Genwizard [RE-wrenches]

[Darryl Thayer]

Kirk and Others
could you tell us a little more of your experiance, I
was going to use a Solar Converters on an up comming
Job, and would like a heads up as to problems
Daryl

--- "Jeffery Wolfe, Global Resource Options"
<jeff at globalresourceoptions.com> wrote:
> Kirk,
> 
> We've installed one or two of the Solar Converters
> units. they are too
> complex for what they do, but we've made them work
> fine, even on a Honda
> which is the toughest.
> 
> We did have one problem where the generator would
> not start when the power
> was connected to the generator. (It was a plug in
> connection to a small
> Honda.) Unplugged, generator started fine on the
> unit. Plugged in, would not
> start. Eventually we found that the inverters
> (stacked DR1512's, no we did
> not install or sell the job) were wired incorrectly.
> I believe the neutral
> was connected together before the unit or something
> like that. We corrected
> it (the inverters had been operating fine) and now
> the generator starts no
> problem.
> 
> I don't know if it was a solar converters problem (I
> don't think so) or had
> something to do with the complex Honda starting
> circuit seeing a small
> amount of back feed current and thinking it was
> already on.
> 
> Anyway, if you want some assistance on the solar
> converters unit, call Dan
> at the office, he may remember a trick or two on
> them. (And if you blow the
> 1/2A fuse, I think we have a spare or two from when
> we blew one.)
> 
> See you at the rebate meeting tomorrow (Yes, VT has
> rebates and CA does not.
> What a world...)
> 
> Jeff
> Jeffery D. Wolfe, P.E.
> NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™
> 
> Global Resource Options, LLP, Solar  Wind  Energy
> Solutions
> A Woman-Owned Limited Liability Partnership
> 601 Old River Road, Suite 3
> White River Junction, VT 05001-9030
> 800-374-4494 Toll Free
> 802-295-4415 Phone
> 802-295-4417 Fax
> Jeff at GlobalResourceOptions.com
> www.GlobalResourceOptions.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirk Herander, VSE [mailto:kirk at vtsolar.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:12 PM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: Genwizard [RE-wrenches]
> 
> hello,
> 
> If anyone has an old Photron Genwizard gathering
> dust, please contact me
> offline. I need to autostart a generator and have
> had no luck using the
> Solar Converters unit.
> 
> thanks, Kirk
> 
> Vermont Solar Engineering
> North American Board of Certified Energy
> Practitioners Certified Solar PV
> InstallerT
> Xantrex Certified Dealer Charter Member
> Kirk Herander
> PO Box 697
> Burlington, VT. 05402
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