Outback BOS tips [RE-wrenches]

[William Miller]

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Friends:

We just installed our first Flexware 500 system.  I did not see any problem 
with the by-pass slider.  I noted that a year or so ago the openings for 
the breaker handles were enlarged so both could be shut off at the same 
time.  I appreciate this improvement.  I have never been under the 
impression that the slider was used to actuate the breakers-- you have to 
get your fingers directly on the handles-- but rather to prevent both 
breakers from being turned on at the same time.

I do miss the 2" KO from the AC box into the ACA adapter, I'll pull one 
myself the next install.

Regarding the X240, once we figured out how to mount it, we found it did 
not impede our access to the busses greatly.  We pre-wire all of these 
systems at our shop which requires pre-installing the X240 into the AC 
cabinet prior to mounting the cabinet on the back board.  Here's our X240 
mounting tip:  We use two 1/4X20 flat head machine screws installed from 
the back side of the AC cabinet.  This secures the X240 for wiring and 
transport.  When the AC cabinet is placed on the backboard, you can loosen 
the 2 nuts and slide the X240 until you can put the remaining two screws 
through the X240 tabs, through the back of the AC cabinet and into the 
threaded inserts in the back board.

While I am at it, here's our FX mounting tip:  Take two of the longest 
mounting screws.  Cut the heads off with a Dremel cut-off wheel and grind 
two screwdriver slots in the exposed shafts.  These become your 
positioners.  Pre thread all FX mounting screws into back plate to create 
threads.  Install the two positioners into the back board.  Lift the 
inverter onto the positioner studs.  Install two mounting screws-- lift the 
FX slightly while tightening screws to take pressure off of the 
positioners.  Remove positioners and install two remaining screws.

We never order pre-wired systems.  They are too hard to transport and we 
have found errors in vendor wiring.  We do not use the black-for-phase-A 
and red-for-Phase-B color code.  We have never found an instance where 
keeping track of the phases was of any benefit.  Instead, black is for 
inverter input and red for inverter output.  The same color code is used 
for the buss bars.   This makes tracing wiring much easier.

We draw up all of our installations with Visio.  All of the thinking is 
done before hand.  I can share Visio templates on request.

Never trust the Outback error codes.  They often point at the wrong error.

William Miller


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