[RE-wrenches] Search mode

[Dan Fink]

In my experience, if the loads to bring it out of search mode are very
reactive all your bets are off, doesn't matter who made the inverter. The
solution could be as simple as changing which brand of CFL they depend on
to bring the inverter out of search. Have you tried Euro CFLs vs Chinese?
And so on, ad infinitum. Using an incandescent eliminates that variable for
you, exactly where I would start on the troubleshooting. If the system is
really so tiny that search mode is really needed..........I say add more PV
so the batteries are near 100% full almost everynight at sundown. I haven't
programmed an inverter for search mode for a long time.
Just my two cents.

Dan Fink,
Executive Director;
Otherpower
Buckville Energy Consulting
Buckville Publications LLC
NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers
970.672.4342




On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Jesse Dahl <dahlsolar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately I was talking to them at a function and they didn't know.
> They are going to send me that info this evening.
>
> Jesse
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 8, 2013, at 6:05 PM, jay peltz <jay at asis.com> wrote:
>
> > HI Jesse,
> >
> > Can you tell us which model inverter?
> >
> > jay
> >
> > peltz power
> > On Sep 8, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Jesse Dahl wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> A friend of mine in the woods just put in a new xantrax inverter and is
> having a search mode problem. They can't get 25W search mode to work and
> are stuck with using the 50W setting. So they've had to put a few
> incandescents in to make this setting work. His calls to tech support have
> been less then helpful.
> >>
> >> Advice I can pass on?
> >>
> >> Thanks as always!
> >>
> >> Jesse
> >
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