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Inverter issues

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(@tylersourgeon)
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Inverter stopped working, green light but no display. Seems extremely warm. Left powered off for about 1 hour, no change when petted back on. Fan doesn't turn on either.


   
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(@sid-genetry-solar)
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just for thread continuity...did a video call, figured out that something had gone electrically wrong with the WiFi board (which controls the fans).  Sending replacement parts to solve the issue 😉.


   
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(@steve)
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I just had the FETs short on mine

Not sure what load it was running at the time as it died during the night

It was scheduled to charge my car (3.3KW) at 1am but I don't know if it was still running at that time


   
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(@dickson)
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I just had the FETs short on mine

Not sure what load it was running at the time as it died during the night

A  Powerjack inverter  will do this  and  I  never  know what happen .     Your GS 6kw should not blow FETs .  


   
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(@sid-genetry-solar)
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Posted by: @steve
I just had the FETs short on mine

cross-posting makes things awfully confusing...here it sounds like the GS went south on you?

If so, do you know what revision control board it has?


   
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(@sid-genetry-solar)
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FWIW...if you're using pre-packaged Lithium batteries (i.e. EG4, etc.), they tend to have a hair-trigger on overcurrent situations.  Especially on a 24v system, a startup surge can cause the batteries to trip--but this doesn't mean the inverter has failed.

As a matter of fact, I've heard (and witnessed via video call) from several customers that the startup surge from charging the inverter's main filter caps will cause EG4s to fault out.


   
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(@steve)
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Correct my GS 6k rev C blew FETs

I know about the hair trigger on my battery, verified it was the inverter 


   
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(@sid-genetry-solar)
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Weird.  We need to get replacement parts to you--and try to figure out what caused it to fail.


   
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