Long story short, I've gotta house my inverter in my office on a temporary basis. Last night, I did the initial setup of the inverter and batteries, and planned to use both as a large UPS (uninterruptible power supply) for a bunch of computers I'm running.
But I've noticed that the fan on the 6500EX is _always_ running, even when the batteries are full and the inverter presumably should be off. In other words, even when the unit is just routing utility power to load, the fans are still pretty loud.
Are other all-in-ones any quieter? Or should I look at separate components if I want to make something that's noticeably quieter?
Worth noting for anyone else doing the same: cranking down the maximum utility charging current (setting/program 11) from 30A to 10A made a big difference in terms of noise. And actually until I did that, I was getting code 61 warnings (battery communication?) perhaps because the unit was drawing too much current for the circuit.
But I've noticed that the fan on the 6500EX is _always_ running, even when the batteries are full and the inverter presumably should be off. In other words, even when the unit is just routing utility power to load, the fans are still pretty loud.
Are other all-in-ones any quieter? Or should I look at separate components if I want to make something that's noticeably quieter?
Worth noting for anyone else doing the same: cranking down the maximum utility charging current (setting/program 11) from 30A to 10A made a big difference in terms of noise. And actually until I did that, I was getting code 61 warnings (battery communication?) perhaps because the unit was drawing too much current for the circuit.
