Recent content by AlanH

Thanks Rod.

Hi Guys, I have a Growatt SPF5000TL. Working fine but when I try and input from a 40 year old 3.75kw generator, it aknowledges a utility but doesn’t take any input. If I plug in a later genny, Obviously pure sine, it works. Is the issue that the old genny from the ‘80’s isn’t putting out a pure...

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I run two Chinese diesel heaters in the house, one in the bedroom, the other in the lounge. As long as they are just ticking over, they use very little. One in the van also.

We can thank Jerry Harvey for that!

You can still run 12v of the likes of 48v. I have three 12v batteries being charged at 36v but have a 12v inverter running off all 3 at 12V.

Bud

Hi Bud, sorry for the late reply. Been very busy. Bud, no it doesn’t make sense at all. I tend to think it will stay pretty much as a mystery. Ill get a pic in the morning mate.

Tim, did it the same with the isolator.

Bud, with the probe at the in of the breaker and the other probe on the out side, I get zero resistance. I did’nt bother with polarity off the meter. 90-120volts (depending on sun) were coming into the breaker. On the output side I was getting only about 1/4, 1/3 of the amount of volts. Now...

Input and output read zero.

Thanks Volvo, I’ll have a look mate.

Tim, I wouldn’t put it past me to muck it up, but the reading was the same with two breakers and two isolators. Even the controller recognised what I was seeing. Eliminated the breaker and away she went! Next day, fit breaker and all is good!

Yeah I know Bud. Its odd. Its fine now though. Go figure!

Guys. Just how Growatt are wording it.