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Hi Chris,<div>My answers appear below:</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 29-Dec-08, at 10:41 AM, Christopher Freitas wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">When you tested just the inverter without the generator running – you stated that there was a noticeable flicker every 20 seconds – </span></font></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div>THE GENERATOR <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">WAS</span> RUNNING, IT'S JUST THAT I TURNED OFF ALL THE LOADS TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM WOULD PERSIST AND I FOUND THAT THE RAPID CYCLING OF THE VOLTAGE AT INPUTS QUIT AND THE VOLTAGE STABILIZED AT ~121V BUT ABOUT EVERY 20 SECONDS, JUST WHEN YOU WOULD EXPECT THE AC-IN TO GET PICKED UP BY THE INVERTER THERE WOULD BE AN AUDIBLE CLICK, THE VOLTAGE WOULD SUDDENLY DROP TO ABOUT 110V, THEN IMMEDIATELY RECOVER TO ~121V. AT NO TIME DID THE AC-IN GET PICKED UP.</div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Arial"><br></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">When the generator was connected to the inverter – was the varying AC input voltage viewed on a digital test meter or on the MATE’s display? </span></font></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I WAS MEASURING THE AC INPUT VOLTAGE WITH A FLUKE METER AT THE INPUT CONNECTORS ON THE FX.</div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "></span></font></div></div></span></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Is this a 120/240VAC “split phase” generator operating with only one inverter on it? It is possible that an internal connection in the generators windings has fried due to overloading one output leg of the generator – its similar to a bad solder joint where the voltage is OK until current is pulled and then it opens up. You might try putting the inverter on the other leg to see if you see the same issue.</span></font></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>THIS IS A POSSIBILITY THAT I WILL LOOK INTO. IT IS RUNNING ON ONE LEG OF A 240V GENSET, NOT THE IDEAL SITUATION. I'LL BE PUTTING A PSX240 ON IT TO BALANCE THE OUTPUT BUT WILL FIRST CHECK TO SEE IF IT WILL RUN OK ON THE OTHER LEG BY ITSELF.</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "> </span></font></p></div></span></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Be sure to check the frequency of the generator when seeing issues like this – its often the problem. </span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "> </span></font></p></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div>THAT'S ON THE SHORT LIST, THANKS</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks all who have offered suggestions, I'll check back in with whatever I find out.</div><div><br></div><div>Ron Young</div><div>earthright - Solareagle</div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><pre>
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