[RE-wrenches] XW Drop in replacement inverter

[Kevin Pegg]

Dave,

My work is focused on remote, off-grid clients. With the XW6048, and XW+6048 it worked well. Gen 1 on AC1, Gen 2 on AC2. Set the AGS start settings a bit lower for second gen. Then if any issues with Gen1, Gen 2 would catch it and less urgent service calls to remote wherever to sort out. Whole lot simpler and cost savings for client as compared to external transfer switches and paired gensets.

With XWPro, AC1 is no longer available for generator as far as I can tell. I spent a lot of time with tech support on my first XWPro using same configs. They didn’t seem to realize this initially as well. Gen 1/AC1 would kick into passthrough mode but refused to engage charger consistently. Took a lot of time, but finally was informed that AC1 no longer supports generators.

I wish there was a way to load XW+ firmware onto XWPro, or such to make the XWPro off-grid friendly and rid of parameters related to grid tie.

Kevin

From: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org> On Behalf Of Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches
Sent: October-25-23 12:07 PM
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Cc: Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar <offgridsolar at sti.net>
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] XW Drop in replacement inverter

Not getting this Kevin, AC2 has always been the generator input as it allows wider frequency and voltage settings for drifting gensets.





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On 2023-10-25 11:57 am, Kevin Pegg via RE-wrenches wrote:

Physically it is all the same. Software is way more complex. As Dave mentioned, you have to follow the commissioning process.



AC1 will no longer accept generator input, it's grid-only now. So if you have a genset you will need to move that to AC2. This is one of the most irritating changes with the XWPro. Makes dual-generator configs a lot more complex now.



Kevin



From: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org<mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>> On Behalf Of Chad Waits via RE-wrenches
Sent: October-24-23 2:18 PM
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Cc: Chad Waits <chadwaits at netzerosolar.net<mailto:chadwaits at netzerosolar.net>>
Subject: [RE-wrenches] XW Drop in replacement inverter



Wrenches,



We have a client that had us construct a solar trailer for them back in 2014-2015 timeframe. The Current XW6048-120/240-60 is cooked and I'm wondering if the Schneider rep (or you savvy off grid guys) on here could tell me if the newer XW Pro 6.8kW 120/240 is an exact drop in replacement for a system including the the old power distribution panel accessories.



Thanks!



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