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Xantrex Technology SW Series manuel d'utilisation

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     2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW Series Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 ™ SW Series Inverter/Chargers With Revision 4.01 Software Owner’s M anual[...]

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     2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW Series Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001[...]

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     2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW Series Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 PRODUCT MA TERIA LS PA CKA GE Thank y ou f or choosing Xantrex pr oducts to meet your powering needs. W e m ake every eff ort to ensure t[...]

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     2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001[...]

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    TA BLE OF CONTENTS  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 TA BLE OF CONTENTS IMPO RTANT SA FETY INST RUCT IONS ................................................................[...]

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    TA BLE OF CONTENTS  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 A PPENDIX ...........................................................................................................[...]

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    TA BLE OF CONTENTS  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 INDEX OF FIGURES Figure 1, Identification Label .....................................................................[...]

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    TA BLE OF CONTENTS  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 INDEX OF TA BLES Table 1, AC Input and Output W ir ing Connections ..................................................[...]

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    IMPORTA NT SA FETY INSTRUCTIONS  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 1 IMPORTA NT SA FETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS! This manual contains im portant s afety [...]

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    IMPORTA NT SA FETY INSTRUCTIONS Page 2  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 3. Use of batter y cable or cus tom attac hm ent not recom mended or sold by Xantrex T echnology [...]

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    IMPORTA NT SA FETY INSTRUCTIONS  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 3 10. GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS - This inverter /battery charger should be connected to a gr ounded, p[...]

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    IMPORTA NT SA FETY INSTRUCTIONS Page 4  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001[...]

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    INTRODUCTION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 5 INTRODUCTION Congratulations! You are the proud owner of the f inest inverter on the mar ket today - and one very co[...]

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    INTRODUCTION Page 6  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001[...]

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    UNIT IDENTIFICA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 7 UNIT IDENTIFICA TION This section describes the mark ing and location of the m odel and ser ial number s for[...]

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    UNIT IDENTIFICA TION Page 8  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001[...]

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    CONTROLS, INDICA TORS A ND COMPONENTS  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 9 CONTROLS, INDICA TORS A ND COMPONENTS The SW Series Inverter/Char gers have an integral, f [...]

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    CONTROLS, INDICA TORS A ND COMPONENTS Page 10  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 CONTRA ST CONTROL The CONTRAST adjustm ent enables you to adjust the contras t of the LCD [...]

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    CONTROLS, INDICA TORS A ND COMPONENTS  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 11 A C1 I N GOOD (Green) Indicates that AC power is pr esent at the AC HOT IN 1 and NEUTRAL I[...]

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    CONTROLS, INDICA TORS A ND COMPONENTS Page 12  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 AC S I D E Figure 4 shows the com ponents located on the AC s ide of the inverter . T he r[...]

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    CONTROLS, INDICA TORS A ND COMPONENTS  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 13 INTERNA L COMPONENTS A ND INDICATORS Additional com ponents and indicator s are loc ated b[...]

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    CONTROLS, INDICA TORS A ND COMPONENTS Page 14  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 A C SA FETY GROUND The AC Saf ety Ground is used to connect the inver ter chass is to the [...]

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    INSTA LLATION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 15 INSTA LLATION This sect ion is v ery important , sinc e it tells y ou how to properly install y our SW Series Inve[...]

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    INSTA LLATION Page 16  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 QUICK INSTALL This section pr ovides installers , licensed elec trical c ontractors , and k nowledgeable lay men t[...]

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    INSTA LLATION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 17 COMPLETE I NSTA LL UNPA CKING Before beginning, unpack the inverter/c harger; rec ord the serial number on the ins[...]

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    INSTA LLATION Page 18  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Use 1/4" m inim um diam eter bolts for m ounting. The m ounting m ust be c apable of suppor ting twice the we[...]

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    INSTA LLATION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 19 Note: The three neutr al term inals are c om mon to eac h other and c an be used in any combination or order. In a[...]

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    INSTA LLATION Page 20  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 A C INSTALLA T ION GUIDELINES The f ollowing steps are a bas ic guideline for installation and connec tion of the [...]

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    INSTA LLATION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 21 120 VA C GROUND FA ULT INT ERRUPT OUT LETS (G FI ’ S) Xantrex has tested the f ollowing 120 VAC GFI ’ s and fo[...]

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    INSTA LLATION Page 22  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 DC WIRING CAUTION: The inver ter’ s maximum peak curr ent requirements are high. If battery cables are too small[...]

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    INSTA LLATION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 23 DC DISCONNECT A ND OVERCURRE NT PROTECT ION For safety and to comply w ith regulations, battery over-current pr ot[...]

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    INSTA LLATION Page 24  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 BA TTERY CABLE CONNE CTIONS Cables m ust have cr im ped (or pref erably, soldered and crim ped) copper com pres si[...]

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    INSTA LLATION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 25 CONTROL WIRING More advanced inst allations will require additional wiring to interfac e the inverter to other com[...]

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    INSTA LLATION Page 26  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 SYSTEM GROUNDING GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS - T his inver ter/charger should be connec ted to a grounded, perm anent w[...]

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    INSTA LLATION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 27 In some countries , the neutral is not bonded to the grounding system. T his m eans you may not know when a fault [...]

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    INSTA LLATION Page 28  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Figure 13, Neutral-T o-Ground Bond Switc hing: External AC Sourc e Connected Figure 14, graphically shows the curr[...]

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    INSTA LLATION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 29 GROUNDING VS. LIGHTNING This inform ation is intended to provide basic gr ounding techniques that will help preven[...]

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    INSTA LLATION Page 30  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001[...]

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    FUNCTIONA L TEST  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 31 FUNCTIONA L TEST Once the AC and DC wiring have been installed and connected, tak e a mom ent to go bac k over [...]

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    FUNCTIONA L TEST Page 32  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 33 MENU SYSTEM OVERVIEW The operation of the inverter is determined by the settings in the m enu system. T he m enu sys[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM Page 34  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 USER ME NU M AP Menu Heading The values shown are the fact ory default val ues for Model SW 2512. Menu Item Setpoint[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 35 SETUP ME NU M AP The SETUP MENU prov ides all the co ntrols and settings needed wh en inst alling or adjust ing t he[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM Page 36  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 USER MENU The USER M ENU provides all the controls and settings needed on a daily basis. It allows you to turn on th[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 37 INVERTER MODE (1) MENU HEA DING Set Inverter OFF SRCH ON CHG Allows turning the inverter ON and OFF , enabling the S[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM Page 38  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 • ON - Start s the gen erator that is contro lled by the inverter. If this position is s elected, it will manually[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 39 Load Start Amps Ready NO If YES is dis played, it indicates that the automatic cont rol sy stem has star ted or is a[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM Page 40  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 METERS (4) ME NU HEA DING The curr ent meters provided measur e only the real, in phase com ponent of the c urrent. [...]

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    MENU SYSTEM  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 41 Grid (AC1) volts AC 120 Grid (AC1) volts AC 230 Grid (AC1) volts AC 105 Grid (AC1) volts 220 Standard models Range: [...]

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    MENU SYSTEM Page 42  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 High Battery voltage NO Battery voltage w as above the HIGH BATTERY CUT OUT VDC setting. This can be caus ed by the [...]

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    MENU SYSTEM  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 43 The ERROR LED can be us ed to indicate when the generator fr equency is well adjus ted. W hen the frequenc y is with[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM Page 44  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 SETUP ME NU The SETUP M ENU provides all the controls and settings needed w hen installing or adjusting the system. [...]

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    MENU SYSTEM  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 45 INVERTER SETUP (9) MENU HEA DING Set Grid Usage FLT SELL SLT LBX • FLT - Float will try to maintain the batteries [...]

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    MENU SYSTEM Page 46  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Set Low Battery cut out VDC 11.0 Set Low Battery cut out VDC 22.0 Set Low Battery cut out VDC 44.0 12 VDC models Ran[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 47 BA TTERY CHA RGING (1 0 ) MENU HEA DING Note: See the battery section of this m anual for recom m ended setting f or[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM Page 48  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Set Max Charge amps AC 20 Set Max Charge amps AC 30 Set Max Charge amps AC 15 Set Max Charge amps AC 35 12 VDC model[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 49 GEN A UTO STA RT SETUP (12) MENU HEADING Set Load Start amps AC 33 All models Range: 00 to 63 Sets the AC load curr [...]

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    MENU SYSTEM Page 50  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Set Exercise period days 30 All models Range: 00 to 255 Sets a m axim um num ber of days allowed between operation o[...]

  • Page 59

    MENU SYSTEM  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 51 Set Pre Crank seconds 10 All Models Range: 00 to 255 Sets the num ber of s econds the s y stem delays closing of rel[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM Page 52  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Set Relay 9 volts DC 14.5 Set Relay 9 volts DC 29.0 Set Relay 9 volts DC 58.0 12 VDC M odels Range: 05.0 to 17.6 24 [...]

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    MENU SYSTEM  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 53 BULK CHA RGE TRIGGER TIMER (15) MENU HEA DING Set Start Bulk time 00:00 All Models Range: 00:00 to 23:50 Starts the [...]

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    MENU SYSTEM Page 54  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 BA TTERY SELLING (17) MENU HEA DING Note: See the battery section of this m anual for recom m ended settings for dif[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 55 In either m ode, the SET START BULK TIM E menu item s etting under the BULK CHARGE TRIGGER TIMER (15) menu heading c[...]

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    MENU SYSTEM Page 56  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001[...]

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    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 57 OPERA TION The SW Series Inverter/Charger c an be conf igured as a sim ple stand- alone unit, working in c onjunction[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 58  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Figure 18, Trac e ™ SW Series Inver ter Output W aveform The invert er is able to synchronize with other AC sources[...]

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    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 59 POWER VS. EFFICIENCY There are two primary losses that com bine to create the ef ficiency curve of the SW Series inve[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 60  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 INVERTER CA PA CITY VS TEM PERA TURE The curr ent protection circ uit in the SW Series Inver ter/Charger is temper at[...]

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    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 61 OPERA TING MODES The SW Ser ies Inverter/Charger can be used in a wide variety and combination of operating m odes: ?[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 62  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 INVERTER M O DE IN BRIEF The inverter m ak es a stepped approxim ation to a sine wave. The num ber of s teps typicall[...]

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    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 63 Example A : If the SEARCH WATTS is set at 32 and a 30-watt incandesc ent light is turned on, the inverter will detect[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 64  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 CHA RGER MODE IN BRIEF W hen AC power is available, the inverter can operate as a very powerful battery charger with [...]

  • Page 73

    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 65 BA TTERY TEMPERA TURE SENSOR (BTS) Figure 22, BTS (Batter y Temperature Sens or) A plug-in external Batter y Tem pera[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 66  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 A C CURRENT LEVEL The m axim um cur rent draw into the AC H O T I N 1 term inal can be adj usted by the SET GRID (AC1[...]

  • Page 75

    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 67 Once the battery voltage nears the BULK VOLTS DC setting, the voltage will be held at this level while the current in[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 68  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 The battery manufac turer or s upplier should be c onsulted befor e equalizing to provide the recom m ended process a[...]

  • Page 77

    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 69 INVERTER/CHARGER MODE IN BRIEF The SW Series Inverter/Charger is capable of autom atic ally transf erring AC loads f [...]

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    OPERA TION Page 70  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 W hile connected to the utility , the battery charger will be engaged. Som e applications m ay want to allow the alte[...]

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    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 71 GENERA TOR SUPPORT MODE IN BRIEF The fac tory default settings are intended to operate the inverter as an inverter/c [...]

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    OPERA TION Page 72  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 GENERA TOR SUPPORT/OVERLOA D PROTECTION This battery charger is quite powerful and, without limits, c ould overload a[...]

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    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 73 A UTOMA TIC GENERA TOR CONTROL MO DE IN BRIEF Automatic start/stop c ontrol of a back -up generator c an be used with[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 74  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 GEN CONTROL RELA YS CA UTION: All circuits connecting t he auto gen erator cont rol system MUST be pro tected wit h f[...]

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    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 75 (3) Time (Exercise Perio d Days): The gener ator is autom atically started at a pre-s elected tim e whenever it excee[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 76  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 GENERA TOR A UTO START REQUIREMENTS A ND TYPES In order for the generator to be autom atically started, it m us t inc[...]

  • Page 85

    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 77 THREE-WIRE START GENERA TO RS Three- wire st art generato rs do not include automat ic engin e crankin g con trol sys[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 78  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Most diesel generators are controlled like the Onan ty pe, except that they also require that glow plugs be operated [...]

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    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 79 GENERA T OR STOP COOL DOWN PERIOD W hen the autom atic generator s top system is us ed to stop the generator , the ge[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 80  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 EQUA LIZA TION CHARGING, A UTOMA TIC GENERA TOR CONTROL SYSTEM An automatic equalization charge process is available [...]

  • Page 89

    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 81 UTILITY BACKUP MODE IN BRIEF SW Ser ies Inverter /Charger s pr ovide an excellent utility sy stem back up under the m[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 82  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 UTILITY SUPPORT/OVERLOA D PROTECTION This battery charger is very pow erful and without limits could draw mor e curre[...]

  • Page 91

    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 83 UTIL ITY INT ERA CTIVE MODE IN BRIEF In this mode, SW Series Inverter/Chargers can be used to m ove power f rom the D[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 84  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 THEORY OF OPERA TION W hen SELL m ode is selec ted from the SET GRID USAGE menu item loc ated under the INVERTER SETU[...]

  • Page 93

    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 85 SELLING POWER - FROM A DC CHA RGING SOURCE The sim plest and default oper ation of the SW Series Inverter/Charger in [...]

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    OPERA TION Page 86  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 SELLING POWER - STORED IN THE BA TTERIES Power stored in the batteries c an also be s old into the utility grid. This[...]

  • Page 95

    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 87 A system that incl udes 2400 watts of sola r array i s able to produce approximately 18 amps of AC power at 120 VAC. [...]

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    OPERA TION Page 88  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 UTILITY INTERA CTIVE OPERA TION W ITH UTILITY BA CKUP The SW Ser ies Inverter/Char ger is capable of operating both a[...]

  • Page 97

    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 89 NORM. OPEN RELA SOLA R A RRAY +P -N 120VAC COIL +P -N BA TTERY BANK SW - SERIES INVERT ER AUX RELAY 9 COM . AUX RELAY[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 90  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 EN E R GY MA N A GE MEN T MOD E IN BRIEF The purpose of this m ode is to m anage how utility pow er is used. O ne m e[...]

  • Page 99

    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 91 The system should be designed s o that the battery is able to operate the loads for the entir e peak r ate period wit[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 92  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 PEA K LOA D SHA VING MODE IN BR IEF The invert er can also be us ed to lim it the m axim um draw the AC loads place o[...]

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    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 93 LOW BA TTERY TRA NSFER (LBX) M ODE Low Battery Tr ansfer mode is an alternative way of operating “ off the gr id ?[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 94  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Once the sy stem has transferr ed back to the battery , the battery voltage will continue to increase if the power fr[...]

  • Page 103

    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 95 USING MULTIPLE INVERTERS Multiple SW Series Inver ter/Charger s can be used in the sam e sy stem . There are som e li[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 96  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 240 VA C/60 HZ ONLY ELECTR ICA L SYST EMS Two 120 VAC / 60 HZ inverter s “ series ” stacked c an be used to provi[...]

  • Page 105

    OPERA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 97 BA TTERY CHA RGING WITH MULTIPLE INVERTERS The inverters can operate in parallel as battery chargers f r om the sam e[...]

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    OPERA TION Page 98  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001[...]

  • Page 107

    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 99 TECHNICA L INFORMA TION BA TTERY TYPE This section of the manual is included to help you better understa[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 100  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Type 8D batteries are available with either crank ing or deep cycle construction. T he deep cycle versi[...]

  • Page 109

    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 101 BA TTERY SIZING Batteries are the invert er ’ s fuel tank . T he larger the batteries , the longer th[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 102  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 BA TTERY BA NK SI ZING EXA MPLE Comp lete the steps that f ollow to calculate your inverter ’ s batte[...]

  • Page 111

    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 103 WORKSHEET Complete the s teps that f ollow to calculate your inverter ’ s battery bank capacity. STEP[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 104  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 BA TTERY CA RE AND MA INTENA NCE If you have read the battery charger m ode sec tion of this manual, yo[...]

  • Page 113

    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 105 MONTHLY MA INTENA NCE At the minim um , c heck the level of the electr oly te in each battery cell once[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 106  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 BA TTERY INSTA LLA TI ON CA UTION: Batteries can produce extremely high currents if t hey are short-cir[...]

  • Page 115

    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 107 BA TTERY HOOK-UP CONFIGURA TIONS Battery banks of s ubstantial size are generally created by connec tin[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 108  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 PA RA LLEL CONNECTION Batteries are connected in parallel when all the positive term inals of a group o[...]

  • Page 117

    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 109 Each individual 6-volt battery capacity = 100 amp hours NOTE : If “ cross- tying ” is not required,[...]

  • Page 118

    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 110  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 BA TTERY CA BLE I NDUCTA NCE W hen current pas ses thr ough a conductor a m agnetic field is s et up ar[...]

  • Page 119

    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 111 A PPLIC A TIONS RESISTIVE LOA DS Thes e are the loads that the inverter f inds the sim ples t and m ost[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 112  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Page 1 INVERT ER - If ERROR LED com es on, s ee ERROR CA USE S secti on PROBLEM I[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 113 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Page 2 BA TTERY CHARGER - If ERROR LED comes on, s ee ERROR CA USE S secti on. PR[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 114  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Page 3 ERROR CA USE S - ERROR LED is On or Flashing ( look under the ERR OR CAUSE[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 115 INVERTER/CHARGER TERMINOLOGY The following is a glossary of term s with which y ou may not be fam iliar[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 116  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Load(s) - Any electrical item which draws power. (i . e., lights, radio, washer/dryer, refrigerator , e[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 117 Stacking: Series - T wo inverters operating together to produce twice the power and voltage of a single[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 118  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 SPECIFICA TIONS A ND FEA TURES (60 Hz Models) Note: All specifications are subjec t to change without n[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 119 SPECIFICA TIONS A ND FEA TURES (50 Hz Models) Note: All specifications are subjec t to change without n[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 120  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 DIM ENSIO NS Figure 37, SW Series Dimensio ns: With AC A ccess Cove rs – Showing Knockout Sizes[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 121 INSTA LLA TION DIAGRA M S The f ollowing diagrams and infor mation is provided to ass ist you or y our [...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 122  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Figure 39, Installation Diagram, 240 VAC, 3 W ire, G rid Connected, Gener ator Backup[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 123 USER SETTINGS WORKSHEETS Your SW Series Inverter/Charger m ay have USER and/or SETUP operating s etting[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 124  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 SETUP MENU – 12 VDC (120 VA C/60HZ) MODELS To access th e SETUP M ENU , pres s the RED and GREEN butt[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 125 SETUP MENU – 24 VDC (120 VA C/60HZ) MODELS To access th e SETUP M ENU , pres s the RED and GREEN butt[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION Page 126  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 SETUP MENU – 48 VDC (120 VA C/60HZ) MODELS To access th e SETUP M ENU , pres s the RED and GREEN butt[...]

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    TECHNICA L INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 127[...]

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    A PPENDIX Page 128  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 A PPENDIX OPTIONS Options available f or the SW Series Inver ter/Charger inc lude a choic e of rem ote controls , and[...]

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    A PPENDIX  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 129 OTHER PRODUCTS Contact your Xantrex dealer for details of any of the products be low. C40 MULTI-FUNCTION CONTROLLER T[...]

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    A PPENDIX Page 130  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 REFERENCE TA BLES A ND GRAPHS Table 9, Power Consumption O f Common Appliances TIM E IN M INUTES A PPLIA NCE WA TTS 5[...]

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    A PPENDIX  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 131 Note: Sizes shown are for the conductor – do not include any insulation when determining your wire siz e. Figure 40[...]

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    A PPENDIX Page 132  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Table 13, Recommended Minimum AC Wire Sizes (75 ° C) INVERTER MOD E L FULL PA SS-T HRU CA PA BILIT Y FUSE/BREAKER RE[...]

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    A PPENDIX  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 133 Storage Checklist If the SW Series Inverter/Charger is used in a vehicular application suc h as a m otor coac h, truc[...]

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    A PPENDIX Page 134  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001[...]

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    WA RRA NTY/REPA IR INFORMA TION  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 135 WA RRA NTY/REPA IR INFORMA TION LIM ITED WARRA NTY Xantrex T echnology Inc. warrants its power [...]

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    WA RRA NTY/REPA IR INFORMA TION Page 136  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 WA RRA NTY OR REPAIR SERVICE REQUIRED If y our product needs repair at the fac tory, it must be[...]

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    INDEX  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 137 INDEX A Absorp tion Time .............................................................. 100 AC Inputs, Menu (11) ........[...]

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    INDEX Page 138  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 RESET TO FACTO RY DEFAU LTS Button ................... 10 Contr ol Wiring ...............................................[...]

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    INDEX  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 139 Cool Dow n Per iod.................................................... 75, 79 Equaliz ation Char ging....................[...]

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    INDEX Page 140  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Menu ( 1) Inverter Mode .................................................... 37 Menu ( 2) Gener ator Mode ...............[...]

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    INDEX  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 Page 141 Set Generator, M enu ( 2) ................................................... 37 Set Grid (AC1) Amps AC, Menu (11) ......[...]

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    INDEX Page 142  2001 Xantrex Technology, Inc. 5916 - 195th Street N. E. Arlington, W A 98223 Telephone: 360/435-8826 Fax: 360/435-2229 www.traceengineering.com SW S eries Inverter/Charger Part No. 2031-5 Rev. C: February 2001 User Se ttings .............................................................. 123 Setup Menu – 12 VDC .................[...]

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