Matt,
I haven't looked at what the FXR does to the waveform of a 3000-watt
Honda, but I have used an oscilloscope to look at the waveform of a
small generator while an FX inverter is charging batteries -- it pretty
much makes an ugly mess of the voltage waveform. Not surprised to hear
that some loads don't like to operate when the FXR is charging batteries
from a small generator. The FX charger has a poor power factor and
little filtering of the current waveform, it is a tough load on a small
generator. The generator responds with lots of harmonic voltages and
high frequency noise.
Kent Osterberg
Blue Mountain Solar
On 8/15/2020 8:06 AM, Matt Sherald wrote:
Hello All,
My curiosity was piqued by a recent customer complaint. I'm hoping
someone has bumped up against this issue before.
The customer has a OB FXR2812 and a 3,000W Honda gen.
Her gas clothes dryer runs just fine off the OB inverter.
It runs properly on the Honda gen (when the inverter is bypassed)
It will not run when the gen is on and battery charging is taking place.
All the other AC loads (including the washing machine) run properly
during battery charging with the gen.
The OB inverter replaced an old Trace unit. The dryer worked as it
should with the Trace during battery charging.
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
--
Matt Sherald
PIMBY Energy, LLC
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer®
304-704-5943
www.getpimby.blogspot.com <http://www.getpimby.blogspot.com>
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