[RE-wrenches] Inverter failure

2017-07-14 Thread Dana
I have only installed 2 Enphase systems 1 just required a bunch of TLC as I was moving to Idaho from Colorado last fall. No one knew quite what was happening as the Enphase box had died of course 2 months past warranty & the owner was shocked at the replacement cost as was I. It really did not m

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter Failure Due to Generator Backfeed (?)

2016-01-30 Thread Jason Szumlanski
Mac, That's what I was thinking, too. The inverters should be resilient to AC input variations. I learned something else... the inverters had lightning arrestors installed and connected to DC inputs that still had dummy fuses in them. Later when they were discovered by someone else totally fried

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter Failure Due to Generator Backfeed (?)

2016-01-30 Thread Mac Lewis
Hi Jason, I really don't think the generator is at fault. I think of these grid tied inverters as current sources, not voltage sources. If they don't "like" the voltage at their AC input terminals, its their job to disconnect from that voltage source and reconnect when the voltage is within thei

[RE-wrenches] Inverter Failure Due to Generator Backfeed (?)

2016-01-30 Thread Jay
Hi jerry Can you give any insight as to the failure mechanism? I guess I don't understand why bad AC would damage the inverter, I mean besides the obvious bad equipment design. Jay Peltz power. > On Jan 29, 2016, at 3:18 PM, Jerry Shafer wrote: > > We have seen something very close, it a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter Failure Due to Generator Backfeed (?)

2016-01-29 Thread Jerry Shafer
We have seen something very close, it appears that the gwnny will always win this war. Jerry On Jan 29, 2016 1:14 PM, "Jason Szumlanski" < ja...@floridasolardesigngroup.com> wrote: > I'm looking at two Eaton PV250 inverters that failed simultaneously as far > as we know (not my install). Everythin

[RE-wrenches] Inverter Failure Due to Generator Backfeed (?)

2016-01-29 Thread Jason Szumlanski
I'm looking at two Eaton PV250 inverters that failed simultaneously as far as we know (not my install). Everything checked out normal, but no display and no power output. I suspect both boards are bad. Upon digging into the scenario I discovered that the owner had a whole-house generator transfer s