I am fairly certain you cannot reset through the portal, unfortunately. I have done the "rapid whack method" many times. Feels kind of strange, but works well. The message must be displayed for that to work though. So if you already reset the inverter, you have to wait for the error to show up again. Cheers, Dave
On Sun, Sep 15, 2019, 20:33 frenergy <frene...@psln.com> wrote: > I've only had the "tapping" method work on SB-22 inverters, not on -40 > inverters. You gotta log on to the machine which I think you can only do > onsite. Has anyone ever done a reset of the 8206 from the portal? > > Bill > > Feather River Solar Electric > Bill Battagin, Owner > 4291 Nelson St. > Taylorsville, CA 95983 > 530.284.7849 > CA Lic 874049www.frenergy.net > > On 9/15/2019 12:36 PM, Jeff Clearwater wrote: > > Hey Folks, > > How do you clear an 8206 from a SB7.7-US? the manual says tap on the > cover within 10 seconds of error message. That's not working. > > Does that tap then set it up for the next restart or is it supposed to > clear it right away - I've tried restarting again to no avail. > > When I tap right after the message appears it simply toggles to the next > screen. > > Jeff Clearwater > Village Power Design > > Mac Lewis wrote on 9/6/19 7:14 AM: > > Hello Wrenches, > > You may be aware of this but the -92R firmware supposedly has addressed > the arc fault issue for the US-40 inverters. See here for the download: > https://www.sma-america.com/service-support/downloads.html It fixed an > arc fault issue for me yesterday at least. Bring a thumb drive, the update > process took about an hour to perform. > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:40 AM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar < > offgridso...@sti.net> wrote: > >> Same up here in the southern sierra. I get calls from ABB and a few from >> SMA to look at systems that people far away installed and as a local 3rd >> party it can save some money. Whatever they quote me I triple the price. >> 1/3 up front and the rest when it is done. ABB is really slow with payment. >> I think they sold their inverter business? Sunpower is a great panel but >> they have had some bad runs. Probably why there are so many new/used panels >> on the secondary market. They are great for Offgrid ground arrays and no >> AFD. >> >> On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 09:52:19 -0400, Dave Tedeyan <dtede...@taitem.com> >> wrote: >> >> Chris, >> Sunpower has taken some responsibility on some of our older Sunpower >> systems that are arc faulting. We tell them that a system is arc faulting, >> and then they insist on sending up a 3rd party contractor to inspect the >> system and potentially install what they call "Tigo Diodes". I am still not >> exactly sure what that is. It also seems to take them months to send anyone >> to upstate NY, as we have a bunch of customers that have been waiting >> months for the 3rd party contractor to come take a look. You likely could >> only follow this route though if the system was installed by a Sunpower >> dealer and you are a Sunpower dealer yourself. If the original system was >> from a Sunpower dealer, you can also have the customer call Sunpower >> directly. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> >> *Dave Tedeyan, PE* >> Senior Engineer | Taitem Engineering, PC >> >> 110 South Albany Street | Ithaca, NY 14850 >> o. 607.277.1118 x121 f. 607.277.2119 >> www.taitem.com >> >> >> Feather River Solar Electric > Bill Battagin, Owner > 4291 Nelson St. > Taylorsville, CA 95983 > 530.284.7849 > CA Lic 874049www.frenergy.net > > > > ------------------------------ > [image: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > <#m_-927143668480044172_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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