CottonTexas
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I had to save up for quite some time to get my PIP-812-MS back in 2019. That was before the world got turned upside down, & I haven't been able to get it installed until about 2 weeks ago. After a coupla' hundred bucks in installation gear, I was over-the-moon that I finally had it plugged in & charging my battery from house-power. I scored a 5500watt QueenBee generator for super-cheap, & I headed out to do some boondocking. At this time of year A/C is REQUIRED, so I plugged one outlet of the generator to my portable A/C (sub-1Kw @ 110vAC), & the other to my AIO unit which was only running a single overhead 12v LED. I don't think it was a full minute before the alarm went off, & I got a fault code 09 (soft bus start failed). I turned the unit off, disconnected from the generator, & had a hard time communicating with the AIO via USB afterwards, but I was eventually able to check, & I got a single fault code of 07 (overload time out) along with a now-constant 05 fault (output short circuit detected). So far as I can tell I've toasted this unit It's so far out of warranty that it isn't funny, & I'll have to save up for forever to get a new one. The only thing that I've read about generators is from MPP Solar's site saying:
• Generator power is recommended to be 50% larger than the inverter rating to reduce chances of overload.
• Inverter-generator is recommended due to its cleaner output than conventional generators. Unsuitable generator output may be rejected by the inverter.
I guess I'll be selling this uber-cheap generator & mortgaging a Honda (or maybe going DC/DC setup) before trying that again.
So bummed,
Cotton
EDIT: bcuz spel-chek iz fur nurdz
• Generator power is recommended to be 50% larger than the inverter rating to reduce chances of overload.
• Inverter-generator is recommended due to its cleaner output than conventional generators. Unsuitable generator output may be rejected by the inverter.
I guess I'll be selling this uber-cheap generator & mortgaging a Honda (or maybe going DC/DC setup) before trying that again.
So bummed,
Cotton
EDIT: bcuz spel-chek iz fur nurdz
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