Re: [RE-wrenches] Schneider tech support (again)

2019-07-29 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
You should have a mobile number directly into support. I just used it last week. If not you are going to have get one from them. If you write me off list I will try and help you get in.. I am cc'ing Sandra also at Schneider. Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't"

Re: [RE-wrenches] Soft Start Modules for Well and Sewage Pumps?

2019-07-29 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
This is why I use the XW! They start just about anything and they are one 6.8KW inverter, not multiple like the Radian. I do like the radian and use it. For large motors, XW is hard to beat. The battery needs to be at least 800 AH for this large motor app. Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go

Re: [RE-wrenches] Soft Start Modules for Well and Sewage Pumps?

2019-07-29 Thread Jeff Clearwater
Hey Chris and Wrenches, So I talked to Steve at Gen Pro and he says that his soft starts are intended to be used for LRA conditions where there is a load against the shaft on start-up - although they do do some well pumps.  See below - still searching! Thanks though cause he is going to

Re: [RE-wrenches] Soft Start Modules for Well and Sewage Pumps?

2019-07-29 Thread Jeff Clearwater
Hey Dave, Okay I'm hearing you now after you said it twice! :)  So let's compare Radian and XW: Radian: Continuous - 33.3 Amps - 8000 Watts 30minute - 9 kVA - 37.5 Amps 5 Secs - 12 KVA - 50 Amps 100 mS RMS - 16.97 kVA - 70.7 AMPs 1 mS Peak - 100 Amps XW: Continuous -  28 Amps 6800 Watts 30

[RE-wrenches] Schneider tech support (again)

2019-07-29 Thread penobscotsolar
Hi all, I have been registered as an installer for Schneider tech support for quite a while. I no longer have a way to contact them. The number I received refers me to internet support. Any help out there. I have a bad out of the box off grid Conext SW 2524. Thanks for any help, Daryl

Re: [RE-wrenches] Soft Start Modules for Well and Sewage Pumps?

2019-07-29 Thread Darryl Thayer
Hi about 20 years ago we used to build a soft start, it was a reduced voltage starter, composed of AC capacitors and a relay. Upon start from pressure switch the power would flow through capacitors? And shortly there after the relay would close after motor started to turn. It seems to me we

Re: [RE-wrenches] 100ms for Locked Rotor Amps?

2019-07-29 Thread Chris Schaefer
Given the DC voltage sag I have to wonder how a bank of lithium batteries would react as if I understand correctly they maintain the same voltage through out their entire range of SOC. Christopher On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 1:19 PM Ray wrote: > I've run a 3 Hp pump on a pair of VFX 3648s, but

Re: [RE-wrenches] Soft Start Modules for Well and Sewage Pumps?

2019-07-29 Thread Jeff Clearwater
Hi Chris, Thanks so much for the reference.  I still am at an impasse.  I have an unhappy customer and want to proceed cautiously - Tech support at Radian will only promise 1/2hp per 4 KW radian module - so only 1.5 HP for an 8048 - It's a 2 HP but as  you know HP is not a definitive

Re: [RE-wrenches] Soft Start Modules for Well and Sewage Pumps?

2019-07-29 Thread Chris Schaefer
I've been following this post with great interest. I was looking at an off-grid project a couple years back that was being run entirely by large diesel generators and had two massive AC units where the LRA was 104 Amps. I found a company that makes what amounts to a soft start. I don't recall the