idoboats
Solar Prepper
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2020
- Messages
- 17
I just installed two Trace sw5548s. There is a 60kw lifepo4 battery bank hooked up. I am running it off grid, no a/c input. I have the ribbon cable installed. I measure close to 120v from each inverter, 240v between the two hots going into a box that goes to a manual transfer switch in my house. I measure the same voltages at the transfer switch. I am having trouble powering my loads. I know that the inverters don’t have a true sine wave. Could there be something wrong with them where they are no longer delivering their rated amps? I am tentatively trying different loads. It seems that the Mr Cools are ok and even the TVs, but the dryer didn’t like it, nor did the Sub-Zero, and some of our led lamps fluxuated between from not so bright andvery dim. When I first flipped these inverters on, I did so more aggressively and blew power strips and tripped gfcis (also got the over current light on one Trace). Thank goodness my wife’s fancy robot vacuum was on a surge suppressor. We have been using Growatts to power all of the above loads with few problems. I already owned the Traces and wanted to add them to our system. My strength is more in the installation phase. I always cringe when I got to turn things on and make them work.