DanielS
New Member
Yeah, there is entire professions that do this type of design work "not for free." I don't think anyone should be expecting that SS or Watts247 or any of the other "DISTRIBUTORS" should be held responsible for something now working they way you want or thought it should. There are a ton of reasons that things might not work correctly. This forum is intended for the community to help DIY folks to solve these problems.
I recently had a failure in an inverter and even though we (me or the distributor) can't pin point the cause of the failure, I'm happy with their response to replace the control board. Again that doesn't mean I can just hook everything back up and expect this problem not to return without doing something about it. It's possible the inverter just had a component failure, and it's also possible that I had something in my house cause a surge on the line.
In the end, this is DIY equipment and not engineered solutions for the plethora of different use cases that we try to put these devices through. I understand from a legal standpoint why they might be vague about installing information as there are so many different ways to connect these and some can be very dangerous. Even the great work that @Will Prowse does for this community can't cover all the different ways we try to use these things.
On the generator topic, I agree that it's likely best to have a separate 240VAC inverter that is just for your generator. That way it can operate completely independent of your Grid connection and PV and will only be DC coupled to your system rather than trying to charge batteries and pass-thru power to your loads.
I recently had a failure in an inverter and even though we (me or the distributor) can't pin point the cause of the failure, I'm happy with their response to replace the control board. Again that doesn't mean I can just hook everything back up and expect this problem not to return without doing something about it. It's possible the inverter just had a component failure, and it's also possible that I had something in my house cause a surge on the line.
In the end, this is DIY equipment and not engineered solutions for the plethora of different use cases that we try to put these devices through. I understand from a legal standpoint why they might be vague about installing information as there are so many different ways to connect these and some can be very dangerous. Even the great work that @Will Prowse does for this community can't cover all the different ways we try to use these things.
On the generator topic, I agree that it's likely best to have a separate 240VAC inverter that is just for your generator. That way it can operate completely independent of your Grid connection and PV and will only be DC coupled to your system rather than trying to charge batteries and pass-thru power to your loads.