<div dir="ltr">I just pulled out an 8048 and replaced it with a 8048A due to the lack of AC boards for 8048s. I didn't know any better and put in a new 8048A board and learned the hard way that they aren't cross compatible. Smoked it. If you think you can find a board for it, it's yours.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 11:06 AM Darryl Thayer via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">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 dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Sorry if this is nonsense, but your existing Radian is your "AC grid source," It can act as the paralleling. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">AC coupling source. I did this about 20 to 30 years ago, using FX inverters, not Radians, to power a large motor.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Can your Radian Mate 3 run in grid zero? Or if not, one inverter runs all the time as a grid source ( grid forming) </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">the second inverter (grid following) runs in Grid-Zero mode, with "off-set" set at 30 Amps. If the load is less than 30 amps, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">the grid-following inverter carries the load. (The grid-forming inverter supplies the grid signal, and the following inverter </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">carries the load.) When your load exceeds 30 amps, the extra current comes from the grid-forming inverter. The Radian can </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">pass up to 50 or 60 amps from the forming inverter. You can get 50 to 60 amps</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">to the load when you add the forming and following inverters. Errors: this will double your parasitic load, I have not done this</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">so beware. This is not the answer for V2H; other inverters can work in this combination but </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"> </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 10:04 AM frenergy 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"> The wrench list has some very creative thinkers that may have a <br>
go around to be able to master/slave an old Radian's output with a new <br>
one. Outback says this is not do-able. We're completely off-grid out <br>
here and have been charging EVs (one at a time) with an eleven year old <br>
Radian (GS8048) for years but the Ford Lightning is on its way. Outback <br>
says I can't add the newer GS8048A to exiting version (no "A").<br>
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Ideas??<br>
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Bill<br>
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