Allan,
Does the Honda have a "eco-throttle" setting that throttles back
under light load? If so, turn it off so the inverter sees full
voltage and frequency and can sync with no other loads on.
Randy Brooks
Brooks Solar, Inc.
Solar Power for People
140 Columbia View
Chelan, WA 98816
509-682-9646
ra...@brookssolar.com
www.BrooksSolar.com
On Jul 14, 2009, at 11:24 PM, Allan Sindelar wrote:
Wrenches,
This man wrote me about a generator/inverter compatibility problem
he’s having. I haven’t heard of it before. I suspect it’s more than
just a simple voltage-frequency issue, but I haven’t heard of this
or experienced it. Any ideas?
Thank you, Allan Sindelar
In the Spring of 08, I purchased a Honda EU6500is generator as a
back-up to my off grid solar system. The Honda was to replace my
Yamaha YG6600DE generator which worked fine with my Trace SW4024
inverter. However the new Honda inverter-generator seemed to have
problems working with my Trace inverter. If I had a load running,
such as my 110 V well pump, it would handle that load and the
excess power from the generator was used to charge the batteries
through the Trace 4024. But once the well pump shut off, the Honda
generator and the Trace didn’t seem to like to work together. The
Trace inverter stopped allowing the incoming power to be used to
continue to charge the batteries by disconnecting AC2 power
(generator) from coming into the SW4024. After replacing the Honda
with the old Yamaha generator, everything worked fine again,
including charging the batteries without another load on the inverter.
As a result of the above, my question is: Have you experienced
similar incompatibility with inverter-generators and inverters such
as my Trace SW4024? If so, do you have any suggestions that will
allow me to use my Honda EU6500is with my Trace 4024? Calls to
Xantrex and Honda on this issue did not provide any useful
information.
Thank you, Michael
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