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<font size=3>Friends:<br><br>
A "Low AC Volts" error is very typical for a cave in battery
voltage under load. I've reported in this forum before the
propensity of Outback inverters to misreport error conditions.<br><br>
4 L-16s is a very small battery bank. I would not be at all
surprised if this was indeed a battery or related wiring
problem.<br><br>
William Miller<br><br>
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At 05:18 PM 10/1/2009, you wrote:<br>
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Tom,<br>
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The L-16’s are 6v. So, they all had to be in series to operate at 24v
(FX2024 is a 24v inverter).<br>
Dave<br>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>The Office of Tom Duffy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'RE-wrenches'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] FX2000 / Trojan battery question<br>
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Bob<br>
On the other note: Were the L-16s in series or series/parallel? Also were
the voltage readings and Hydrometer readings done on an active bank or
“at rest” and what were the readings?<br>
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<b> Tom Duffy<br>
</b><i> Systems Design Engineer<br>
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575-539-2111 X 301<br>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>robert ellison<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] FX2000 / Trojan battery question<br>
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Just visited a site with a 04 version FX2024 The inverter is shutting
down and showing "low AC output voltage" <br>
It is hooked to 4 Trojan L-16 G batteries. When i arrived the voltage was
23.8, the other day when i arrived it was 25.5 volts and shut down both
times with the same error showing. There are 1050 watts of panels and an
MX 60 on the battery bank also. In the past when the batteries went low
it would show a low battery error, so i don't expect that is the problem.
Loads are minimal<br>
Disconnecting the battery or starting the generator clears the
error.<br>
<br>
When i called Outback i was told there was a $250.00 "out of
warranty charge" as well as a retail of $1400 for the boards. She
also insists it was probably a bad battery bank, or at least needing an
eq charge. It just had one 9 days ago. The hydrometer readings are all
close and the voltages similar.<br>
<br>
Anyone run into this before and have any knowledge on this error? <br>
<br>
On another note, has anyone had any Trojan L-16 G batteries with cell
failures? The date code is J8 <br>
I have had 2 in the last year, one was under warranty and the last one
out of warranty.<br>
Anyone else had this problem or am i just unlucky?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Bob<br>
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