[RE-wrenches] Help me understand Gen vs XW

[William Miller]

Allan:

I lowered the acceptance window to 80VAC.  My recording Fluke 87 showed no 
voltage sag even during the brief time the inverter tried to connect.

Wm


At 07:54 AM 9/9/2011, you wrote:
>We have done two XW systems, one off-grid with a generator. The generator 
>is a 1970's-era Onan 12.5JC, a lovely beast of a workhorse with 18,000 
>hours on it. The point of describing it is that this is about as basic an 
>analog control as is available. AC output voltage on the unit was around 
>114 VAC, slightly low. Frequency was right on. The XW would not latch to 
>it, although the minimum AC2 in acceptable voltage was at the default 
>setting, I believe 108V AC. Reducing the minimum AC2 in to round 100V 
>cured the problem and it charged.
>
> From the number of responses to William's post, there may be a serious 
> incompatibility issue with the XW's genstart/charging firmware, that 
> shows up in different ways as different problems. I'd like to hear from 
> Schneider about this.
>Allan
>
>Allan Sindelar
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