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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Matt/Colleagues:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">This could be a case of elevated THD on the voltage waveform during battery charging. We wrote a case study on this problem. See this <a href="https://millersolar.com/MillerSolar/case_studies/case_studies.html">link</a>, Case Study number 25. I hope information contained in this study helps you resolve this issue.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Miller Solar</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">805-438-5600</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.millersolar.com/"><span style="color:blue">www.millersolar.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">CA Lic. 773985</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> RE-wrenches [mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matt Sherald<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 15, 2020 8:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] Puzzle: Dryer does not work during FXR battery charging</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hello All,</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">My curiosity was piqued by a recent customer complaint. I'm hoping someone has bumped up against this issue before.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The customer has a OB FXR2812 and a 3,000W Honda gen. </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Her gas clothes dryer runs just fine off the OB inverter.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It runs properly on the Honda gen (when the inverter is bypassed)</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It will not run when the gen is on and battery charging is taking place.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">All the other AC loads (including the washing machine) run properly during battery charging with the gen.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The OB inverter replaced an old Trace unit. The dryer worked as it should with the Trace during battery charging.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!</p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>-- </p><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Matt Sherald</p></div><p class="MsoNormal">PIMBY Energy, LLC</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer®</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">304-704-5943</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.getpimby.blogspot.com" target="_blank">www.getpimby.blogspot.com</a><br><a href="http://www.getpimby.com" target="_blank">www.getpimby.com</a></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>