[RE-wrenches] magnum question

Chris Mason cometenergysystems at gmail.com
Mon Nov 3 09:17:11 PST 2014


Gary,
I have an older IPAD dedicated to manuals. I use PDF Pro to transfer them
and catalogue them on the IPAD and I take that to every installation. I
have dozens of manuals on the IPAD, and as long as I take the time to
download them and catalogue them they are always available to me.

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Baxter, Gary <gbaxter at sensata.com> wrote:

>  Hi Chris,
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> Thanks for the thoughts. I understand about the paper manuals I always
> like to have a hard copy around and I think we kind of trained everyone on
> the SW to make sure the settings were recorded somewhere.
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> There were two things that led us to put the manuals on disc (we are
> looking into USB now) cost and space. A lot of people have commented on how
> thorough Tony Boatwright (Tony wrote Trace manuals as well) is when he
> writes the manuals but unfortunately the manuals have grown in size. The
> manuals can no longer be printed on half page (8.5 x 11 folded in half)
> there are too many pages. The next option is to print a full size 8.5 x 11
> but the price per manual now is up to $6 each our cost and that is printing
> 2k per print and it requires new boxes for the products so a larger manual
> can fit. Seems like trivial stuff but it adds up quickly when you are
> shipping 20k pieces per year.
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> That said we understand the need for paper manuals and are looking into it
> again, we discussed offering paper manuals on a request basis.
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> Thanks for the feedback,
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> Gary
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> *Gary Baxter*
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> *Product Manager*
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> Magnum | Dimensions
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> 2211 West Casino Rd.
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> Everett, WA. 98204
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> Office 425.353.8833 | Mobile 425.501.0289 | Fax. 425.353.8390
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> *A Sensata Technologies Business Unit*
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> *From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Chris Schaefer
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 01, 2014 10:23 AM
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> *To:* 'RE-wrenches'
> *Cc:* Santos-Buch, Alan; Boatwright, Anthony
> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] magnum question
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> Gary,
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>             Just wanted to take the time to say thanks for the follow-up.
> I'm hoping other manufacturers will follow suit to let us know how issues
> are resolved. Sometimes us off-grid installers feel awfully lonely out
> here:).
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>             On a separate issue, please offer a paper manual option when
> it comes to your Remote/routers. This is necessary so that we can record
> the settings and not have to bring a laptop in to the remote locations were
> we do our work. I understand that you're trying to go green and that you
> are constantly refining your products, thus this requires a reprint and
> that is expensive. The DVD is fine for a client that may never look at it
> but as installers we need the hard copies. I'd be happy to pay an
> additional charge for these as we don't need it for every system. Thanks
> for listening.
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> Christopher
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> PS still waiting on your version of a 48V grid-tie/battery backup inverter
> (not AC-Coupling)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
> <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>] On Behalf Of Baxter, Gary
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 18:44
> To: RE-wrenches
> Cc: Santos-Buch, Alan; Boatwright, Anthony
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] magnum question
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> Follow up with Jay,
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> We thought it might help others to post what we found with Jay's system.
> This was a Magnum MS4024PAE model that is 120/240 split phase input and
> output. We describe this unit as 2-2k units in series inside one unit with
> a two winding transformer basically an autoformer.
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> The issue Jay was having was a "Overtemp" fault when charging from
> generator after an hour or so. The first tech suggested turning down the
> charge rate to 70% which solved the issue but didn't answer the question of
> why the unit was in "Overtemp". The first suspicion was there was 120v into
> the inverter which will cause the transformer to run on half the windings
> and overheat at full charger output. It is perfectly acceptable to input
> 120v to the MS-PAE (either leg) and it will charge and the output will be
> 240v but the charge rate should be reduced. The voltage measurement to the
> input terminals was 240v so that issue was not suspected anymore.
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> What Jay found was one pole of the 240v breaker from the generator was
> bad. What made it hard to troubleshoot and the reason for the post is that
> the MS-PAE will accept 120 or 240 input but always convert to 240 output.
> When measuring the input to a MS-PAE you should remove the wires from the
> terminal block and take the readings on the wires. The sense transformer on
> the inverter input will make the input look like 240v but no current on one
> leg will overheat the transformer. With the wires removed the voltage
> measurement will show there is no 240v available.
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> Gary
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> Gary Baxter
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> Product Manager
>
> Magnum | Dimensions
>
> 2211 West Casino Rd.
>
> Everett, WA. 98204
>
> Office 425.353.8833 | Mobile 425.501.0289 | Fax. 425.353.8390
>
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> Please Note My New Email Address:
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> gbaxter at sensata.com | www.magnumenergy.com
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> A Sensata Technologies Business Unit
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Baxter, Gary
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> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 9:50 PM
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> To: RE-wrenches
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> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] magnum question
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> Hi Jay,
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> Sorry you didn't get help. Let me know what you need and I will get you an
> answer.
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> Gary Baxter
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> Product Manager
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> Magnum/Dimensions
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> > On Oct 23, 2014, at 9:19 PM, jay peltz <jay at asis.com> wrote:
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> > HI All,
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> > Does anyone have a person at Magnum in engineering or higher up than
> tech support.
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> > I've got a problem with an inverter that tech support won't or can't
> help with.
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> > thanks
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> > jay
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> > peltz power
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