<div dir="ltr">Howie,<div> We just installed our first two FM100's. We had already added the MATE3 earlier to get OpticRE. They work great and we accidentally tested the 3/4 amp ground fault fuses white switching out the breakers to high voltage. Just a tiny spark from the pv wire to ground and bingo.... two ground fault lights. Since they talk to each other through the hub, both the fuses blew. The manual says with more than one controller, take the fuse out of the other one. It will shut off anyway and we wasted a fuse. Could have used that fuse to get the system back if we had done that. We ended up having to go back to the shop to get a fuse. </div><div><br></div><div>John B</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:38 PM, Jay <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jay.peltz@gmail.com" target="_blank">jay.peltz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Howie<br>
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Yes you need a Mate 3 to program and view data for the FM100<br>
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Jay<br>
Peltz power. <br>
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> On Aug 14, 2018, at 5:48 PM, Howie Michaelson <<a href="mailto:Howie.Michaelson@gmail.com">Howie.Michaelson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I am changing out an off-grid AC coupled SMA SB3000TL inverter tied to a dual stack VFX3648 system with a Mate (original - not Mate3) and an FNDC, making into a DC coupled array. It was set up as AC coupled originally because of the distance the array was from the system (about 500 feet) and high voltagecharge controllers were not available at the time. Now that there are several options, we want to change it because the charging setup is less than adequate. My first choice is to use an Outback FM100, only because it keeps all the equipment tied together, although I'm not a big fan of Outback these days. What are folks experience with the FM100? And apparently it needs a Mate3 (not the Mate) in order to program and read it, true? Otherwise I will probably go with either a Midnite 250 SL or a Schneider XW80-600.<br>
> TIA,<br>
> Howie Michaelson<br>
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