Re: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex AC Fault 186.6v

2022-12-08 Thread Jerry Shafer via RE-wrenches
The xantrex had one fused line on some of the GT lines,as l recall its a 15 or 20, no this is not the GFI Fuse, old SMA's also had just one. On Thu, Dec 8, 2022, 1:14 PM Sam Haraldson via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Howdy Wrenches, > > Any "old timers" here care to

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex AC Fault 186.6v

2022-12-08 Thread Ron Young via RE-wrenches
Back in the mid ’90’s one of my businesses used colour laser copiers worth $50k each. Located at the end of a long rural route the voltage would whiplash through a wild range depending on demand upstream (mostly low voltage). It kept blowing the $5,000 lasers out of the copiers until the techs

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex AC Fault 186.6v

2022-12-08 Thread Jerry Shafer via RE-wrenches
Wrenches First of all confirm as it might well be the inverter, SMA is a great solution for a replacement however like much we deal with are in short supply, if it is a battery inverter then the Solark or Outback are good solutions. On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 1:14 PM Sam Haraldson via RE-wrenches <

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex AC Fault 186.6v

2022-12-08 Thread Barton Churchill via RE-wrenches
I’ve seen services at the end of utility lines have wildly fluctuating voltage, especially during high demand winter months. When voltage goes below or above inverter set points the inverter will disconnect with a fault like you listed. Changing inverters will only help if the new one has a

[RE-wrenches] Xantrex AC Fault 186.6v

2022-12-08 Thread Sam Haraldson via RE-wrenches
Howdy Wrenches, Any "old timers" here care to chime in with some basic info on what I might be heading out to see at a 10+ year old ground mount? It's a Xantrex displaying the message AC Fault 186.6v. I'm prepared to head out there and troubleshoot blind if no one has anything to offer up but