Ron wrote: "The owner told me...that someone had wired a switch incorrectly and when he turned it on the system "shut down". He then re-wired it and everything appeared ok but I'm wondering if this fried a board."
Mick replies: I've seen several times with Outback and other brands (going as far back as the Trace SW) where the inverter responds to an accidental short circuit in the household wiring by shutting itself off quicker than a circuit breaker can open. I'll bet that is what your customer experienced...possibly due to a nicked hot wire in that new switch box shorting out to ground. I suspect that (part of your customer's report) is completely unrelated to your present problem scenario. If it was my headache I would beg, borrow, or...rent a second generator to insert temporarily instead of the Honda 3800. That's the most conclusive way to determine fault or no-fault on the generator. Sometimes a genset will operate non-inverter loads OK and will exhibit normal looking voltage etc. but there still could be transients or spikes which render this input AC power unacceptable to the inverter/charger. Thinking...there's not an auto-idle switch on that genset which may have accidentally been set for auto, is there? Mick Abraham, Proprietor www.abrahamsolar.com Voice: 970-731-4675 _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
