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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
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color:black'>Wrenches,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black'>This man wrote me about a generator/inverter compatibility problem
he’s having. I haven’t heard of it before. I suspect it’s
more than just a simple voltage-frequency issue, but I haven’t heard of
this or experienced it. Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black'>Thank you, Allan Sindelar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>In the Spring of 08, I purchased a Honda EU6500is generator
as a back-up to my off grid solar system. The Honda was to replace my
Yamaha YG6600DE generator which worked fine with my Trace SW4024
inverter. However the new Honda inverter-generator seemed to have
problems working with my Trace inverter. If I had a load running, such as
my 110 V well pump, it would handle that load and the excess power from the
generator was used to charge the batteries through the Trace 4024. But
once the well pump shut off, the Honda generator and the Trace didn’t
seem to like to work together. The Trace inverter stopped allowing the
incoming power to be used to continue to charge the batteries by disconnecting
AC2 power (generator) from coming into the SW4024. After replacing the
Honda with the old Yamaha generator, everything worked fine again, including
charging the batteries without another load on the inverter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>As a result of the above, my question is: Have you
experienced similar incompatibility with inverter-generators and inverters such
as my Trace SW4024? If so, do you have any suggestions that
will allow me to use my Honda EU6500is with my Trace 4024? Calls to
Xantrex and Honda on this issue did not provide any useful information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>Thank you,<font color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font>Michael
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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