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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>In other words, check your battery voltage under
an actual load, one that will be higher amps than any charging sources -
such as the panels - coming in.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>As William noted, that is a pretty small battery
bank for that size inverter and I would suspect they have been
hyper-cycled.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=william@millersolar.com href="mailto:william@millersolar.com">William
Miller</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] FX2000 /
Trojan battery question</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri></FONT><FONT size=2
face=Calibri></FONT><BR></DIV><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><BR><BR><BR><BR>At 05:18 PM 10/1/2009,
you wrote:<BR>
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multipart/related;<BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>boundary="----=_NextPart_000_016B_01CA42E1.ED2C51E0"<BR>Content-Language:
en-us<BR><BR>Tom,<BR> <BR>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> <BR><B>From:</B>
re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [<A
href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org"
eudora="autourl">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</A>] <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> <BR>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> <BR><B> Tom
Duffy<BR></B><I> Systems Design Engineer<BR></I><IMG alt=4ce320d.jpg
src="cid:7475B479A75F4922B2153E3F7D899DBA@Warren" width=200
height=86></I><BR> <A
href="mailto:tom@thesolar.biz">tom@thesolar.biz</A><BR>
575-539-2111 X 301<BR>
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<DIV align=center></DIV><B>From:</B>
re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [<A
href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org"
eudora="autourl">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</A>] <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> <BR>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></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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