location and time zone settings 9 Maintenance Danger aPower and aGate are not user serviceable and must be repaired by FrnaklinWH Tech...

Page 28: ...iption Troubleshooting Remark 1 Whole home load blackout during a backup operation 1 SOC is lower and protected to limit the discharge APP is online 2 APP is offline the battery energy is empty and th...

Page 29: ...cked Apply the service 3 Generator relay close fault 0x1003 The relay is still closed when the relay open signal is sent aPower off locked Apply the service 4 Generator relay open fault 0x1004 The rel...

Page 30: ...the battery inside and the aGate connects the solar grid Please be sure to turn off the external power connection at first and then turn off the aPower on off button 1 Turn off the solar generation s...

Page 31: ...gested you can do if it is safe to do so In case of flooding Stay out and keep away from the water if any part of aPower aGate or wiring is immersed in water Turn off AC breakers to aGate turn off the...

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