Hey All a Cheery Season to you all!
I inherited a backup system that had "failed". It was unwired, & poorly labeled. 1200 AHR AGM Battery - 1 Radian 8KW inverter - 200 amp Generac transfer switch - No solar - Feeding a 200 amp house panel. First I explained the there were too many loads for an 8KW inverter. It could & may overload the 8KW inverter. They said "it had worked fine for 5 years & they were OK with it as is please get it back up". Replaced the existing Eaton transfer switch as the Generac controller was shot, with a Generac 200 amp Xfer switch complete with controller & transfer switch. Rewired & had to recharge the 48 volt battery from 20volt back up to full with a pair of IOTA chargers in series. The original trigger was 3 wires from the Radian to the 12 volt & AUX output to the input on the Generac controller. These were disconnected on the Generac end. So no clue or labeling there. I called Outback & they called it Redneck engineering & send me a few articles to read. Has anyone configured a backup in this manner? All suggestions appreciated, thanks & wishing you all a safe & sane season! Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. C - 208.721.7003 d...@solarwork.com Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 www.greatsolarworks.com <http://www.greatsolarworks.com/> www.solarwor.com <http://www.solarwor.com> "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" P Please consider the environment before printing this email.
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