Hi John, For a remote site like this, where I assume reliability is very important, I would disable and pull out the arc fault board. They just aren't reliable and don't have the smarts to auto reset or remotely reset.
On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 9:03 PM Ray Walters via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > I haven't had an FM 100 go bad yet, but I've seen other models and > brands of controllers stay stuck in Silent mode, or Sleep mode, when > they failed. To avoid multiple trips to remote sites, I just swap it > out with another, and then deal with getting the faulty controller > repaired on my own time. Magnum used to provide a fresh unit, and as > long as I sent the old one back within 30 days, there was no charge. > > Ray Walters > Remote Solar > > On 12/10/2024 8:50 PM, John Blittersdorf via RE-wrenches wrote: > > HI Wrenches, > > I have an off grid site on an Island on auto pilot for the winter > > with no access. The FM 100 > > has remained in Silent mode even when the Array Voltage is around 150 > > Volts and battery at 46V > > I did get a response from Outback Tech support but they couldn't > > figure out what happened. > > I suspect that there is a ground or arc fault error which locks it up > > til manually recycled. The problem is that there is no indication > > found on Optics that there is a ground fault. > > We would be totally in the dark except the original small solar array > > with an Apollo CC with > > about a kilowatt of solar has been dribbling in enough power to keep > > above low battery cutoff > > for a few hours each day. The system was up when I was on the tech > > support call but has since quit for the day. Has anyone seen this before? > > > > John Blittersdorf > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Mac Lewis *"Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates*
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