jcollinsks
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I'm able to run my dryer, but it appears to overload one of the lines while I do it, not sure why it's not line balancing this 
6000XP line balance?
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ScrotusGobbleBottom
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Seems normal to me.
EG4_Jared
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The 6000XP would be limited to 3000W per line. With this being very close to the max output, I believe this would be normal.
ScrotusGobbleBottom
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Its your dryer not line balancing this. The heating element is on both legs. The motor is on one.
I see the EXACT same thing on my emporia Vue using grid power.
The equipment doesn't balance the lines, YOU do. You need to wire your system such that the draw of your equipment is balanced. Balancing isn't a function of the inverter, it's a function of the installer.
hwy17
Anti-Solar Enthusiast
An electric dryer is an inherently unbalanced load because of the drum motor being 120v.
It's like 4kW for the heating element, balanced so 2kW per leg plus maybe .5kW for the motor on one leg.
So that would be 2kW one leg and 2.5kW the other leg.
Figures for example, not actual numbers, I don't know the exact typical numbers for a dryer.
I imagine some of the new heat pump dryers might use inverter motors that take 240v input, so maybe some of those are totally balanced. Or if they're not an inverter motor at least just a total design taken from the 230v market so using a 230v AC motor.
It's like 4kW for the heating element, balanced so 2kW per leg plus maybe .5kW for the motor on one leg.
So that would be 2kW one leg and 2.5kW the other leg.
Figures for example, not actual numbers, I don't know the exact typical numbers for a dryer.
I imagine some of the new heat pump dryers might use inverter motors that take 240v input, so maybe some of those are totally balanced. Or if they're not an inverter motor at least just a total design taken from the 230v market so using a 230v AC motor.
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