<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Ron,</div><div dir="ltr">You didn’t say whether the 4448 is a PAE or the original AE; at 4,400 rated watts, I’m assuming that it’s a PAE, meaning split-phase 240. Your 2,000W Honda has a 120V output, and I suspect that the 3,800W Champion does too. Have you taken this into consideration?</div><div dir="ltr">Many years ago, one of the selling points of the early PAE series was that it could charge from a 120V source. I have no idea if this is still true, but it’s worth verifying (along with the AC input connection and any specific charge input settings) before you make that 6-hour trip. </div><div dir="ltr">Allan Sindelar</div><div dir="ltr">-retired-</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 31, 2023, at 8:11 PM, Jerry Shafer via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Wrenches Ron<div dir="auto">First l would think tech support already asked you this but.<br><div dir="auto">I have seen this with outback, <br><div dir="auto">What is the incoming voltage and freq, the Honda should be fine but the other hard to say. Frequency is very important to be right otherwise the inverter will sit and wait, voltage not as much. Your inverter is a 240 vac right, are the gennys also?</div><div dir="auto">You might want to make sure its in Gen input not grid input, gen is wider. With your little gennys it might latch up and disconnect quickly due to either going out of range.</div><div dir="auto">With gennys always use a pf of .8 and go down from there so a 3 k genny charging should be around 1200 watts.</div><div dir="auto">Funtimes</div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 31, 2023, 9:38 AM Ron Young 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="line-break:after-white-space">Hello Wrenches,<div><br></div><div>I am completely stumped. I built a Magnum 4448 panel for a client and it was installed by an electrician. It was thoroughly tested before going out the door on all functions and pre-programmed for the off-grid site. Electrician just had to hang it on the wall and make 4 connections, AC IN, AC OUT, BATTERY, PV. Somehow the system wouldn’t go into charge mode. The site is a 3 hour trip each way. The electrician was baffled, he had experience installing solar but very limited so I went to the site to see what the problem was. After spending a day checking out the inverter with two different generators, checking all the connections, AC at the inputs at the inverter and at the outputs on the breakers, and even removed the cover from the inverter to make sure some connections had not shaken loose inside the box on the long bumpy road into the property. Everything checked out. So assuming the AC board in the inverter was faulty I ordered a new unit to replace and that has now been done. SAME PROBLEM! I’m wondering now if it’s possible that the Magnum remote monitor could be the problem. It functions properly on every setting but is it possible there is an internal fault? Could it prevent the automatic charge cycle from initiating? Seems unlikely to me because the inverter can go into charge mode even without the monitor. I also tried replacing the connection cable between the monitor and inverter but no luck. </div><div><br></div><div>The generators are both small, one a Honda 2kW and the other a Champion 3.8kW. Neither is ideal but I have had no issues with these types of generators in the past and the client has ordered a larger 10kW unit but we don’t have it yet to test. Generators have been run with Eco Mode off. Output to the house on bypass is consistent and without problem.</div><div><br></div><div>Any suggestions - this is just confounding.</div><div><br></div><div>Ron</div><div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br><div style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;min-height:14px">earthRight Products - <a href="http://Solareagle.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Solareagle.com</a></div><div style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><br></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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