<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">hi Everyone, and thanks for the support.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I took it apart and it is producing good sine wave up to the AC board but there is a black relay that is failing to close and it turns out that there is a light on the control board showing it is not even trying to close this relay, so that is why we are not seeing output at the terminals. I propose to fit a new control board and hope that works.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This will be the second time I have been inside this inverter (since 2006) and maybe the fourth or fifth time I have replaced a board in a FX. They are easy to work on, but my experience has been they do seem to need it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">cheers</div><div class="">Hugh</div><div class="">Scoraig</div><div class="">Scotland</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 9 Mar 2020, at 18:20, Ray <<a href="mailto:ray@solarray.com" class="">ray@solarray.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class="">We had one last year with a bad relay, the customer had been
charging a Tesla EV through it (pass through from the grid) and
smoked the relay. It was pretty obvious, the clear relay cover
was all covered on the inside with burnt relay bits and smoke
coating.<br class="">
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Ray Walters
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<div dir="auto" class="">Hugh,</div>
<div dir="auto" class=""> I have one at my guest cabin doing the same
thing except that the meter on the mate says I have 119 vac
but nothing at the AC Out terminal. I think Kent might be
right that it may be the AC output relay. It is odd though
that there is no error message in your case. This inverter
had been tortured by the last tenants of the cabin with bad
generators. I was actually going to go up there and check it
out some more as it is warm today. No heat in the cabin. </div>
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I've seen these symptoms before. The problem was a failed
output relay on the ac board.<br class="">
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Blue Mountain Solar<br class="">
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<div class="">I wonder if anyone can tell me what is happening
here?</div>
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<div class="">I have an Outback VFX that I used for my own home
from 2006-2018. It\u2019s a 50Hz 240V unit, but similar
otherwise to any other 48V VFX. It was working well
when disconnected. I needed to replace the inverter
system for other reasons.</div>
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<div class="">I installed this for a neighbour recently on his
48V system, and it apparently worked when I left the
building.</div>
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<div class="">Now it\u2019s not working. When \u201coff\u201d it shows a
warning for temperatures sensor - fair enough I did
not install one. Maybe when it gets connected to a
generator it will be found a sensor. This is the only
error or fault with a yes.</div>
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<div class="">When \u201con\u201d it makes a reassuring buzz and both
lights come up green and there is no error or warning
in the Mate. Just one problem - no output. </div>
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<div class="">Another weird thing. I go to the status menu and
check meters STATUS/FX/METER output voltage and it
says \u201c4V\u201d. So it <u class="">knows</u> that it is not working
but it appears to have no qualms or misgivings about
this state of affairs. NO error, no warning, two
green lights.</div>
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<div class="">I tried rebooting with the battery fuse. I tried
resetting to factory defaults. No joy.</div>
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<div class="">I suppose I will take it to pieces and try to
figure out a hardware failure but I wonder if anyone
has seen this and can give me a clue?</div>
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<div class="">cheers</div>
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