I've got a 400W panel array (two 200W panels in series) feeding into a Victron SmartSolar 100/30, with a 200Ah lithium battery bank. Everything's been working a treat since the summer, but now we're getting proper cold nights here in Norfolk I'm noticing the controller sometimes just... doesn't wake up properly at first light. The app shows it sitting in "Off" or occasionally throwing a brief high voltage warning, then it sorts itself out maybe 20-30 minutes after sunrise.
My panels are rated Voc of 47.2V each, so in series that's 94.4V at Standard Test Conditions — but I know open circuit voltage climbs in the cold. We've had a few -3°C nights recently and I'm now thinking I might be nudging uncomfortably close to that 100V input limit on cold clear mornings before the panels warm up.
Has anyone actually done the maths on temperature-corrected Voc for something like this? I'm trying to work out whether I need to rewire to parallel (which would halve my voltage but obviously double the current), or whether I'm worrying over nothing. Would love to know if others have hit this with similar setups, especially if you're also somewhere flat and exposed where the panels get properly cold overnight.