Re: [RE-wrenches] Trace TM500

2010-12-15 Thread Nick Soleil
Petaluma, CA 94953 Cell: 707-321-2937 Office: 707-789-9537 Fax:707-769-9037 From: Howie Michaelson To: RE-wrenches Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 9:37:28 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Trace TM500 Hi Phil, I can see how that might cause problems so I will try

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trace TM500

2010-12-14 Thread Howie Michaelson
Hi Phil, I can see how that might cause problems so I will try that fix. While I'm not sure how higher resistance would cause the lack of resetting the amphours back down to zero from the "positive" territory it can go into during the charging cycles, I have certainly seen lots of funny behavior

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trace TM500

2010-12-14 Thread Phil Undercuffler
The biggest difference between the two meters is the TM500 uses a RJ11 plug and telephone style cable between a shunt board and the meter. Since amphour meters work by measuring voltage drop across the shunt my guess would be that the meter has lost connectivity to the shunt, probably through thos

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trace TM500

2010-12-14 Thread Allan Sindelar
Howie, As I understand it, the TM500 is in essence a "TM2020 Lite", developed under license by Bogart Engineering for Trace. Schneider will most likely not be able to provide support, but Ralph Heisey probably can. You might call him with your questions. He's very ac

[RE-wrenches] Trace TM500

2010-12-13 Thread Howie Michaelson
Hi All, In the past 2 months, I've had 2 separate clients with 48 volt SW systems have their TM500 stop resetting amphours - even after there is no current flowing into the bank for hours. The meter never goes below "0" amp hours and always shows "Full" SOC. These are TM500s that have behaved pr