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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">P.S. The Mate is the old oval variety. </span></p>
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<p id="reply-intro">On 2025-12-12 10:58, Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches wrote:</p>
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<div class="v1pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hi Jay,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The system feeds the grid through an SMA H-FUS inverter. The Outbacks are off grid inverters, but are AC coupled to the batteries to provide power when the grid is down. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The inverters monitor the batteries and go into REFLOAT when the batteries hit 25 volts. I would like the inverters to go strait into the ABSORB cycle instead of going to REFLOAT.</span></div>
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<div class="v1pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The grid tie came after the the Outbacks were already in as a backup system. </span></div>
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<div class="v1pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thank you,</span></div>
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<p><em>Drake Chamberlin</em></p>
<p><em>Athens Electric LLC</em></p>
<p><em>Ohio Electrical Contractor’s License 44810</em></p>
<p><em>NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional</em></p>
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<br /><br />On 2025-12-11 10:54, Jay via RE-wrenches wrote:
<blockquote style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0;">Hi drake. <br /><br />You’re talking about the inverters charging the battereis, meaning<br />this is a grid connected system?<br /><br />Do you have a mate3/s or 1?<br /><br />Jay<br /><br />
<blockquote style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0;">On Dec 11, 2025, at 7:39 AM, Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br /><br /><br />Hello Wrenches,<br /><br />We have a rental property with two, stacked VFX 3524 inverters. In the winter the batteries don't get an adequate solar charge. I would like to have the batteries get a bulk charge when the voltage drops to 24 volts, but it keeps hitting refloat.<br /><br />How do I disable refloat? Can I just set the refloat time to zero?<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />Drake<br /><br />--<br /><br />_______________________________________________<br />List sponsored by Redwood Alliance<br /><br />Pay optional member dues here: <a href="http://re-wrenches.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://re-wrenches.org</a><br /><br />List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br /><br /></blockquote>
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