Troubleshooting

Table 4 Basic Troubleshooting Steps

Symptom

Unusual LEDs

Possible Cause

Possible Remedy

 

 

 

 

 

None (Solid AC IN LED

Erratic AC source voltage.

Check AC voltage on the inverter’s input

 

is replaced with solid

 

 

 

terminals. If not consistent, the problem is

 

Inverter LED)

 

 

 

external. AC source voltage may have

 

 

 

 

 

 

dipped or hovered at a low enough point to

 

 

 

crash a sensitive load before the inverter

 

 

 

could take over.

 

 

 

MATE system display only: This can happen if

 

 

 

ac1/grid lower limit or ac2/gen lower limit

 

 

 

were turned down to accommodate a

 

 

 

problematic AC source.

 

 

 

MATE3 system display only: This can happen

 

 

 

if Lower Voltage Limit setting were turned

 

 

 

down to accommodate a problematic AC

 

 

 

source in either the Grid AC Input Voltage

 

 

 

Limits or Gen AC Input Voltage Limits

 

 

 

menus.

 

 

 

In either case, to make the inverter respond

 

 

 

sooner, raise the lower limit setting. (If this

 

 

 

setting was intentional, then no action is

 

 

 

required.)

 

 

 

 

 

Inverter LED flashes

Inverter set to SRCH (Search

The unit will take a moment to come out of

Loads drop out

 

mode).

 

Search mode after transferring.

 

 

or crash during

 

 

MATE system display only: If constant power

transfer.

 

 

 

 

 

is required, set to ON with the INV hot key.

 

 

 

(If this setting was intentional, then no

 

 

 

action is required.)

 

 

 

MATE3 system display only: Set to ON with

 

 

 

the INVERTER hot key. (If this setting

 

 

 

was intentional, then no action is required.)

 

 

 

 

 

None (Solid AC IN LED

Loads sensitive to inverter’s

This product is not an uninterruptible power

 

is replaced with solid

minimal transfer time.

supply. Certain loads (such as highly

 

Inverter LED)

 

sensitive computers) may not respond well

 

 

 

to the inverter’s 12 ms transfer time. It may

 

 

 

be necessary to put a true UPS on the

 

 

 

inverter’s output.

 

 

 

 

 

Inverter LED flickers;

Loads too large.

The unit can transfer more power than it can

 

Error LED

 

invert. If loads are oversized, the unit will

 

 

 

falter or crash when switching to batteries.

 

 

 

Reduce the size of the loads.

 

 

 

 

 

Inverter LED flickers;

Undersized battery cables.

Battery cables that are smaller than

 

Error LED

 

recommended will cause a significant

 

 

 

voltage drop when switching to batteries,

 

 

 

acting like either an overload or a

 

 

 

low-battery condition. Size all cables

 

 

 

correctly.

 

 

 

 

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