Are you referring to the MagWeb when you speak of the "remote monitor"? If so, then no, it isn't interfering. It is a completely passive device on the Magnum network and listens only.
-James Jefferson Jarvis APRS World, LLC +1-507-454-2727 http://www.aprsworld.com/ On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 11:39 AM Ron Young via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Hello Wrenches, > > I am completely stumped. I built a Magnum 4448 panel for a client and it > was installed by an electrician. It was thoroughly tested before going out > the door on all functions and pre-programmed for the off-grid site. > Electrician just had to hang it on the wall and make 4 connections, AC IN, > AC OUT, BATTERY, PV. Somehow the system wouldn’t go into charge mode. The > site is a 3 hour trip each way. The electrician was baffled, he had > experience installing solar but very limited so I went to the site to see > what the problem was. After spending a day checking out the inverter with > two different generators, checking all the connections, AC at the inputs at > the inverter and at the outputs on the breakers, and even removed the cover > from the inverter to make sure some connections had not shaken loose inside > the box on the long bumpy road into the property. Everything checked out. > So assuming the AC board in the inverter was faulty I ordered a new unit to > replace and that has now been done. SAME PROBLEM! I’m wondering now if it’s > possible that the Magnum remote monitor could be the problem. It functions > properly on every setting but is it possible there is an internal fault? > Could it prevent the automatic charge cycle from initiating? Seems unlikely > to me because the inverter can go into charge mode even without the > monitor. I also tried replacing the connection cable between the monitor > and inverter but no luck. > > The generators are both small, one a Honda 2kW and the other a Champion > 3.8kW. Neither is ideal but I have had no issues with these types of > generators in the past and the client has ordered a larger 10kW unit but we > don’t have it yet to test. Generators have been run with Eco Mode off. > Output to the house on bypass is consistent and without problem. > > Any suggestions - this is just confounding. > > Ron > > > earthRight Products - Solareagle.com > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > 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 > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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