Hi Ray What’s the timeline here. New washer? All worked before? Or totally new system?
Jay > On Sep 21, 2019, at 1:01 PM, Ray <r...@solarray.com> wrote: > > No error codes, just light flickering with the washing action. Its a Magnum > MS 4448 PAE, 48 v 845 AH of HUP batteries, 2/0 cables. Happens day or night. > Also the lights are not on a dimmer, just a regular switch. It happens to > the LEDs all over the house. They are the Econolight brand from Home > Depot. Feit brand have less flicker, but are still not acceptable. > > We're thinking the distortion of the waveform by the washer is creating > harmonic distortion that the LEDs are responding to. Still hoping filtering > or different bulbs will fix the issue. > > Ray Walters > Remote Solar > 303 505-8760 >> On 9/21/19 1:24 PM, Jerry Shafer wrote: >> Ray >> A few questions, do you see a code, what size is the inverter, batteries, >> cables, day or night operation. >> Jerry >> >>> On Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 11:45 AM Ray <r...@solarray.com> wrote: >>> Greetings Esteemed Wrenches; >>> >>> We have a customer with a new high efficiency washer running on a Magnum >>> inverter. When it is in wash cycle, the LED lights flicker rhythmically >>> with its operation. We can see a corresponding distortion of the wave >>> form on an oscilloscope, but RMS voltage is steady at 117 vac. It does >>> not cause trouble with incandescent lighting, and the washer works fine. >>> >>> My questions: >>> >>> 1) Has anyone else seen washing machines causing trouble with lighting >>> or other loads? >>> >>> 2) Is there any line filtering available that might cure this? >>> >>> 3) Are some LED lights more prone to issues? We are considering >>> having the customer switch from the Home Depot cheapo LEDs to Phillips >>> or other higher end bulbs. >>> >>> 4) Could it be related to the bulbs being dimmable? Should we be using >>> non-dimmable bulbs? >>> >>> As always thanks in advance for your invaluable input and comments. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ray Walters >>> Remote Solar >>> 303 505-8760 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >>> >>> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >>> >>> Change listserver email address & settings: >>> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >>> >>> List-Archive: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html >>> >>> List rules & etiquette: >>> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >>> >>> Check out or update participant bios: >>> www.members.re-wrenches.org >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List-Archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org >> > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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