That battery only powers the clock function of the Mate, the expected life of the CR2032 batteries is 5 years. If you do replace that battery you must remember to reset the clock, if not none of the timer functions will work.
Steve Higgins Sr Application Engineering Mgr Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. Direct: 360-618-4313 OutBack Power Technologies 19009 62nd Ave NE, Arlington, WA 98223 USA Tel: 360.435.6030 Fax: 360.435.6019 www.outbackpower.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roy Butler Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 12:09 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Mate Controller Issues I'm seeing a commonality here....2 years. Because I've also had this issue.....2-3 years into the Mate service life. How long do those coin batteries last in the Mates and could that even be an issue? Roy Butler NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer(r) NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer PA Sunshine Program Approved PV Installer Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC 8902 Route 46 Arkport, NY 14807 607-324-9747 www.four-winds-energy.com Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 12/9/2010 2:56 PM, Starlight Solar, Larry Crutcher wrote: Interesting. A customer from Baja, on the Sea of Cortez has a similar problem after 2 years trouble free. No ESD potential there. Rebooting the remote did not help. Did Outback pant a time bomb!! Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: Kirpal Khalsa <mailto:[email protected]> To: RE-wrenches <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 9:30 AM Subject: [RE-wrenches] Outback Mate Controller Issues Good Morning All......we have recently had 2 off grid outback systems go haywire.....both have been running perfectly for more than 2 years.....then all of a sudden the mate stops allowing AC inputs.....a variety of troubleshooting indicated all components were fine.....Outback support took care to help with the confirmation that all the components were fine......finally with us being stumped, tech support asked us to unplug the mate from the hub and replug it back in.....Voila! everything started working properly again......only setting that seemed to be changed and needed to be reset was that the chargers on the inverters were turned off and a few button pushes later and this was also restored...... Anyone else having any similar experiences? This is puzzling as we haven't ever had this kind of problem and for some coincidental reason we had two systems both with long term smooth operating histories have the same issue......we appreciated the quick, accessible, competent support from Outback tech support but remain puzzled as to what may have triggered these odd events......feedback appreciated! -- Sunny Regards, Kirpal Khalsa NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer Renewable Energy Systems www.oregonsolarworks.com 541-218-0201 m 541-592-3958 o ________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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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