[RE-wrenches] Component Choices for MY RV - Apollo Solar?

[Darryl Thayer]

My experance is pperhaps to limited with Magnum but I have been impressed with the surge capacity of the Magnum AE and I assume the PAE is the same.  I have started larger motors than most other inverters, where the others will kick out on low voltage the magnum seems to hold longer. I have measured 270 amps at 24 volts on the input of a Magnum 4024 AE and it stupplying a 70 amp 120 volt load.  And this would hold until the large motor would start.  I know this is fantastic surge capacity, and my customer is very happy it has only been operation for 6 months but it has never failed to start the motor.  I tried my most commom inverter the Outback but two Outback 3524s can not match the reliability of the one Magnum in starting this motor load.    I am amazed and puzzled as to how guttzy in starting loads the Magnum is.   I am offering a paper on my install at the small wind conference in June at Stevens Point Wisc. if accepted I will help by emailing to
 interested parties.  I have been rejected before because the paper had been presented before.    
Darryl

--- On Fri, 12/24/10, Bob Ellison <reellison at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Bob Ellison <reellison at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Component Choices for MY RV - Apollo Solar?
> To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
> Date: Friday, December 24, 2010, 2:17 PM
> Know how the lights blink when an
> inverter gets hit with a heavy load ? 
> It seems to take them longer to recover than outback or
> even my 18 y/o heart interface inverters!
> I would not think either problem would be hard to cure,
> everyone else has done it !
> 
> Dom't get me wrong, they are good inverters they just have
> these 2 warts that really should be improved
> 
> Merry Christmas,
> 
> 
> Bob ellison
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPod
> Bob Ellison
> 
> On Dec 24, 2010, at 11:00 AM, jay peltz <jay at asis.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Bob,
> > 
> > Thanks for the input.
> > 
> > When you say "slow to recover from a voltage drop" can
> you be more specific?
> > 
> > jay
> > 
> > peltz power
> > 
> > 
> > On Dec 23, 2010, at 4:58 PM, bob ellison wrote:
> > 
> >> There are a couple things on the Magnum inverters
> that you will learn about
> >> after using one that really need to be corrected.
> 
> >> DO NOT backfeed them, they are not protected like
> most other inverters. Back
> >> feed them and BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN! Read that as
> expensive.
> >> 
> >> Also the split phase 120/240 inverters are slow to
> recover from a voltage
> >> drop. I have never noticed this on the 120 volt
> units but I don't have any
> >> large loads anymore so I would not see it like
> someone with a well pump or
> >> other large surge loads. I have had several calls
> about this from customers
> >> and it is real. If this is a problem or not seems
> to depend on the customers
> >> attitude, but it can be annoying.
> >> 
> >> At least they are still made here, and the service
> is good!
> >> 
> >> Bob Ellison
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
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