Dave,

The problem may not be with the generator or the inverter function of the Outback inverter, but rather with the charger section of the Outback which is activated whenever there is generator input.

I had a similar experience with an off-grid customer in Springfield VT. He has a traditional FX or VFX set-up that ran fine for years. Then he changed-out his LP cooking range to one with electronic brains and added UPS units to his computer. Running with normal inverter power was fine, but if the generator was turned on, the cook-top display went haywire and the UPS units stopped working. Suspicion was immediately directed to the generator, but if the system was placed in bypass, everything worked fine with the generator power...even with a cheap portable generator hooked-up temporarily .

Conclusion was that the Outback charger must be introducing some unwanted electronic noise. The customer decided to live with it rather than try to fix it. My recommendation would be some L-C line filtering tuned to 60 Hz to reduce electronic noise. Try your system in bypass.

Eric Stevens

Vermont Made Energy

Grafton VT

(802) 289-2280

On Oct 21, 2024, at 9:12?AM, David Palumbo via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

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Wrenches,

I need to replace a front load washer in my off grid rental house.

Looking at LG's and I'm wondering if any of you have experience with them running on OutBack inverter power.

The Maytag washer I'm replacing ran fine on inverter power but would not operate on Generac Eco-Gen power.

Dave Palumbo
Hyde Park, Vermont
802-371-8678 voice or text

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Wrenches,

I need to replace a front load washer in my off grid rental house.

Looking at LG's and I'm wondering if any of you have experience with them running on OutBack inverter power.

The Maytag washer I'm replacing ran fine on inverter power but would not operate on Generac Eco-Gen power.

Dave Palumbo
Hyde Park, Vermont
802-371-8678 voice or text

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Hi David

I?ve never had an issue with any electronic washer with an Outback, that?s the best I can say.

Jay

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From: Chris Schaefer <ch...@solarandwindfx.com>
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Ditto. I've been running many different brands of front loading washers for
multiple clients on OB Radian and VFX/GVFX & FXR as well as Magnum
MS4448PAE and still here at my own home on a pair of Trace SW5548's since
2002. Zero issues.

Christopher

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 11:20?AM Jay via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

Hi David

I?ve never had an issue with any electronic washer with an Outback, that?s
the best I can say.

Jay

On Oct 21, 2024, at 9:12?AM, David Palumbo via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

?
Wrenches,

I need to replace a front load washer in my off grid rental house.

Looking at LG's and I'm wondering if any of you have experience with them
running on OutBack inverter power.

The Maytag washer I'm replacing ran fine on inverter power but would not
operate on Generac Eco-Gen power.

Dave Palumbo
Hyde Park, Vermont
802-371-8678 voice or text

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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:02:26 -0700
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Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] washer on OutBack inverter
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We?ve had an LG front loader for years. Kathleen wrote it up in HP (rip). It?s an ?Inverter-Direct Drive? model, whatever that means. Energy Star, of course. It runs on an OLD FX-2524 and has been flawless (so far?). That sound you hear is me knocking on wood?.
Bob-O

On Oct 21, 2024, at 8:13?AM, David Palumbo via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

?
Wrenches,

I need to replace a front load washer in my off grid rental house.

Looking at LG's and I'm wondering if any of you have experience with them running on OutBack inverter power.

The Maytag washer I'm replacing ran fine on inverter power but would not operate on Generac Eco-Gen power.

Dave Palumbo
Hyde Park, Vermont
802-371-8678 voice or text
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