longcreekridge
New Member
Hello y'all,
Relatively new to all this and really could use some help. I have a 280ah PowerPro battery (indoor) and a 6000xp, wired to a 100a panel, running a woodshop inside a barn at a remote homestead. No grid tie at present, but maybe soon. Have a temporary, quick and dirty array using five 400w Hyperion bifacials, still building the mounts to hold an eventual ten.
Battery charges just fine, usage is still pretty low as I get up to speed with the shop. I'm usually topped off by noon and haven't gone below 90% SOC in the three weeks the system has been running.
I have, however, had three issues that I cannot seem to diagnose or solve:
1. The biggest problem is that my 2 HP Harbor Freight dust collector triggers a E022 "Over Current" fault. I've only tried it about 5 times, happens every time. This dust collector has a big startup/surge draw but runs absolutely fine on an extension cord plugged into a 20amp breaker on my power pole ~75 ft. away. When I mentioned this on the Facebook group, I got a lot of suggestions to get a soft start. Tried a pretty robust plug in model (G11 Torque Tamer) and still get the same fault and shutdown. If I have simply hit the limit on the 6000xp's capabilities, so be it, I will try to find a more efficient and/or 240v dust collector, but I can't make sense of why this thing runs fine on 20amp grid power. This is a 120v motor, running on its own breaker and a different line (L2) than the other tools, though I have tried it on the tool circuit with the same results.
2. The second problem is more intermittent. Maybe one of every ten times I go to run my miter saw, the green "Normal" light goes off and power cuts out. No fault registered, no red light. Cycling the inverter returns everything to normal and the saw starts and runs fine until the same thing happens, hours or days later. No pattern I can detect except for (maybe) too short an interval between power on and off using the saw in quick bursts. Power cord on the saw is old and could probably use a replacement, which I will do soon.
3. The last problem is rare, and to my knowledge has only happened during one episode, but I'm not at this location all the time and only recently got the dongle set up and a cellular internet signal to keep it connected full time. During peak production hours one day, I got multiple E019 "Bus Voltage Too High" faults despite the fact that I'm only running five panels, with at most 180v. Battery was full. I cut the PV switch (as well as the external breaker) for a few hours, powered everything down and back up, and all was fine later.
Any help running down or solving these problems would be hugely appreciated. Adding some other details below, in case any of them are relevant.
- I had some trouble getting the 2/0 lugs I found at Advance Auto onto the PowerPro battery cables. Ended up using my hydraulic crimper to compress the wire bundle a bit before getting the lug on and crimping down. It's not the best looking crimp of all time, but it is on there very tight. Could these issues all be related to a less than perfect battery > inverter connection?
- One of my panels was totally cracked during a rather careless offload into my driveway. All the other panels look (and seem to perform) just fine, but could small cracks or a break in the seal cause the Bus Voltage/PV input weirdness?
-My grounding setup is as follows: Panels wired together and last one wired to a buried ground rod, which is also tied to a second ground rod 10 feet away, which in turn is tied to the breaker panel. Neutral and ground bonded inside panel, disabled on inverter.
-Updated and running latest firmware.
Relatively new to all this and really could use some help. I have a 280ah PowerPro battery (indoor) and a 6000xp, wired to a 100a panel, running a woodshop inside a barn at a remote homestead. No grid tie at present, but maybe soon. Have a temporary, quick and dirty array using five 400w Hyperion bifacials, still building the mounts to hold an eventual ten.
Battery charges just fine, usage is still pretty low as I get up to speed with the shop. I'm usually topped off by noon and haven't gone below 90% SOC in the three weeks the system has been running.
I have, however, had three issues that I cannot seem to diagnose or solve:
1. The biggest problem is that my 2 HP Harbor Freight dust collector triggers a E022 "Over Current" fault. I've only tried it about 5 times, happens every time. This dust collector has a big startup/surge draw but runs absolutely fine on an extension cord plugged into a 20amp breaker on my power pole ~75 ft. away. When I mentioned this on the Facebook group, I got a lot of suggestions to get a soft start. Tried a pretty robust plug in model (G11 Torque Tamer) and still get the same fault and shutdown. If I have simply hit the limit on the 6000xp's capabilities, so be it, I will try to find a more efficient and/or 240v dust collector, but I can't make sense of why this thing runs fine on 20amp grid power. This is a 120v motor, running on its own breaker and a different line (L2) than the other tools, though I have tried it on the tool circuit with the same results.
2. The second problem is more intermittent. Maybe one of every ten times I go to run my miter saw, the green "Normal" light goes off and power cuts out. No fault registered, no red light. Cycling the inverter returns everything to normal and the saw starts and runs fine until the same thing happens, hours or days later. No pattern I can detect except for (maybe) too short an interval between power on and off using the saw in quick bursts. Power cord on the saw is old and could probably use a replacement, which I will do soon.
3. The last problem is rare, and to my knowledge has only happened during one episode, but I'm not at this location all the time and only recently got the dongle set up and a cellular internet signal to keep it connected full time. During peak production hours one day, I got multiple E019 "Bus Voltage Too High" faults despite the fact that I'm only running five panels, with at most 180v. Battery was full. I cut the PV switch (as well as the external breaker) for a few hours, powered everything down and back up, and all was fine later.
Any help running down or solving these problems would be hugely appreciated. Adding some other details below, in case any of them are relevant.
- I had some trouble getting the 2/0 lugs I found at Advance Auto onto the PowerPro battery cables. Ended up using my hydraulic crimper to compress the wire bundle a bit before getting the lug on and crimping down. It's not the best looking crimp of all time, but it is on there very tight. Could these issues all be related to a less than perfect battery > inverter connection?
- One of my panels was totally cracked during a rather careless offload into my driveway. All the other panels look (and seem to perform) just fine, but could small cracks or a break in the seal cause the Bus Voltage/PV input weirdness?
-My grounding setup is as follows: Panels wired together and last one wired to a buried ground rod, which is also tied to a second ground rod 10 feet away, which in turn is tied to the breaker panel. Neutral and ground bonded inside panel, disabled on inverter.
-Updated and running latest firmware.