Mick,
referring to
there's not an auto-idle switch on that genset which may have
accidentally been set for auto, is there?
His generator was actually running in idle mode, operating the
household loads when I got there and the first thing I discovered was
that the voltage was ~90 volts coming in to the inverter. I manually
switched the generator to full speed and then checked the voltage
again, that is where I found the rapid fluctuations occurring at the
inverter.
Ron
On 27-Dec-08, at 1:23 PM, mick abraham wrote:
Ron wrote: "The owner told me...that someone had wired a switch
incorrectly
and when he turned it on the system "shut down". He then re-wired
it and
everything appeared ok but I'm wondering if this fried a board."
Mick replies: I've seen several times with Outback and other brands
(going as
far back as the Trace SW) where the inverter responds to an
accidental short
circuit in the household wiring by shutting itself off quicker than
a circuit
breaker can open. I'll bet that is what your customer
experienced...possibly
due to a nicked hot wire in that new switch box shorting out to
ground.
I suspect that (part of your customer's report) is completely
unrelated to
your present problem scenario. If it was my headache I would beg,
borrow,
or...rent a second generator to insert temporarily instead of the
Honda 3800.
That's the most conclusive way to determine fault or no-fault on
the generator.
Sometimes a genset will operate non-inverter loads OK and will
exhibit normal
looking voltage etc. but there still could be transients or spikes
which
render this input AC power unacceptable to the inverter/charger.
Thinking...there's not an auto-idle switch on that genset which may
have
accidentally been set for auto, is there?
Mick Abraham, Proprietor
www.abrahamsolar.com
Voice: 970-731-4675
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