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<p>Mac,</p>
<p>I think you've got an elegant solution to the problem. All you
need is an inexpensive relay and to program the Aux output for
loadshed. I believe shutting down the inverter with the remote
on/off contacts is actually less stressful on the inverter than
opening a relay or contactor on the load side. <br>
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Kent Osterberg<br>
Blue Mountain Solar
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/11/2023 5:19 PM, Mac Lewis via
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<div>I'm trying to solve an issue with an older Outback FX
system. It's a quad stack of Outback 3648 FX inverters and he
has a couple of Fortress eVault and an unreliable generator.
The LBCO setting can't go high enough to cut out before the
eVaults cut out so he occasionally will have to direct charge
the eVault to get things running again.</div>
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<div>I'd like to use a 12V Aux relay logic to trip the primary
inverter on/off contacts before we go into battery shutdown so
the solar has a chance to recover the system. Pretty simple
overall but I wanted to see if there are any known ill effects
of doing this with substantial load on the system. Of course,
I can use a power relay but this may be better.</div>
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<div>Thanks for your input!<br clear="all">
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