[RE-wrenches] Search mode

[Jesse Dahl]

They basically started all over after their old system started showing it signs. They added 4 more modules and do end up near 100% at the end of the day. 

Tech support mentioned adding a small inverter for the small lighting loads. Many of the homes loads are 12V (fridge, some lighting....). 

I will mention brands of CFL. 

Jesse

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On Sep 8, 2013, at 7:18 PM, Dan Fink <danbob88 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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
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>> 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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