<div dir="ltr">You may have neutral and ground connected at more than 1 location, meaning at the genset and in house panel, which means the ground is carrying current back to the generator in parallel with the neutral.<div><br><div>I remember with some Honda portables we had to float the neutral at the genset or the inverter would trip the generator's GFI when trying to charge the batteries.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 1:16 PM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">
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<pre><span style="font-size:12pt">The easy answer is try another genset !  You have to be more specific, did it ever work? Is it new? etc.  Good Luck !</span></pre>
<pre><strong><span style="font-size:small">Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:monospace">Hi folks:<br><br>We have a new Magnum MS4024 mounted on an E-Panel using a MidNite Classic 150 and Whiz-Bang JR with power coming from an array of Trina TSM365-De06X-05(II) (three strings of three) with the ME-RC50 and a HUP SolarOne 6-85-14/24 battery.<br>When we attempt to use the PFC (Power Factored Charger), the Gen Set’s GFCI outlets trip.  Thus far we have verified the connections are secure, assured that the gen set is grounded, disconnected the jumper within the E-Panel between the ground buss and neutral, checked AC voltages, removed the MNSPD’s from the buss(s)…  Stumped now on what an appropriate next step should be.  How do we get the PFC to function properly?  What are we missing?<br><br>Best,<br><br>Chris Daum<br>Oasis Montana Inc.<br>406-777-4309 or 4321<br>406-777-4309 fax<br><a href="http://www.oasismontana.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.oasismontana.com</a> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Redwood Alliance<br><br>Pay optional member dues here: <a href="http://re-wrenches.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>Change listserver email address & settings:<br><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other:<br><a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/</a><br><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List rules & etiquette:<br><a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br><br>Check out or update participant bios:<br><a href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br></div>
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