Trace SW4024 SLT mode [RE-wrenches]

[Kurt Nelson]

Greetings John,

Don't know why you'd want to use the silent mode without a generator
component.  Regarding the flickering lights, probably the search watts set
too high.  Factory default at 60, I usually drop it down to 16 (minimium).  KGN

At 07:16 PM 12/26/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Does anyone have experience using the SW4024 SLT (silent) mode on a grid 
>connected backup power system without renewable inputs?  Does it reduce power 
>consumption?  Is there any particular reasons to use it or not to use it?..   
>Also I just had a customer call with a peculiar problem with his SW4024.  It 
>is a brand new system - grid connected backup power with 12  Trojan L16's.  
>The circuit breaker from the grid kicked (I had the grid amps set too high), 
>the house ran the batteries down to about 40% and  during this time he 
>reported intermittant flickering of his lights, not related to any big loads. 
> Has anyone seen this?  
>   Today my "Y2K Lady" really panicked when her cable TV line failed and the 
>grid quit at the same time. She thought something was wrong the the system I 
>had installed and I was confused when the E-meter amps reading was -1 while 
>supposedly the grid had failed.  After driving 45 minutes to troubleshoot, 
>she told me everything was working normally.  It turned out that only one 
>side of the grid had failed and the side to which I connected the inverter 
>was ok while the other side feeding some of her main grid loads was off.  
>Lesson learned: I need to have a chart of her circuits in her file so I could 
>quickly determine if a one sided grid failure had happened by simply asking 
>her what was working and what was not!  One other question, has anyone had a 
>problem with the furling cable on a Bergey 1500 sticking and holding the tail 
>in furled position?  
>Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays.
>
>John Blittersdorf
>Central Vermont Solar and Wind
>200 West Road
>North Chittenden, VT 05763
>cvsolar at aol.com
>  
>
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