[RE-wrenches] MATE3 Inverter Mode

[jay peltz]

Hi Orion.

Go into locked menu

systems menu
inverter
stacking

in the stacking menu is where you set it all up

And I take it you are not using a balancing transformer, curious why not?

Can't tell you anything about the AGS, but interested to know what the problem is.

jay

peltz power


On Oct 30, 2011, at 10:29 AM, Orion Thornton wrote:

> Hi Wrenches,
>  
> I was hoping I may be able to get some guidance on navigating through the new MATE3 controller.  We have a customer that swapped out their original MATE for the MATE3 in order to have access to on-line monitoring of their system, since it is a part time residence with limited access and unoccupied in the winter.
>  
> Since the new controller was installed they have had issues with the AGS.  I was on site last Friday and was able to sort out the AGS issues, at least I thought I had.  I left the site with the generator charging the batteries.  After the generator had ran for about 5 hrs and the battery voltage read 51.5 volts the customer called concerned that the generator had not shut down after the charge reached a float level.  They turned the generator off and at that point lost half the loads in the house because the slave inverter had shut down.   I can see that the inverter mode is “off” through the on-line monitor.
>  
> I will probably be heading back up to the site tomorrow for more troubleshooting, but at this point I would really like to be able to guide the customer through getting the secondary inverter turned back on so they have all their loads powered up without running the generator.   This is the first time I have worked with the MATE3 and have searched high and low through the manual to try and find how I can access the mode setting for the slave inverter, so that I can turn it back on, but I have found nothing.  If it was a weekday I am sure an Outback tech could send me in the right direction, but I am hoping someone out there in the wrenches world has got the MATE3 dialed in.
>  
> Any input would be much appreciated.
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Orion Thornton
> Project Manager
> Independent Power Systems
> NABCEP Certified PV Installer
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