[RE-wrenches] Bricked Radian?

2022-02-26 Thread Michael Morningstar
Wrenches, A client of mine visited his remote cabin a few days ago to check in on things. He has a Radian 8048A/FX80 w/ 2kw PV. When he shutters the place for the winter he turns the inverter off, sets AGS to OFF, and only the FX80 is left on. When he tried to turn the inverter on at the Mate 3

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bricked Radian?

2022-02-26 Thread Maverick Brown
Have him take the cover off of the inverter and plug the Matt directly into the inverter. Boot up. Listen for fans to spins up. Have him take a photo of the LED clusters located on the two visible boards of the inverter brains. Spare-204 is the board stack and those less tell it’s operational st

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bricked Radian?

2022-02-26 Thread Michael Morningstar
Thanks Maverick, Can you clarify what you mean by "Spare-204 is the board stack and those less tell it’s operational status” Don’t we have to purchase all three boards? Seems like they were a couple of grand? Michael > On Feb 26, 2022, at 11:14 AM, Maverick Brown > wrote: > > Spare-204 is

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bricked Radian?

2022-02-26 Thread jay
I think he means the LED’s tell its operational status. jay > On Feb 26, 2022, at 12:22 PM, Michael Morningstar > wrote: > > Thanks Maverick, > > Can you clarify what you mean by "Spare-204 is the board stack and those less > tell it’s operational status” > > Don’t we have to purchase al

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bricked Radian?

2022-02-26 Thread Maverick Brown
If the inverter is under warranty and is not functioning, Outback can send a Spare-204 board stack. Otherwise, yes, about $2k. “those less” means those LEDs on the boards indicate the internal operation status and can tell OB tech support the exact failure mode. Maverick Brown Off-Grid Solar C

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bricked Radian?

2022-02-26 Thread Jerry Shafer
They can get stuffed with data and lock up, the old Mate 3 was more prone but they can all do it. On Sat, Feb 26, 2022, 9:16 AM Michael Morningstar wrote: > Wrenches, > > A client of mine visited his remote cabin a few days ago to check in on > things. He has a Radian 8048A/FX80 w/ 2kw PV. When