Trace reply: Charger drops offline [RE-wrenches]

[Chuck Heath, SunPower]

Steve Willey, Backwoods Solar, steve at backwoodssolar.com on 8/11 wrote:
>he probably means the Trace inverter reports generator solid.  That
>inverter, once kicked out back to inverter function only reads its own
>frequency.  You have to check the error causes list to see if the gen has
>gone out of freq or just use a separate meter.  Its common to have the
>gradually increasing battery charger load through a generator off freq and
>drop off charge, whereupon the generator restores its rpm and the inverter
>meter starts reading inverter frequency.  You would have to watch it through
>the whole cycle on gen frequency to catch the change starting if that is
>what goes on.
Steve is correct. I did not use the Fluke 87 for measurements, but I will 
do so next trip. 

The only Trace error message was after switching from AC-2 to AC-1, per 
Trace suggestions, when Ry 7 complained, and I switched to manually 
starting the Kohler instead of Ry 7, changing both the Trace and Kohler 
from the "auto" setting.

Hope to deal with this tomorrow. Stay tuned.

Cordially, Chuck _90° with 5% humidity, ah, so nice!_

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