Re: [RE-wrenches] Puzzle: Dryer does not work during FXR battery charging

2020-08-17 Thread Steve Higgins
Wrenches, When the inverter charger charges the battery bank and runs loads this can affect the harmonics of the generator output. Not much you can do about it other than putting in a larger generator to handle the inverter/charging load along with the loads of the system, and even in some of tho

Re: [RE-wrenches] Puzzle: Dryer does not work during FXR battery charging

2020-08-17 Thread Ray
I'll third the recommendation of a larger generator.  I quit trying the tiny genset setup 15 years ago.  My rule of thumb is the genset needs to be 50% larger than the inverter rating (6kw for a 4 kw inverter) plus the altitude derating.  Here in Colorado, you pretty much need a 8 kw genset wit

Re: [RE-wrenches] Puzzle: Dryer does not work during FXR battery charging

2020-08-17 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
Many of these issues also were solved with an inverter that had gen support or load shave. Time for a new inverter or a generator that is twice the load wattage. This was common back in the day and as Steve said, some cases just can't be fixed. Another reason many have abandoned 12v inverter/ch

Re: [RE-wrenches] Puzzle: Dryer does not work during FXR battery charging

2020-08-17 Thread Will White
I've seen that same issue too. I assumed that the battery charging, house base loads, and the microwave were too much power for the small generator. The voltage drops big time which I assume is what was causing the issue with the microwave and most likely with the dryer too. On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Working with SBS 6.0 and LG Chem batteries

2020-08-17 Thread Vic Guillot
Hey Dave, Thanks for your input. The issue at stake here is that one or more large solar supply companies misrepresented the facts on this combination of inverter gear and battery. They did start the year out with LG Chem being the first battery on the compatibility list. After months of complaints

Re: [RE-wrenches] Working with SBS 6.0 and LG Chem batteries

2020-08-17 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
As others have said, it is an LG problem. I did the field test here for Schneider and LG on the 48vdc battery. I got to look at the 400v resu 10H and it was worse than the 48v resu 10. At that time the 10h only worked with Solar Edge the Israeli company. The bad part, to me, was that LG never