Aha! Great info Kirpal...thank you. I *almost* mentioned when you first posted, but didn't and should have.,..a client's brand new fridge would not run AT ALL from a GFCI outlet.....the tricky thing was that it was a downstream GFCI branch. Way at the back of the fridge owners manual......it said quite clearly that it cannot be used on a GFCI outlet or branch, and must have its own non-GFCI circuit. Glad you found the problem.
Dan Fink, Executive Director; Otherpower Buckville Energy Consulting Buckville Publications LLC NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers 970.672.4342 On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Kirpal Khalsa <solarwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks!!! Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions regarding the flickering > LED lights...I think we have found the culprits....although I don't have a > good understanding as to why...I am sure you could shed some (non > flickering) light on the subject so that i might understand why more > clearly.. > The main culprit causing the flickering was the fridge compressor.....the > fridge was plugged into a GFI outlet....when plugged into a non GFI outlet > the problem vanished!! It turns out that the other loads that caused this > flickering were also plugged into GFI outlets and when plugged into > standard non GFI outlets caused no flickering.....The flickering remained > steady as long as the load was operating....not just on start up..... > The dimmer switches did not seem to affect the flickering by them > selves.... > Problem solved- but my understanding is lacking.... > Thank you!!! > > > > Sunny Regards, > Kirpal Khalsa > NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional > Renewable Energy Systems > www.oregonsolarworks.com > 541-218-0201 m > 541-592-3958 o > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Jerry Shafer <jerrysgarag...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I checked one of my mobile rigs with dual VFX3648 with a transformer and >> 36 kWhrs of total battery capacity it has 4 foot LED's and with the >> inverter on ON not search it works great I keep going back to programming >> some time back my program was messed with and it was on search mode we had >> audio problems during a concert because one of the inverters was set to >> high it was pulsing like your lights and it was programming >> Jerry >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Bob-O Schultze < >> bo...@electronconnection.com> wrote: >> >>> I run an old VFX3524 and have LEDs EVERYWHERE in our offgrid home. Two >>> on dimmers. One ac freezer, one DC freezer and one DC fridge. Washing >>> machine, dishwasher, nuke, all that jazz. No flickers anywhere and the old >>> house grounding system sucks bad. Bought most of my LED lamps from Costco. >>> Bob-O >>> >>> On Jan 7, 2014, at 8:32 AM, jay peltz wrote: >>> >>> Hi bill >>> >>> My $.02. >>> >>> Single vfx3524, Trojan IND in an AC electric house with about a dozen >>> LEDs of 5 or 6 different types and brands. >>> >>> No flickering at all, no dimmers. >>> >>> One test I thought of was to,run the generator and see if the flicker >>> continues. >>> If so, then bypass the inverters to take the chargers off line, >>> >>> As to bulbs, I've been super happy with the Cree ones from Home Depot. >>> $10 ish and beautiful light both warm and daylight. >>> >>> Jay >>> >>> Peltz power >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List sponsored by Home Power magazine >>> >>> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >>> >>> Change email address & 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List sponsored by Home Power magazine >>> >>> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >>> >>> Change email address & 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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Home Power magazine >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Change email address & 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 >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change email address & 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 > > >
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