Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days!

2010-08-20 Thread Darryl Thayer
if the gen is about 3.5 kW you couls use a 500 watt Buck boost.  Darryl   --- On Thu, 8/19/10, Brian Teitelbaum bteitelb...@aeesolar.com wrote: From: Brian Teitelbaum bteitelb...@aeesolar.com Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days! To: RE-wrenches

Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days!

2010-08-20 Thread Kent Osterberg
. Darryl --- On Thu, 8/19/10, Brian Teitelbaum bteitelb...@aeesolar.com wrote: From: Brian Teitelbaum bteitelb...@aeesolar.com Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days! To: "RE-wrenches" re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenche

[RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days!

2010-08-19 Thread Mick Abraham
Greetings, Mechanics~ Please review my problem du semaine and chime in if you are so inspired. My prior experience with the DR series Trace inverters could be summed up in two words: practically bombproof! (There was one time...way back in the day...when a barely broken in unit stopped charging

Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days!

2010-08-19 Thread Allan Sindelar
Mick, You have missed one fundamental point: The DR (and earlier Trace mod-square series) gulp only the peak of the AC supply waveform when charging. They need 164V AC at the peak of the waveform at rated charging load to supply full rated DC current. A small dip in AC

Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days!

2010-08-19 Thread Brian Teitelbaum
: Thursday, August 19, 2010 4:48 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days! Greetings, Mechanics~ Please review my problem du semaine and chime in if you are so inspired. My prior experience with the DR series Trace inverters could be summed

Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days!

2010-08-19 Thread Allan Sindelar
-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Mick Abraham Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 4:48 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days

Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days!

2010-08-19 Thread Mick Abraham
I knew Allan S. Brian T. would be among the first to chime in with helpful observations. My recollection, however, was that prior efforts with portable generators had worked OK with DR sets...and I know of one setup like that which is working OK in my home county for sure. (That's a portable with

Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days!

2010-08-19 Thread Bruce Geddes
Although operating on a different voltage (230V) in this country, I noticed a huge variation in charge rates using DR's with generator voltages on systems that had been in a while. The generators would gradually drop their output voltage over time as air filters clogged etc. Once they got

Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days!

2010-08-19 Thread Brian Teitelbaum
. Brian Teitelbaum AEE Solar From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Mick Abraham Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:20 PM To: al...@positiveenergysolar.com; RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly

Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days!

2010-08-19 Thread jay peltz
HI All, If the voltage from the generators is low ( probably) then a old trick is to use a buck/boost transformer to bump it up the voltage. This trick has the advantage that it doesn't have the hz be too high. yours, jay peltz power On Aug 19, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Mick Abraham wrote: I knew

Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days!

2010-08-19 Thread Kent Osterberg
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days! I knew Allan S. Brian T. would be among the first to chime in with helpful observations. My recollection, however, was that prior efforts with portable generators had worked OK with DR sets...and I k

Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days!

2010-08-19 Thread Brian Teitelbaum
-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Kent Osterberg Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 7:51 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] DR2424 inverters charging poorly: three units in two days! Brian, I also have observed