HI Mac I have been thinking about that since the first failure. Have you actually done that. I still have that controller sitting on my "to be repaired shelf. I.m going to try pulling the board on this one and see what happens, A new board did not fix it.
John On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 7:30 AM Mac Lewis via RE-wrenches < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, > > For a remote site like this, where I assume reliability is very > important, I would disable and pull out the arc fault board. They just > aren't reliable and don't have the smarts to auto reset or remotely reset. > > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 9:03 PM Ray Walters via RE-wrenches < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I haven't had an FM 100 go bad yet, but I've seen other models and >> brands of controllers stay stuck in Silent mode, or Sleep mode, when >> they failed. To avoid multiple trips to remote sites, I just swap it >> out with another, and then deal with getting the faulty controller >> repaired on my own time. Magnum used to provide a fresh unit, and as >> long as I sent the old one back within 30 days, there was no charge. >> >> Ray Walters >> Remote Solar >> >> On 12/10/2024 8:50 PM, John Blittersdorf via RE-wrenches wrote: >> > HI Wrenches, >> > I have an off grid site on an Island on auto pilot for the winter >> > with no access. The FM 100 >> > has remained in Silent mode even when the Array Voltage is around 150 >> > Volts and battery at 46V >> > I did get a response from Outback Tech support but they couldn't >> > figure out what happened. >> > I suspect that there is a ground or arc fault error which locks it up >> > til manually recycled. The problem is that there is no indication >> > found on Optics that there is a ground fault. >> > We would be totally in the dark except the original small solar array >> > with an Apollo CC with >> > about a kilowatt of solar has been dribbling in enough power to keep >> > above low battery cutoff >> > for a few hours each day. The system was up when I was on the tech >> > support call but has since quit for the day. Has anyone seen this >> before? >> > >> > John Blittersdorf >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> > >> > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org >> > >> > List Address: [email protected] >> > >> > Change listserver email address & settings: >> > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> > >> > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try >> the other: >> > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> > >> > List rules & etiquette: >> > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> > >> > Check out or update participant bios: >> > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org >> >> List Address: [email protected] >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the >> other: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> > > -- > > > > Mac Lewis > > *"Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates* > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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