[RE-wrenches] Flickering LED lights on and Outback Dual 7248VFX system

[Dan Fink]

Aha! Great info Kirpal...thank you.
I *almost* mentioned when you first posted, but didn't and should have.,..a
client's brand new fridge would not run AT ALL from a GFCI outlet.....the
tricky thing was that it was a downstream GFCI branch.
Way at the back of the fridge owners manual......it said quite clearly that
it cannot be used on a GFCI outlet or branch, and must have its own
non-GFCI circuit.
Glad you found the problem.

Dan Fink,
Executive Director;
Otherpower
Buckville Energy Consulting
Buckville Publications LLC
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On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Kirpal Khalsa <solarworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks!!! Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions regarding the flickering
> LED lights...I think we have found the culprits....although I don't have a
> good understanding as to why...I am sure you could shed some (non
> flickering) light on the subject so that i might understand why more
> clearly..
> The main culprit causing the flickering was the fridge compressor.....the
> fridge was plugged into a GFI outlet....when plugged into a non GFI outlet
> the problem vanished!!  It turns out that the other loads that caused this
> flickering were also plugged into GFI outlets and when plugged into
> standard non GFI outlets caused no flickering.....The flickering remained
> steady as long as the load was operating....not just on start up.....
> The dimmer switches did not seem to affect the flickering by them
> selves....
> Problem solved- but my  understanding is lacking....
> Thank you!!!
>
>
>
> Sunny Regards,
> Kirpal Khalsa
> NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
> Renewable Energy Systems
> www.oregonsolarworks.com
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>
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Jerry Shafer <jerrysgarage01 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I checked one of my mobile rigs with dual VFX3648 with a transformer and
>> 36 kWhrs of total battery capacity it has 4 foot LED's and with the
>> inverter on ON not search it works great I keep going back to programming
>> some time back my program was messed with and it was on search mode we had
>> audio problems during a concert because one of the inverters was set to
>> high it was pulsing like your lights and it was programming
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Bob-O Schultze <
>> bob-o at electronconnection.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I run an old VFX3524 and have LEDs EVERYWHERE in our offgrid home. Two
>>> on dimmers. One ac freezer, one DC freezer and one DC fridge. Washing
>>> machine, dishwasher, nuke, all that jazz. No flickers anywhere and the old
>>> house grounding system sucks bad. Bought most of my LED lamps from Costco.
>>> Bob-O
>>>
>>> On Jan 7, 2014, at 8:32 AM, jay peltz wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi bill
>>>
>>> My $.02.
>>>
>>> Single vfx3524, Trojan IND in an AC electric house with about a dozen
>>> LEDs of 5 or 6 different types and brands.
>>>
>>> No flickering at all, no dimmers.
>>>
>>> One test I thought of was to,run the generator and see if the flicker
>>> continues.
>>> If so, then bypass the inverters to take the chargers off line,
>>>
>>> As to bulbs, I've been super happy with the Cree ones from Home Depot.
>>> $10 ish and beautiful light both warm and daylight.
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>> Peltz power
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
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