There were originally 8 batteries in the set. 4 were just pulled out and the remaining 4 are temporary till the replacements arrive. The loads are 75 watts constant. But good point, this is a smaller bank now. I will put 4 more loaners in there to see what happens. The 4 batteries are strong, so i didn't expect a battery problem and it is getting the solar input daily also. As long as the sun holds out! Were entering dark season up here.....
I had forgotten the outback habit of strange error warnngs. Thanks, Bob On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:36 PM, William Miller <[email protected]>wrote: > Friends: > > A "Low AC Volts" error is very typical for a cave in battery voltage under > load. I've reported in this forum before the propensity of Outback > inverters to misreport error conditions. > > 4 L-16s is a very small battery bank. I would not be at all surprised if > this was indeed a battery or related wiring problem. > > William Miller > > > > > > At 05:18 PM 10/1/2009, you wrote: > > Content-Type: multipart/related; > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_016B_01CA42E1.ED2C51E0" > Content-Language: en-us > > Tom, > > The L-16’s are 6v. So, they all had to be in series to operate at 24v > (FX2024 is a 24v inverter). > Dave > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *The Office of Tom Duffy > *Sent:* Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:53 PM > *To:* 'RE-wrenches' > *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] FX2000 / Trojan battery question > > Bob > On the other note: Were the L-16s in series or series/parallel? Also were > the voltage readings and Hydrometer readings done on an active bank or “at > rest” and what were the readings? > > * Tom Duffy > ** Systems Design Engineer > * > [image: 4ce320d.jpg] > [email protected] > 575-539-2111 X 301 > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *robert ellison > *Sent:* Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:40 PM > *To:* RE-wrenches > *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] FX2000 / Trojan battery question > > Just visited a site with a 04 version FX2024 The inverter is shutting down > and showing "low AC output voltage" > It is hooked to 4 Trojan L-16 G batteries. When i arrived the voltage was > 23.8, the other day when i arrived it was 25.5 volts and shut down both > times with the same error showing. There are 1050 watts of panels and an MX > 60 on the battery bank also. In the past when the batteries went low it > would show a low battery error, so i don't expect that is the problem. Loads > are minimal > Disconnecting the battery or starting the generator clears the error. > > When i called Outback i was told there was a $250.00 "out of warranty > charge" as well as a retail of $1400 for the boards. She also insists it was > probably a bad battery bank, or at least needing an eq charge. It just had > one 9 days ago. The hydrometer readings are all close and the voltages > similar. > > Anyone run into this before and have any knowledge on this error? > > On another note, has anyone had any Trojan L-16 G batteries with cell > failures? The date code is J8 > I have had 2 in the last year, one was under warranty and the last one out > of warranty. > Anyone else had this problem or am i just unlucky? > > Thanks, > Bob > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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