We have recently found both Keira and Sandra in Outback tech support
to be quite helpful and knowledgeable.
Also, Outback has a new Director of New Product Development, Phil
Undercuffler. I believe that he will be a real asset to Outback, as
he was Positive Energy's
HI All,
I've had many issues with the Outback AGS.
Talking to outback is well to be frank a waste of time.
And to recap, the issues I'm talking about are: the AGS won't start when
needed. However it will start when you go to the mate and go to manual on.
The only fix has been to use a new/fa
Wrenches,
I am advising an organization called Direct Village Compassion that
aids villages in Eritrea, E. Africa.
see:
http://www.duke.edu/~rjl15/direct_village_compassion_index.html
For a pilot project, they have two water sources -- the Red Sea, and a
rain catchment pond. One is salt wat
Benn,
You kind of smacked the hornets nest on this one, the IAEI (International Association of Electrical Inspectors) magazine had a good article on this topic in the recent March/April issue.
I think the argument is best framed around the experience required to obtain the solar contractors/i
I suggest a monthly "repoll" to my off grid clients. It seems to reduce the
lack of reliability that is often found w/ the AGS & Outback.
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Wrenches:
The situation: Two Grundfos SQFlex stand-alone pump systems, each
with IO101 AC switch and CU200 controller in a remote application,
filling a common tank two miles away for a community water supply.
As a float switch can't be used to shut off the pump when the
I did not reply to this post originally, because it was pertaining to
Canadian contractor laws, but in California, the acceptable license
classifications for installing solar are C-10 (electric), C-46 (solar), General
Contractor B, or General Engineering Contractor A. These classifications
There is a glitch in the 24hr, 2hr & 2 min timer clocks used for AGS in
V4.0x series Mates. This may be your issue. They are unreliable and seem
to work fine until next time. Apparently the newest software V4.6 overcomes
this. I have resorted to putting systems back on to Genalert as a tempo
Daryl,
Magnum has a stand alone AGS that may do what you want. Another
possibility is the Morningstar relay driver. You can program multiple
channels of the Morningstar relay driver to start at different voltage
levels and time delays, similar to the SW or Outback Mate voltage start
triggers
I'm with William.. Outback has gobs of gadgetry that makes gen control fun.. just make sure it's set up right, and don't be bashful about calling Outback with questions.. especially if you're using their battery monitor goodies... also might be a good idea to make sure you're set up to use AGS (Mat
Thanks Mick and Ray.
William, I would equate the overall situation with OutBack gen
autostart as if I was leaving a teenager in charge of some important
function. Sometimes they do exactly what I ask of them, but often they
don't. I believe it is a software issue, as re-setting seems to undo
the
Daryl:
I believe the Mate is the best option to start a generator and exercise
control over generator battery charging. Outboard units have proven to be
less intelligent about charging functions. I recommend you work out your
problems with the Outback and use the Mate.
What kind of problem
I still haven't found a substitute for the venerable SW series inverters from
Trace/ Xantrex/ Schneider?.
Even after the Outback inverters came out, I still used the SWs for autostart
projects. Otherwise it was just too much hassle.
90% of my generator projects,though, I talked the customer into
Hello:
The reason California instituted the (C46) solar classification 25 years
ago is simple: to resolve these issues. At a point in the past, before the
C46, in order to operate as a 'solar contractor', one needed a license in
the following specialties:
Plumbing
Electrical
Sheet Metal or
Atkinson Electronics was building some control units which I have found to
be OK. I believe AEE Solar stocks these units...maybe SunWize & others, too.
Model "GCSM mini" would not have the end to end decision making ability that
would replace a Mate type setup, but model GCSM would cover most of th
Can anyone point me in the direction of a good, autonomous generator auto
start. We have an off grid system with a substantial array (8 kw) and
using a dual OutBack 3648 PP, but we have not had good luck with generator
auto start using the relays and Mate within the OutBack equipment. I would
like
Hello Benn,
I have some pretty strong opinions about this subject but some of them are
reflections on politics as opposed to sound engineering design and best
installation practices.
See my comments interspersed below:
Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D., President
California Solar Engineering, Inc.
820 Cyn
At least in the U.S., in jurisdictions I have
worked in, an installer can connect "plug and
play" connectors. If a wire is to be cut, pulled
or connected to a terminal, an electrician is needed.
At 04:11 PM 10/14/2010, you wrote:
Wrenches,
a colleague of mine is looking for feedback to
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