[RE-wrenches] the history of three Mate's

[Mac Lewis]

What version Hub?

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 9:55 AM Jerry Shafer <jerrysgarage01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> You may have a stacking error, l would verify that first
> Jerry
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 8:11 AM Chris Schaefer <chris at solarandwindfx.com>
> wrote:
>
>> G'Day All,
>>
>> Recently ran into an issue on a system installed by others. It's an
>> Outback FW1000 circa 2015 with a twin stack of VFX3648's. The system is
>> offgrid and charged solely by a 15kw propane fired generator with plenty of
>> hours on it. I'll be adding PV to it in the coming weeks. The system
>> originally came with a Mate Oval using the AGS. In late 2018 a second
>> installer replaced the oval with a Mate3, serial#  M307410. The system has
>> been working with the AGS feature flawlessly.
>>
>> A couple weeks back I received a call because the Mate3 had locked up. So
>> I arrived last week with a new Mate3s in hand, serial# MA2007F0100150 not a
>> Mate3. I removed the SD card from the Mate3 and installed it to the Mate3s.
>> It appeared that someone had saved a profile so I loaded it into the newest
>> Mate3s. After reviewing the settings I was satisfied with them and fired
>> everything up and then manually started the genny. After an hour or so I
>> shut down the genny again manually. The AC power went out and on the Mate3s
>> I received an event, "AC Out shorted Error". This seemed odd as there were
>> no other changes to the system other than to swap out of the Mate. Tried
>> this several times with the same results. Next I decided to turn off the
>> home's main breaker @ the SEP. Did not get any error's at the Mate3s. Next
>> I turned on the 200A main @ the SEP. Still good. Then one by one all the
>> breakers in the SEP. No error's and the power is back on. Fired up the
>> genny, then turned it off and the same error reappears.
>>
>> Here's where it gets really interesting. The client still had the old
>> oval Mate lying around so just for fun I reinstalled it and everything ran
>> perfectly. Say what?!?! At this point I'm leaning to either an
>> incompatibility issue with the new Mate3s and the older VFX inverters or
>> just a bad Mate3s. What say you?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Christopher-
>>
>> Chris Schaefer’s
>> <http:www.solarandwindfx.com>
>>
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>>
>>
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