I found out that the appliance will work fine from an extension cord with a
portable generator.
The appliance will not even work however when the backup gen is running and
transfering through the inverters.
Outback T.S. suggested to check the Neutral to ground bond so that is the next
step. Also tried to set the Power Save levels the same (stacked pair)
Jeremy
All Solar
----- Original Message -----
From: Exeltech
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback wave form
Wrenches,
While the addition of a capacitor may resolve issues associated with
various
inverter/appliance/motor combinations, please make sure the
capacitor(s) get
switched OUT of the circuit (disconnected) when the load itself is
disconnected.
Failure to do so could under some circumstances cause the inverter
control-loop
circuitry to go unstable, leading to unpredictable inverter operation,
and possible
damage/failure in the power system. Disconnecting the capacitor with
the load
alleviate this possibility.
Regards to all...
Dan Lepinski
--- On Wed, 4/17/13, Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems
<la...@starlightsolar.com> wrote:
From: Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems
<la...@starlightsolar.com>
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback wave form
To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 2:09 PM
We experience issues like this from time to time. PF seems to be the
culprit. Have you measured it or looked at the waveform yet? How an inverter
deals with PF seems to vary broadly. For example, the Splendide XC2100
washer/dryer will not work on a Magnum Energy and a few other sine wave
inverters. However, it will run on a low cost GoPower or Samlex sine wave
inverter. Below is a scope trace of voltage/current of the Magnum inverter &
Splendide washer. Upper trace is voltage
By adding a 50uF run capacitor inline, it somewhat tames the current
phase and the sine wave so the Magnum can operate the washer.
(Special thanks to Al for the discovery and photos)
Larry Crutcher
Starlight Solar Power Systems
On Apr 16, 2013, at 9:46 AM, All Solar <allso...@scswifi.net> wrote:
Have a client with a new coffee maker that will not run from their
new dual outback setup. Has anyone heard of this lately. We have had no
problems with appliances and sine wave inverters. What to look for?
Sent from Jeremy's IPhone. Sorry for typos and shorthand!
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