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This is what not2bme said in another post so I didnt want to take from that posts shine...
I use a 2424LV-MSD right now and it runs most of my loads in my house. It all depends on what you consider small loads. For example my fridge only takes 200W to run but during start-up it probably spikes up to 1500W easily. If I had an existing load of1000W and the fridge kicks in, it will trip the inverter. I have it set to switch back to grid when that happens, and in 10 minutes it will switch back to battery. Same goes for my 3/4 HP pool pump. It takes 700-900W to run, but the starting surge is too much for the PIP. So for the first 10 minutes it runs on grid then it flips back to battery for the rest of the day. All those above mentioned are inductive loads. Resistive loads like toasters/computers/tv/stereo are fine and doesn't exhibit those surges. I also have a 12000btu mini-split A/C that works off a inverter compressor, so it doesn't cold start like a normal window unit a/c, and that works very well with my PIP.
How does the tripping the inverter and switching to grid power work? Is he saying that he just runs the inverter till its overloaded and it trips then (somehow without damaging equipment) it switches to grid power? Any help so I can understand this will help.. from what Im gathering from the above comment is that a person could have a small offgrid inverter connected to the grid power and when inverter gets overloaded (due to it being to small for all homes loads) it will just switch to grid power? Also what would happens if inverter tries to switch back on after 10 min and loads are still to high, it just trip again? Is there only certain inverters that can handle this constant overload and just trip safely and resume normal operation after 10 min.. I assume this has something to do with an ATS that sees the inverter isnt supplying power cuz it tripped and therefore lets grid supply but how does inverter start supplying loads again after 10 min?
I use a 2424LV-MSD right now and it runs most of my loads in my house. It all depends on what you consider small loads. For example my fridge only takes 200W to run but during start-up it probably spikes up to 1500W easily. If I had an existing load of1000W and the fridge kicks in, it will trip the inverter. I have it set to switch back to grid when that happens, and in 10 minutes it will switch back to battery. Same goes for my 3/4 HP pool pump. It takes 700-900W to run, but the starting surge is too much for the PIP. So for the first 10 minutes it runs on grid then it flips back to battery for the rest of the day. All those above mentioned are inductive loads. Resistive loads like toasters/computers/tv/stereo are fine and doesn't exhibit those surges. I also have a 12000btu mini-split A/C that works off a inverter compressor, so it doesn't cold start like a normal window unit a/c, and that works very well with my PIP.
How does the tripping the inverter and switching to grid power work? Is he saying that he just runs the inverter till its overloaded and it trips then (somehow without damaging equipment) it switches to grid power? Any help so I can understand this will help.. from what Im gathering from the above comment is that a person could have a small offgrid inverter connected to the grid power and when inverter gets overloaded (due to it being to small for all homes loads) it will just switch to grid power? Also what would happens if inverter tries to switch back on after 10 min and loads are still to high, it just trip again? Is there only certain inverters that can handle this constant overload and just trip safely and resume normal operation after 10 min.. I assume this has something to do with an ATS that sees the inverter isnt supplying power cuz it tripped and therefore lets grid supply but how does inverter start supplying loads again after 10 min?