The room is not overly dusty, but a little. The intake screens look
clean. The charge was at around 30 ADC and had been going for around an
hour.
The smell seems to have dissipated, and the unit is still working fine.
It must have been due to some particles that had gotten in. Blowing out
the interior with compressed air seems like a good suggestion.
Thanks,
Drake
Drake Chamberlin
Athens Electric LLC
Ohio Electrical Contractor's License 44810
CO Master Electrician's License 4526
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
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On 2021-12-29 11:08, Dana Orzel wrote:
Another thought -
Open up the Radian & do a really thorough compressed air blow out of
the cabinet interior?
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From: RE-wrenches <[email protected]> On Behalf
Of Jerry Shafer
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 9:05 AM
To: RE-wrenches <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Smell from Radian
Drake
These inverters are indoor rated so dust cans still get inside and if
the humidity is high and there is dirt on the boards they omit an odor
now I can not say I have ever smelled corn chips but anything is
possible, now to get the important info, how hard was the charge, how
long was the charge, what was the ambient temperature, the environment
the inverter is residing, condition of the inlet screens, is the room
dusty, musty or clean and simi habitable, lastly, can criders get on
top of the inverters,
On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 6:57 AM <[email protected]>
wrote:
A 8048 Radian emitted a smell while charging batteries. It smelled
like
Fritos corn chips. The smell seemed to come out of the exhaust vent on
top of the box.
Has anyone experienced this? Would you suspect electronic components
frying or just some dust?
Thanks,
Drake
Drake Chamberlin
Athens Electric LLC
Ohio Electrical Contractor's License 44810
CO Master Electrician's License 4526
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
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