[RE-wrenches] Trace Change out

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Wrenches,

        I had not thought of using AC1 for the genny....I had some thinking in the back of my mind that AC1 had to meet tighter input requirements to be practical for a generator and was thus delegated to grid use, which is not used here.. I'll keep that one in my toolbox.  Customer manually starts the generator so AC1 is an option.

        Yes, it is a deep well (250') and the pump is manually turned on to occasionally fill a 2500 Gallon tank for gravity feed.  This the only time the autoformer is in the picture.

        Part of the reason I was considering the Magnum was for the 240/120 feature, though this particular install has some equipment space requirements that could make it a major job to install Magnum's vertical footprint vs. that of the SW.  

        I just called DPW (Alan's suggestion) and they are in fact still repairing SW's.  Raymond there says turnaround is usually 1-2 days...he also said AC1 for the gen would be an option, though be sure to never use the "sell" mode.  I found Tekris through a search, but did not contact them.  It's good to see there are also other options to repair these inverters (thanks Mac).

        Phil, I'm also thinking it may be that extra "kick" of something like the conventional frig (with the other loads running, batts charging, pump running) in the house that produces the out-of-spec condition, bumping the inverter out of the picture.  It's wait and see right now with my new batt charge and AC2
 amps settings and how they affect the SW staying online.  So far so good.  I'll have to look into the picoscope.

Thanks again to all for so much help. This list rocks.

Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA  95983
530-284-7849/6544 fax
solar powered since 1982
        
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