Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing Outback 100 series C with old FX system

2020-10-23 Thread William Miller
www.millersolar.com CA Lic. 773985 *From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *John Blittersdorf *Sent:* Monday, October 19, 2020 6:32 AM *To:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing Outback 100 series C with old FX system William, I don’t think the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing Outback 100 series C with old FX system

2020-10-19 Thread Ray
We use the FM 100, but not Outback inverters.  We have one Mate 3 meter on the truck, we use it to program the controller, and then pull the meter. It holds all its programming, and this saves the customer $600.00.  They can monitor with the amp hr meter (Magnum or Trimetric) Its not the best

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing Outback 100 series C with old FX system

2020-10-19 Thread Bradley Bassett
Jay, thanks yes that is correct, it was a jumper to allow the FNDC to work. I had no trouble connecting a Mate3s to the FM100-AFCI. Brad On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 12:37 PM Jay wrote: > On page 71 there is a small note about hooking up a FNDC without an > inverter. > > It might be what Brad was me

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing Outback 100 series C with old FX system

2020-10-19 Thread Jay
On page 71 there is a small note about hooking up a FNDC without an inverter. It might be what Brad was mentioning. Jay > On Oct 19, 2020, at 12:48 PM, Dan Fink wrote: > >  > Maybe Brad is referring to the GFDI jumper or the RSS jumper? I don't know of > a jumper to activate comms with t

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing Outback 100 series C with old FX system

2020-10-19 Thread Dan Fink
Maybe Brad is referring to the GFDI jumper or the RSS jumper? I don't know of a jumper to activate comms with the Mate 3S. The former is for bonding and you remove it if you use an external GFDI, like a Midnite GFCI in a Midnite MNDC enclosure. It's the little black wire with 2 red spade connector

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing Outback 100 series C with old FX system

2020-10-19 Thread Tuss, Lones
Hello All Hi William I just tried my Mate3S in to my FM100AFCI and it does see the FM100 and all the screen are available. Here is a screen shot from the Quick Start Guide http://www.outbackpower.com/downloads/documents/charge_controllers/flexmax_100_afci/fm100_afci_qsg.pdf There are 2 ports on th

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing Outback 100 series C with old FX system

2020-10-19 Thread John Blittersdorf
William, I don’t think the fm100 will be visible unless you reboot the whole system with inverter attached to port 1 of hub, mate3s attached to mate terminal in hub and fm100 plugged into port 2 of hub. I’ve done this numerous times and you can program the fm 100. However, I have never left an fm

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing Outback 100 series C with old FX system

2020-10-17 Thread Bradley Bassett
I think there is a jumper in the FM100 that will allow the Mate3s to communicate with it. I don't remember off hand where it is and am not at a computer with that info, but maybe this will prompt a look at the manual to see if they mention it. Brad On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:11 PM William Miller

[RE-wrenches] Mixing Outback 100 series C with old FX system

2020-10-16 Thread William Miller
Friends: I installed a Flexmax 100 today in a dual FX system circa 2003. The system has an oval Mate and it is no surprise the old Mate does not communicate with the FM100 as this was made clear from the literature. I plugged in a new Mate3S directly into the FM100 hoping to connect and see