Growatt SPA 1000TL BL, SPA 2000TL BL, SPA Series, SPA 3000TL BL Installation & Operation Manual

GR- UM- 152 -A-00

SHENZHEN GROWATT NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD
No.28 Guangming Road, Shiyan Street, Bao'an District, Shenzhen,
P.R.China

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Installation

Operation Manual

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List

1.1 O vervi ew

1.2 Tar get Gro up

1 Intro duction

2 Safet y

2.1 S afety O vervi ew

2.2 S ymbol s Expla natio n

3.1 F uncti on

3.2 M odels

3.3 A ppera nce

3.4 D imens ions

3.5 N amepl ate

3.6 S torag e

3 Produ ct Introductio n

4 Unpac king

5 Insta llation

5.1 B asic In stall ation R equir em­ ent s

5.2 Tools an d Instr uctio ns

5.3 I nstal latio n Instr uctio ns

5.4 S ystem C onnec tion Mo del

6.1 C ommis sioni ng of SPA

6.2 O perat ion Mod es

6.3 C ountr y Setti ng

6.4 D ispla y and But ton

6.5 C ommun icati on

12. 1 Disma ntlin g the Ene rgy Sto rage

12. 2 Packi ng the SPA I nve rte r

12. 3 Stori ng SPA Inv ert er

12. 4 Dispo sing of t he SPA Inv ert er

13. 1 SPA Seri es En erg y Sto rag e
Mac hine Pr odu ct Sp eci fic ati on

13. 2 To rque

13. 3 Appen dix

6 Commi ssioning

12 Deco mmissioning

7 Sta rt-up a nd Shut Dow n
SPA System

13 Prod uct Speci ficatio n

7.1 S tart- up the SPA S yst em

7.2 D iscon nect th e SPA Syst em

8 Atten tion of t he Instal lation

14 Cont act

9 Trouble Shooting

10 EU Dec laration of
Confo rmity

11 Warr anty

1 Introduction

1.1 Ove rview

1.2 Target Grou p

Thi s ma nua l wil l prov ide detai led pro duc t informatio n an d ins tal lat ion ins tru cti ons for
use rs o f the SPA ser ies of AC coupled from Shenzhe n Go wat t New Ener gy Technology
Co. Ltd. (he rei naf ter ref erred to as Growa tt) . Plea se read th is manu al car efu lly bef ore
usi ng this p roduc t, an d kee p thi s man ual i n a pla ce th at is e asy f or in sta lla tio n, op era tio n,
and m ainte nance p erson nel to ob tain.
Any cha nge s to thi s ma nua l by G rowat t wi ll n ot be not ified to t he u ser. You may ref er t o
the G rowat t web sit e ( ) for t he most u pdate d versi on. www. ginve rter.c om

2 Safety

2. 1 Saf ety Overv iew

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to fai lure to ins tal l acc ordi ng to the inst ruc tio ns in thi s man ual , Growa tt rese rve s the
rig ht not to g uaran tee the q ualit y.

•Al l ope rat ions and wir ing must be pe rfo rme d by tra ine d and pro fes sio nal el ect ric al
tec hnici ans.

•Wh en i nst all ing , do not touch the oth er part s of the ins ide of the chas sis exce pt t he
ter minal b lock.

•Al l elect rical c onnec tions m ust com ply wit h local e lectr ical sa fety st andar ds.

•If t he equ ipm ent re qui res ma int ena nce , plea se co nta ct the lo cal des ign ate d syst em
ins talla tion an d maint enanc e perso nnel.

•Th e u se of equi pme nt for gri d conn ect ion req uir es perm iss ion fro m t he loc al powe r
sup ply dep artme nt.

Ple ase r ead this man ual caref ully bef ore insta llati on. I f t he e quipm ent i s d ama ged due

Han dling：

Ele ctric al conn ectio ns:

Rep air and r epl ace men t:

•SPA is heavy, ple ase be ca ref ul to c arr y it ou t to pre ven t it fr om fa lling

off.

•Mu st be ope rated b y a train ed prof ess ion al el ect ric al te chn ician and
fol low thi s manua l and loc al regu lat ion s.

•Do n ot touc h the inv erter a t will be cause o f high vo ltage d anger.

•Do n ot plac e flamm able or e xplos ive mat erial s aroun d the S PA.

•It mus t be op era ted b y a trai ned p rof ess ion al el ect ric al te chn ici an an d
adh ere to th is ma nua l.

•Be s ure to di sco nne ct th e bat ter y and G rid f or at l east 5 minutes
bef ore ope rat ion t o avo id da nge r. Plea se pe rfo rm al l ope rat ion s aft er
pow er off.

•Ri sk of hig h volta ge, be ca reful o f ele ctr ic sh ock .

•An AC circ uit break er mu st be ins tal led for each SPA , a nd mul tip le
SPA ar e proh ibite d from sh ari ng.

•Th e cab le is thi ck. Do no t sha ke it tig htl y af ter t igh ten ing the cab le
ter minal s. Make su re that the terminals are we ll con necte d befo re
sta rting SPA. In case the ter min al is loo se, it will cau se over hea tin g
dam age.

•Pl ease co nfirm t he posi tive an d negat ive pol es befo re conn ect ing t he
bat tery to t he SPA.

For inverters that are n o longer in o per ation i n th e fu ture , users n eed
to pr ope rly d isp ose o f the m.

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Ple ase rea d thi s man ual c arefull y befor e ins tal lat ion . If th e equ ipm ent i s
not d amage d accor din g to th e ins tru cti ons i n thi s manual, Grow att
res erv es th e rig ht no t to gu ara nte e the q uality.

WAR NIN G

CAU TION

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DAN GER

DAN GER

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SPA must be ins tal led by a prof ess ion al e lectr ician who i s q ual ifi ed f or t he relevant par t
of the certifica tion. By rea din g this man ual in det ail, the installer ca n install the SPA
ser ies c orr ect ly a nd qu ick ly, a nd can p erf orm tr oub leshooting a nd com mun ica tio n
sys tem con struc tion.
If the re are an y problems durin g the instal latio n p roces s, the in sta lle r can log on to

to lea ve a m essag e or ca ll c ustomer ser vic e ho tli ne [phone]

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Bef ore pro cee din g with the insta llati on, mak e sure th at th e SPA do es
not h ave any e lectr ical co nnect ions.

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env ironm ent , spa cin g, et c.

•In stall t he SPA in a dr y and v ent ila ted p osi tio n, ot herwise the SPA may
be af fec ted .

•Pl ease re fer t o thi s man ual f or th e ins tal lation proce dur e. Pl eas e
rea d it ca ref ully before in sta lla tio n.

Ple ase ref er to t he co nte nts o f thi s man ual f or th e installati on

Ins talla tion:

2. 2 Sym bols expl anati on

Sym bol

Des cript ion

Dan ger of hi gh volt age and e lectr ical sh ock.

Dan ger of ho t surfa ce.
SPA wi ll be com e hot d uri ng op era tio n to avoid contact du ring
ope ratio n.

Cau tion: R isk of da nger.C aut ion : Risk of danger.

Dan ger of hi gh volt age
The re is res idu al vo ltage existi ng in SPA af ter t urn ed of f, pl eas e
wai t at leas t 5 minut es befo re you op en th e upp er li d or th e
DC li d.

Con necti ng the pr ote cti ve ea rth ( PE) c abl e.

Rem ind ope rator s refer t o the d ocu men ts su ppl ied w ith S PA.

SPA sh oul d not b e dis pos ed as h ous eho ld waste.

Kee p dry!
The p ackag e /prod uct m ust b e protected fr om ex ces siv e
hum idity a nd be sto red und er co ver.

CE Ma rk.
SPA co mpl ies w ith t he requir eme nts o f the a ppl ica ble C E
gui delin es.

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Product Introduction 3

3.1 Fun ction

3.2 Mod els

3.3 App erance

SPA ser ies are th e AC Coupled inve rte r whic h can st ore en erg y into batte ry with or
witho ut exist ing grid -ti ed in ver ter s yst em. S PA c an be u sed to o pti miz e se lf­con sumpt ion、st ored in th e bat ter y or f eed i nto p ublic gri d. It a lso can p rovi de pow er fo r
eme rgenc y use dur ing the g rid los t by usin g the ene rgy fro m the b att ery.

Thi s docum ent inv olves t he foll owing p roduc t mod el:

•SPA 1 000 TL BL

•SPA 2 000 TL BL

•SPA 3 000 TL BL
Table 3.1 Des ignat ion exp lanat ion of th e SPA seri es.
Ser ies nam e •SPA-S ing le Ph ase A C Cou ple d inv ert er.
Pow er leve l •1000 TL-th e power l evel is 1 kW.

•20 00TL- the pow er leve l is 2kW.

•30 00TL- the pow er leve l is 3kW.
Bat tery •B L-be us ed with l ow volt age bat tery.

Pos ition

Des cript ion

A

LED o f statu s displ ay

B

LCD s creen

C

Fun ction b utton

D

Bat tery te rmina l

E

DIP s witch （set s afe ty st and ard ）

Fig 3 .1

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5

F

RS 48 5 commu nicat ion int erfac e of Lith ium bat tery

G

CAN c ommun icati on inte rface o f Lithi um batt ery

H

MET ER inpu t termi nal

I

NTC :Lead -acid t emper ature s ens or te rmi nal

J

CT 2( C T termi nal use f or meas ure oth er in ver ter p owe r)

K

RJ 45 i nterf ace of DR Ms(us ed only i n Austr alia)

L

CT 1( C T termi nal use f or meas ure gri d pow er)

M

ANT ENNA

N

USB i nterf ace

O

RS 23 2 inter face

P

EPS o utput (off gr id co nne cti on)

Q

Gro und P oin t

R

AC Gr id (on gr id conn ectio n)

3.4 Dim ensions

3.5 Nam eplate

3.6 Sto rage

Dim ensio ns

A(m m)

B(m m)

C(m m)

D(m m)

Wei ght (kg )

SPA Se rie s

474

428

178

590

17

Nam eplat e conta ins the f ollow ing inf ormat ion. Take S PA3 000 a s an example:

Table 3 .1

Table 3 .2

Fig 3 .2

Fig 3 .3

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pla ce.

•Th e store d tem per atu re range is - 25 ° C - +60 ° C, s torag e humid ity ran ge is 0 ~ 95% .

•If a l arge nu mber of S PA Se rie s need to be store d, do n ot ex cee d sev en la yer s.

•Lo ng-te rm SPA Ser ies n eed t o be te ste d bef ore in stall ation .

The SPA Series is be st st ore d in th e ori ginal packaging a nd pl ace d in a venti lated and d ry

Aft er the st orage t ime exc eeds on e month , the tim e and dat e of
the f actor y setti ng of the S PA Se rie s may be incorre ct. B efo re th e
SPA Se rie s is co nne cte d to th e gri d, th e rela ted s ett ing s nee d to
be ma de. For t he spec ific se tting m ethod , pleas e refer t o 6.4 .3 to
set t he time a nd date o f the SPA Se rie s.

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4 Unpacking

Installation 5

Ple ase che ck whet her ext erna l dam age to the goods befo re unpa cki ng. A fte r unp ack ing ,
Ple ase che ck whe the r t he unit dama ge or m iss ing part s, If i t i s happen, P lea se con tac t
wit h suppl ier.
SPA se rie s and a cce sso rie s as fo llo ws:

Ite m

Num ber

Des cript ion

A1SPA Se rie s(we d escri be this s eries a s “SPA” as b elo w )

B

1

Use r Manua l

C

1

Pap er boar d(i nsta llati on guid e)

D

1

Wat erpr oof c ove r

E

1

Onl ine Gri d Conne ctor

F

1

Off lin e Grid C onnec tor

G

1

Com munic ation c able

H2Cur rent Se nso r from g rid to lo ad and fr om gr id to in verte r

I

1

Lea d-aci d batte ry temp eratu re sens or

J

1

RJ 45 c onnec tor

K

4

M6 se tscre w

L

2

Bat tery po wer ter minal

M

6

Scr ew

N

1

Hex s crewd riv er

Fig 4 .1

Table 4 .1

5.1 Bas ic installatio n requi remen ts

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•Th e insta llati on loca tion mu st matc h the siz e of the SPA s eri es.

•Do not ins tall the inv ert er on a bu ilding c ons tru cte d of f lam mab le o r non -heat res ist ant
mat erial s.

•SPA s eri es' s deg ree of prot ect ion i s IP6 5 and c an be i nst all ed in doo rs or o utd oor s. Pl eas e
ref er to t he be low :

The i nstal latio n locat ion mus t be suit able fo r SPA seri es' s wei ght f or a lo ng pe rio d tim e.

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bet ween SPA s eri es an d bat ter y sho uld n ot be m ore th an 1. 5m.

•In ord er to pre ven t the SPA f rom r edu cin g the out put pow er due to ove rhe ati ng, please
do no t expos e the SPA to d ire ct su nlight.

•Th e ambie nt temp eratu re shou ld be - 25℃ ~6 0 ℃.

•Th e humid ity of th e insta llati on envi ronme nt sh oul d be be twe en 0~ 95% .

•SPA ser ies can be m oun ted on a p lane t hat is til ted ver tic all y or bac kwa rds. Ple ase ref er
to th e below :

Bat tery inst all ati on optio n is not far away from the posi tio n of SPA ser ies , the leng th

Fig 5 .1

Fig 5 .2

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to pr ovi de ad equ ate s pac e for S PA seri es, P lea se re fer t o bel ow:

In orde r to e nsu re m ach ine can run n orm all y an d ea sy to ope rat e, p lea se pay att ent ion

Fig 5 .3

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cab les.

•Do n't ins tall th e machi ne in the l iving a rea.

•Be s ure tha t the m ach ine i s out o f the c hil dren 's re ach .

•Taki ng the bat ter y fixin g s pac e int o accou nt, abou t the dimens ions ple ase ref eren ce
use r manua l.

•Th e Inf lam mable a nd e xpl osi ve d ang ero us g ood s mu st n ot be p lac ed a round b att ery in
cas e of caus e serio us dang er.

Do not ins tal l the m ach ine nea r telev ision ante nna or any oth er a ntenn as an d an ten na

1 2 3 4 5

5.2 Tool s and ins trume nts

5.3 Ins tallation Inst ructi ons

5.3 .1 Atte ntion L ayout

No.

Des cript ion

1

Pre ss ba tte ry te rmi nal c onn ect or

2

Uns crew nu t

3

Uns crew sc rew

4

Kno ck expl osion b olt

5

Dri ll hole s on the wa ll

Fig 5 .4

Fig 5 .5

Fig 5 .6

Table 5 .1

LAN l ine RJ4 5 seque nce as fo llow：

PIN1234

Col or

Whi te oran ge

Ora nge

Whi te gree n

Blu e

PIN5678

Col or

Whi te blue

Gre en

Whi te brow n

Bro wn

LAN l ine 1-8 c olors a s below :

The re're t hree t ype s of s ens ors for t he u se of SPA Serie s. One is wi red cu rren t sens or, th e
oth er one is meter sensor or SP-CT ,if you choose wired s ens or or m ete r . Bef ore i nst all ing
you s hou ld know som eth ing that as b elo w: The c abl e of wir ed sen sor a nd met er is
sug geste d not long er t han 1 5 m ete rs. So you need to con sid er t he le ngt h b etween SPA
Ser ies wit h c omb ine r box for the sen sor shou ld be i nst all ed in the liv e line . An d i f you
ins talle d SP-CT f or sens or, Dist anc e reco mme nde d not m ore t han 3 0 met ers.
The i nstal latio n layou t of ener gy stor age mac hine at h ome as fo llowi ng:

Table 5 .2

Fig 5 .7

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NOT ICE:

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•Th e curr ent sen sor dir ection can't be rever sed , pl eas e fo llo w th e ar row dire cti on. Ref er
to 5. 4.3&5 .4.6.

•Th ere are 3 typ es of sen sors, th e def aul t on e is CT wit h cab le, w irele ss CT and m ete r are
opt ional .

•Pa y atten tion of t he comm unica tion ma x allow ed dist ance of d iffer ent s ens or.

For b atter y with DC b reake r no ne ed ex ter nal D C bat ter y.

5.3 .2 Inst allat ion of SP A Ser ies

5.4 Sys tem Connection M ode

5.4 .1 Conn ectio n of Grid a nd EPS te rmina l

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mus t be not le ss than 6 0mm.

•Ma ke s ure the dri ll pos iti on, use pap er boa rd( ins tallation guid e), put the pape r b oard
cli ng to the wal l, make su re the top edg e of paper board is leve l（As th e cha rt 5.8a
bel ow).

•Ma rk f our poi nts at the wall v ia the hol e of the pap er board , the n r emo ve the pap er
boa rd.

•Dr ill fou r Ф8 holes a t the mar k point , the dep th is not l ess tha n 55mm.

•Kn ock fou r explo sion bo lt intoФ8 h oles（ As t he ch art 5 .8b b elo w).

•Ha ng the en ergy st orage m achin e on the fo ur sets crews （A s the c har t 5.8 c below） .

•Lo ck the nu t of sets crew（ As t he ch art 5 .8d b elow）.

•Th e whole i nstal latio n has fin ished .

Pro jec t the mac hin e's pro bab ly size on the wal l; the thic kne ss of wal l for SPA Seri es

SPA has a G rid out put term ina l and EPS out ter min al. Look dow n o n t he S PA f rom the
fro nt， th e te rminal on th e left (AC gri d) i s gr id o utl et for co nnect ing gr id，t he t erm ina l
on th e right i s an emer gency p ower ou tlet fo r conne cting c ritic al load .

Fig 5 .9

a

b c

d

Fig 5 .8

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13

Con ducto r cross

sec tion

Max c able le ngth

SPA 10 00T L BL

SPA 20 00T L BL

SPA 30 00T L BL

5.2 mm^2 10 AWG

60m

50m

30m

3.3 mm^2 12 AWG

40m

30m

20m

The s ugges t lengt h of the wi re

AC ou tput te rmina l conne ction s teps as f ollow ：

Ste p 1：Un ins tal l the A C ter min al as a bov e cha rt

Ste p 2：Th rea d cab les t hrou gh pr ess ure screw, s eal r ing , thr eaded sleeve i n seque nce,
ins ert cab les int o conne ction t ermin al acco rding t o pol ari tie s ind ica tes o n it an d tighten
the s crews .

Table 5 .3

Fig 5 .10

Fig 5 .11

Fig 5 .12

Ste p 3：Pu sh th rea ded s lee ve on to connect ion ter minal u ntil bo th are lo cke d tig htl y.

Fig 5 .13

Fig 5 .14

Ste p 4：Pl ug th e soc ket i nto A C out put t erm ina l， cloc kwise r ota tio n to ti ght en th e
soc ket, co unter clo ckw ise rotation t o loose n the soc ket. Th e recom men ded w iri ng
dia gram is a s follo ws:

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wir ing con necti on.

Thi s di agram is an example for gird sys tem wit hou t spe cia l req uire men t on elec tri cal