Re: [RE-wrenches] Search mode

2013-09-10 Thread Eric . Bentsen
consider the environment before printing this e-mail From: Jesse Dahl dahlso...@gmail.com To: Wrenches RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: 09/08/2013 03:39 PM Subject: [RE-wrenches] Search mode Sent by: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org Hello, A friend of mine in the woods just put

[RE-wrenches] Search mode

2013-09-08 Thread Jesse Dahl
Hello, A friend of mine in the woods just put in a new xantrax inverter and is having a search mode problem. They can't get 25W search mode to work and are stuck with using the 50W setting. So they've had to put a few incandescents in to make this setting work. His calls to tech support have

Re: [RE-wrenches] Search mode

2013-09-08 Thread jay peltz
HI Jesse, Can you tell us which model inverter? jay peltz power On Sep 8, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Jesse Dahl wrote: Hello, A friend of mine in the woods just put in a new xantrax inverter and is having a search mode problem. They can't get 25W search mode to work and are stuck with using the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Search mode

2013-09-08 Thread Jesse Dahl
Unfortunately I was talking to them at a function and they didn't know. They are going to send me that info this evening. Jesse Sent from my iPhone On Sep 8, 2013, at 6:05 PM, jay peltz j...@asis.com wrote: HI Jesse, Can you tell us which model inverter? jay peltz power On Sep 8,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Search mode

2013-09-08 Thread Dan Fink
In my experience, if the loads to bring it out of search mode are very reactive all your bets are off, doesn't matter who made the inverter. The solution could be as simple as changing which brand of CFL they depend on to bring the inverter out of search. Have you tried Euro CFLs vs Chinese? And

Re: [RE-wrenches] Search mode

2013-09-08 Thread Jesse Dahl
They basically started all over after their old system started showing it signs. They added 4 more modules and do end up near 100% at the end of the day. Tech support mentioned adding a small inverter for the small lighting loads. Many of the homes loads are 12V (fridge, some lighting).

Re: [RE-wrenches] Search mode

2013-09-08 Thread Dan Fink
I would then say measure non-search mode (always on) current draw over a few days or weeks. How significant is it? Are there other ways to mitigate it? DAN On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Jesse Dahl dahlso...@gmail.com wrote: They basically started all over after their old system started