William,
Yes, that's my understanding. Outback acknowledged this to me
years ago.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
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NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Positive Energy, Inc.
3209 Richards Lane (note new address)
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505 424-1112
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On 1/29/2013 9:28 PM, William Miller wrote:
Allan:
Could it be that the SW systems are protecting the generator with
Generator Support, and the Outback inverters are not?
William Miller
At 07:18 PM 1/29/2013, you wrote:
This is going back
several
years...
The Outback VFX series lacks the tight input current regulation
of the SW
series, so the max AC amps in is really just a suggestion. In
many cases
(and especially with these small generators) we want to set the
max amps
in as high as possible to minimize charging time and maximize
C/rate. Yet
a surge load can momentarily exceed the max amps setting.
I have observed that the Honda inverter/generators have a quite
sensitive
AC output breaker, that will sometimes trip if a surge load
(such as a
refrigerator) comes on during a charge cycle set close to the
generator's
capacity. This incident was specific to a Honda 3000i. In
contrast,
Yamaha's EF3000iSE will lug when overloaded - not good for the
generator,
but also not likely to trip the output breaker.
This is a different issue than was being discussed, but fits
your
question.
Allan
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