Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter/AC pump compatibility question

2016-04-26 Thread jerrysgarage01
Roy Butler Date: 4/26/2016 4:22 AM (GMT-10:00) To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter/AC pump compatibility question Allan, I have several customers running the Grundfos SQE series on their modified square wave inverters. To be clear, those most recent w

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter/AC pump compatibility question

2016-04-26 Thread Luke Christy
Hi Allan, just to add to the testimony of others, I have several customers out there with 1990s era Trace DR inverters running SQ pumps and they seem to work fine. -Luke NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional™: Certification #031409-25 NABCEP Certified Solar Heating Installer™: Certifi

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter/AC pump compatibility question

2016-04-26 Thread Roy Butler
Allan, I have several customers running the Grundfos SQE series on their modified square wave inverters. To be clear, those most recent was about 5 years ago, so perhaps there's been a design change since then. Roy Butler NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® NYSE

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter/AC pump compatibility question

2016-04-26 Thread Starlight Solar Power Systems
You can tell the grey-beards from younger wrenches…..A square wave is generated and modified to act like a sine wave, thus, it is a modified square wave. As I see it, in order to deceive the consumer, the term "modified sine wave" was created. Larry On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:57 AM, Carl Hansen wr

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter/AC pump compatibility question

2016-04-26 Thread Carl Hansen
Allen, I have a customer who until recently ran her SQ off of a Trace DR2412 modified sinewave inverter/charger just fine for 6 or more years. I think some folks refer to these inverters as modified square wave. Carl Hansen&Sun Elect. On 4/25/2016 9:15 PM, Allan Sindelar wrote: Wrenche

[RE-wrenches] Inverter/AC pump compatibility question

2016-04-25 Thread Allan Sindelar
Wrenches, Has anyone powered a Grundfos SQ or SQE series soft-start AC submersible pump from a modified square wave inverter? I need to run a 1/2 hp 115V AC sub on a 1990-era Heart EMS 2800-12. The customer likes his equipment so I'm not encouraging an inverter upgrad