Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback programing question
When the generator is auto started, the inverter's charger will be enabled. After the generator is stopped, the inverter's charger will be returned to the mode before the generator started. The logic is if you are running the generator the Inverter's charger should be enabled. You could lower the charger AC limit to 0 Amps. 08:00 Inverter charger OFF 10:00 Must run start -> charger ON 11:00 Must run stop -> charger OFF >Darren On 04/27/2016 05:31 PM, jay wrote: HI All, I’ve got a problem that outback tech hasn’t been able to figure out. off grid system mate 3 quad stacked VFX 3648 The generator is set to specific start/stop daily timer. This works fine. The client has plenty of solar for the day, and when he runs his generator he doesn’t want the chargers to operate. OK so just hit charge off, and yes the chargers will turn off. But next day, genny starts up, and the chargers come back on as well. Outback says that shouldn’t be happening, but it is. Anybody have this issue or know of a fix? Thanks jay peltz power ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [RE-wrenches] Dog controller conflict with Outback inverter.
John, Which brand of wireless containment system ? Petsafe, etc ? Knowing the operating frequency of the transmitter will aid in determining a solution. Any other info on the wireless containment system, .ie. location of transmitter, location of the inverter, range setting of the transmitter ? Poor dog, it shouldn't be shocked because renewable energy is being shared with the neighbors. Cheers Darren Emmons North Bend, WA cvso...@aol.com wrote: Help! Has anyone delt with RF interference between a dog control device and GVFX3524. It seems that some frequency in the inverter (or maybe the FlexMax 80) is cancelling the emitted signal from a dog control device which shocks the dog when the signal gets weak (dog too far from house). Every time the inverter starts to sell, the collar on the dog starts shocking the animal. Our only possible solution so far is to build a Faraday cage around the inverter to see if the interference is reduces sufficiently. I have been looking at brass mesh, aluminum window screen, and copper mesh. Any ideas? John Blittersdorf Central Vermont Solar Wind. ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options 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 Options 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
Re: [RE-wrenches] DRFX Compatibility Problem
Allan, Maybe it's not an overload, perhaps a low voltage cutout caused by some issue with the either new 2/0 battery cables or their connections. The Staber WEB site indicates only a 11 amp surge which shouldn't overload trip a FX2524T. Cheers Darren Emmons Allan Sindelar wrote: Wrenches, Heres one that has me quite stumped, and perhaps one of you esteemed Wrenches has an answer or suggestion. In 2000 we installed a clean, basic budget off-grid system in a new remote manufactured home for a client, a single woman who lives quite consciously and frugally. The system was 24V, 600W of PV, Trace DC175, DR2424 inverter, Solar Boost 50, eight golf cart batteries and a Tri-Metric, along with a Sun Frost RF16 and Staber washer. The system had worked perfectly for her, and we replaced her batteries with same last year. She called a couple of weeks ago because her life situation had changed and she now worked from her remote home using cell phone and satellite internet. The new satellite equipment had been troublesome and had already been replaced, but would still shut down intermittently. Given that she had already replaced the electronic equipment with same, I suggested that she finally was facing the problem of modified-square wave DR waveform. I said that while there were no guarantees, a switch to a sine wave inverter would likely cure the problem. On Friday I removed the DR and installed an Outback FX2524T. No other changes, other than longer 2/0 cables. I changed a few settings for flooded batteries and her generator using a service-truck Mate, but did not sell one with the system. Everything booted up properly, job done, let me know how it works out. Friday evening she called with no power. The red error LED was lit. I had her reboot the inverter with the DC breaker, and all was restored. The only thing she had run was the Staber washer. I assured her that the inverter could handle a DC reboot without trouble. The next day (yesterday) she left a message that she had six times overloaded while completing the wash load with the Staber. Everything else was fine. On Monday she will call for an explanation of what is happening and advice on how to correct it, and I wont have any. What would allow a Staber to run fine on mod-square DR power, but overload an FX of the same capacity? The Staber was likely ordered with notification of the need for a mod-square control board, as they instructed in the early days, but I wouldnt expect it to be incompatible with sine-wave AC. Not having expected this problem, I didnt go hunting for problems such as a ground fault in the washer circuit. I havent done any troubleshooting, of course, but would like to have some idea what to look for. The only anomaly that I noticed was that some of her Tri-Metric program settings had changed from what I checked when I replaced the batteries: CEF of L98 instead of H97 meant she always showed 100%, and a couple of other settings werent what they should have been. I noted this and reset it, but considered it an unexplained glitch, as though a nearby lightning surge had scrambled some settings without damaging anything, or she had inadvertently pressed the wrong button sequence and changed settings. Now Im wondering about extraneous things: a bad ground? Mice chewing through the laundry circuit (although she has cats)? What would cause an overload to be detected by the FX that wouldnt have tripped the DR all these years? All ideas and solutions would be appreciated. I will likely have to make a return trip, not under warranty, though. Allan Sindelar al...@positiveenergysolar.com NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer EE98J Journeyman Electrician Positive Energy, Inc. 3201 Calle Marie Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 505 424-1112 www.positiveenergysolar.com ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options 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 Options 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
Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback FM80 problems
Larry, On the RV was a modified sine wave or a SW inverter installed ? Darren Emmons Outback Power I don't know the answer but I have forwarded this question to Darren Emmons (the FM80 software engineer) to have him reply. I am travelling internationally right now and may not have email access for a few days. The auto restart mode should not need to changed - I haven't seen a situation like you describe but I suspect its just an issue of the setting and probably the small battery size used in this RV application. Christopher Freitas OutBack Power Christopher - Original Message - From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Sent: Fri Mar 27 16:44:59 2009 Subject: [RE-wrenches] Outback FM80 problems Wrenches, Last week I had an FM80 that would operate in bulk mode while reducing the current to a few amps on a 1200 watt RV system. The customer said he had to reset the controller several times through the day. After every reset, full amperage was delivered and the controller would eventually transition to absorb and float. I replaced the controller from stock and put it on the bench. It works just fine with no other equipment attached to the battery. My question is about the auto restart mode. Default is 0. Should Mode 0 continue to track the Vmp thru the day or must one use mode 1 and force restarts? The MX60 had a Sweep Interval that could be programmed for every few minutes. Has this been replaced by the Auto Restart Mode? Larry ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options 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
Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback FM80 problems
Title: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback FM80 problems Larry, On the RV was a modified sine wave or a SW inverter installed ? Darren Emmons Outback Power Christopher Freitas wrote: I don't know the answer but I have forwarded this question to Darren Emmons (the FM80 software engineer) to have him reply. I am travelling internationally right now and may not have email access for a few days. The auto restart mode should not need to changed - I haven't seen a situation like you describe but I suspect its just an issue of the setting and probably the small battery size used in this RV application. Christopher Freitas OutBack Power Christopher - Original Message - From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Sent: Fri Mar 27 16:44:59 2009 Subject: [RE-wrenches] Outback FM80 problems Wrenches, Last week I had an FM80 that would operate in bulk mode while reducing the current to a few amps on a 1200 watt RV system. The customer said he had to reset the controller several times through the day. After every reset, full amperage was delivered and the controller would eventually transition to absorb and float. I replaced the controller from stock and put it on the bench. It works just fine with no other equipment attached to the battery. My question is about the auto restart mode. Default is 0. Should Mode 0 continue to track the Vmp thru the day or must one use mode 1 and force restarts? The MX60 had a Sweep Interval that could be programmed for every few minutes. Has this been replaced by the Auto Restart Mode? Larry ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options 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 MESSAGE CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521, is confidential, and may also be protected by attorney-client or other privilege. If you believe that it has been sent to you in error, please do not read it. If you are not the intended recipient,you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options 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 Options 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
