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  • Post in thread: An Outback Skybox revival story

    So I ended up getting a brand new skybox and was going to take the loss on the used one but the new inverter has a bad mains relay that welded closed. They are sending me another top piece so I took apart the 2 dead inverters before I sent them to the recycling center. Removed the main board to...
  • Post in thread: Grid tied micro inverters adding a battery

    I have looked and can't seem to find a clear answer. Or maybe I'm terrible at asking questions :) I have an enphase solar system with iq7 micro inverters. I also have a 15KWh battery bank that I want to add as a back up and have the battery power the house at night when it isn't producing...
  • Post in thread: Grid tied micro inverters adding a battery

    Will an MPP Solar LVX6048WP do the job?
  • Post in thread: An Outback Skybox revival story

    Don't suppose anyone ever traced out some of the boards or got hold of a schematic?
  • Post in thread: An Outback Skybox revival story

    Very helpful. i noticed all of the test points on the backplane the "support" tech at outback would not tell me what they were or where they were connected to. I have bought a new skybox which a local power store had as a last in stock, when I get it mounted I'll A/B the test points and see...
  • Post in thread: An Outback Skybox revival story

    Just a note. You're using a 12V regulator for the power supply but the voltage from the AFCI is 5V (at least it is on mine). Other than a filter cap the regulator shouldn't be necessary
  • Post in thread: An Outback Skybox revival story

    Connected the grid and no difference so it isn't that. I think the 12V aux settings are in the skybox pages. Which multi connector do you mean? The AFCI 4 pin or that black/orange phoenix connector? And one other thing what revision is you main board? Mine says Rev E it's on the left near the...
  • Post in thread: An Outback Skybox revival story

    Thanks so much for this. I just got a skybox also missing the BOS. I'm running AC coupled but didn't know the whole things will not run with the arc fault. Saves me a whole lot of time hooking my scope and logic analyzer to the thing.
  • Post in thread: An Outback Skybox revival story

    Yeah, rsd jumper is in
  • Post in thread: An Outback Skybox revival story

    I only have the batteries connected, maybe need the grid connected too?
  • Post in thread: An Outback Skybox revival story

    No 12V at the Aux power tried setting it to RSD and AGS an didn't see any power. I am using an Arduino. Going to do some checking on the board I built, maybe the transistor isn't grounding pin 3
  • Post in thread: An Outback Skybox revival story

    actually, i went back and checked and its 3 Volts between pin 1 and ground. If I run the test it does jump up to about 7 volts I'm guessing pin 2 is a pulled down input somewhere and not true ground. only other thing I can think is I have the pins backwards. looking directly at the connector its...
  • Post in thread: An Outback Skybox revival story

    I'm guessing I have a brick on my hands. I powered the Arduino from the beagle board and added some code to flash the Arduino LEDs when pin 4 pulses came in. I could get a pass in the solar block but a power cycle brought the arc fault back up. I could also go into the skybox block and clear all...
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