Kent:
From the Flex Net DC manual, page 16: "OutBack strongly recommends using
the AGS function of the MATE to control a generator." I assume from your
post, you are using the Auto mode to have the relay control a generator, a
practice that the above quotation recommends against. This may relate
directly to your problems.
I have no experience with the Flex Net but I took this opportunity to
review the manual more thoroughly than I have previously. My conclusion is
that the Flex Net is a great tool for the technically inclined but offers a
minimal convenience for the lay person. The State of Charge function may
be a more realistic method of determining actual state of charge, but if it
operates at all like the E-meter or the Tri-Metric, it is prone to
inaccuracy. The variables associated with individual battery banks,
particularly as they age, make accurate calibration a moving
target. Overall, the Flex net has the potential to increase customer
confusion with a proliferation of synoptic (overly succinct) menus.
Again, I call on the technicians in the industry to create a user interface
with the lay person in mind. See previous rant.
I may find I recommend this system for remote locations so I can poll
statistics and interpret for the client, but I will not train a client on
the use of this unless he or she is particularly inclined.
Anyone else have an opinion on the Flex net system?
William Miller
At 12:13 PM 10/14/2009, you wrote:
Has anyone besides me had problems using the relay in the Outback
FNDC? I've had three different customers report that their generators
failed to turn off.
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Kent Osterberg
Blue Mountain Solar, Inc.
<http://www.bluemountainsolar.com/>www.bluemountainsolar.com
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