Re: [RE-wrenches] Equalizing with SW inverter

2010-12-23 Thread William Miller
Phil, Mick and everyone else that replied: Thanks. Great advice and I really appreciate all of you. William Miller At 10:03 PM 12/22/2010, you wrote: This was one of the limitations of the SW. If you want to have an EQ where the generator shuts off when its finished, you need to do a little

Re: [RE-wrenches] Equalizing with SW inverter

2010-12-22 Thread R Ray Walters
I had so much trouble EQing with the SWs, that I just told the customers to bulk charge in the early AM with the genie, and then use the PV in the afternoon to reach EQ voltage, or temporarily set the bulk voltage higher in the normal SW charge mode to EQ. We don't EQ as much as some (twice a ye

Re: [RE-wrenches] Equalizing with SW inverter

2010-12-22 Thread Phil Undercuffler
This was one of the limitations of the SW. If you want to have an EQ where the generator shuts off when its finished, you need to do a little trick. Setting the cursor to EQ just means the system will perform an EQ the next time the genny runs, and that might be some random time in the future. Sett

Re: [RE-wrenches] Equalizing with SW inverter

2010-12-22 Thread William Miller
Mick: You must have a different manual than I do. Paragraph 5, page 12 of the 4.01 manual I have does not discuss this subject at all. The passage I have, from page 68 says the following: To manually equalize the batteries, AC power must be available at the AC HOT IN 1 (utility power) or AC

Re: [RE-wrenches] Equalizing with SW inverter

2010-12-22 Thread Mick Abraham
I'm not sure which part of the manual to which you refer, but below is how I interpret the middle of the fifth paragraph on page 12 of Version 4.01 of the book: If the inverter is set up to remotely control the generator, select *ON*from the *SET GENERATOR* menu item. Once the machine is running,