Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers; good for now

2014-02-22 Thread bruce
ait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that." T. Edison, 1931 Original Message ---- Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers From: Ronald Paredes <rpare...@outbackpower.com> Date: Wed, February 12, 2014 9:41 am To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org&g

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-12 Thread bruce
trades on the job. An impossible environment for making sensitive adjustments. More fine tuning to come...Bruce Fiero-RMIWillpower Electric LLC Original Message Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers From: Steve Higgins <st...@surrette.com> Date: Tue, February 11, 201

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-11 Thread Kevin Pegg
[mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org]On Behalf Of m...@solar-energy-solutions.com Sent: February 10, 2014 4:09 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers Wrenches, Based on Kevin's comments about Outback Chargers in the HUP thread I am hopeful that some of you well-ve

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-11 Thread bruce
x27;s voltage control loop to go unstable, and blow the inverter. Not a guaranteed failure .. but an enhanced possibility. Dan On Mon, 2/10/14, br...@willpowerelect.com <br...@willpowerelect.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers T

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-11 Thread toddcory
this is good advice, but beware: if you set the time too low, the inverter will never go to sleep. this is an issue with grid tie units where you do not want the inverter wasting power, running all night long. todd On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 7:03am, "Doug Wells" said: > Kevin, >

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-11 Thread Steve Higgins
uesday, February 11, 2014 11:03 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers Kevin, I am curious about what you are seeing on the Outbacks as well. Have dozens of these out in the field. They have been pretty reliable for me. The biggest issue that I have had with them is when the i

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-11 Thread Chris Mason
One of the issues to be aware of is power factor, and most people will not be able to determine power factor. If the Outback operates at a poor power factor, your 10KW generator will become a about a 6KW generator. A lot of the current will be wasted and will not produce charging power. On Tue,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-11 Thread jay peltz
Hi Matt, With two systems on the thread right now with pretty much the same problem, I am suspecting a problem with one or more inverters. Most all the Outback inverter issues I've have been have been on stacked systems. Having installed a lot of these inverters I have yet to see the exact probl

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-11 Thread Doug Wells
Kevin, I am curious about what you are seeing on the Outbacks as well. Have dozens of these out in the field. They have been pretty reliable for me. The biggest issue that I have had with them is when the inverters are transferring from generator charging back to inversion. If you leave this at

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-10 Thread toddcory
i would love to see a spectrum analyzer's view of the fx's harmonics. does anyone have this available? interesting (and sad) how silent outback is on this list now. todd On Monday, February 10, 2014 9:37pm, "Exeltech" said: > Bruce, > > The capacitors may or may not help, and could

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-10 Thread Exeltech
d possibility. Dan On Mon, 2/10/14, br...@willpowerelect.com wrote: Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers To: "RE-wrenches" Date: Monday, February 10, 2014, 10:43 PM Matt, I don't have a lot of experience with undersized generators for the application, but

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-10 Thread bruce
or so to get back up there, but I'll let you know how it works.Bruce Fiero-RMIWillpower Electric LLC ---- Original Message Subject: [RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers From: m...@solar-energy-solutions.com Date: Mon, February 10, 2014 4:09 pm To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenche

[RE-wrenches] Outback Chargers

2014-02-10 Thread matt
Wrenches, Based on Kevin's comments about Outback Chargers in the HUP thread I am hopeful that some of you well-versed in the off grid world can assist. Particularly I am curious if others can confirm deficiencies with Outback chargers and suggest strategies for overcoming these deficiencies. I