[RE-wrenches] Enphase Gateway causing lamp to flicker

[John Blittersdorf]

My guess is that the lamp is too sensitive.  I find that the cheapest LED
bulb from home depot flicker whether using inverter power or generator
power.  All other LEDs in the house work fine.  Like a fool, I keep buying
the cheap ones.  I totally agree with Andrew " While I can understand the
need to placate clients, the days of solar martyrdom needs to end! "
 Being in the darkest time of year, I spend way too much time placating.

John Blittersdorf



On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 9:56 AM AE Solar via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Wrenches
> We have a project where the homeowner has some of those bedside lamps
> where you touch them to turn them on/off/dim (rather than having a switch).
> It seems like when the Enphase Gateway is powered up it causes the lights
> to freak out. Once we flip the breaker to the Gateway off the lamp operates
> as normalZ Interestingly, with another load (homeowner was using a
> dehumidifier) plugged into the circuit it seems to stabilize the lights. We
> isolated the problem to the Gateway specifically (ie having PV breakers
> on/off doesn’t make a difference). It’s a supply side connection. The house
> is small but we tried the lamp in multiple parts of the house and it
> happens everywhere.  Enphase doesn’t have any ideas. Anyone have this
> happen to them?
>
> I think we might just need to buy them some new lamps, but I’m also
> interested to understand what is happening. These are just some cheap
> lamps, but wondering if other household loads that are more sensitive might
> be affected as well?
>
> Adam
> _______________________________________________
> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance
>
> Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org
>
> List Address: RE-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
>
> Change listserver email address & settings:
> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org
>
> There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the
> other:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/
> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org
>
> List rules & etiquette:
> http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm
>
> Check out or update participant bios:
> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org/attachments/20231212/c4f466d8/attachment.htm>