Could someone recommend an electrician who knows what he is doing and can program a Xantrex Inverter and voltage regulator?
I did a search and read through as many of the numerous threads on inverters, but could not find answers to my questions.
I was having a problem with my inverter. It was using battery power, even though the street power was functioning. An ex-pat friend recommended an electrician. He came, adjusted my inverter, saying that in Perla Marina, the power (voltage) is often low. (Please know that I am no electrician and am explaining this to the best of my ability.) The electrician said that my system would function better with four more batteries, making 12 on my stack, and a voltage regulator.
I responded that I understood that if I put in new batteries, I must replace my older ones. He said that is not true when adding batteries.
So, now I have 12 batteries, a voltage regulator and an inverter that don't work right. When the power goes off, the breaker for my house trips. When the power goes back on, the inverter continues using battery power, not street power.
I think my electrician is in over his head. He only speak Spanish. I speak household Spanish, but since I know nothing of electricity and inverters and do not know the terminology he is using, Spanish-wise, I am truly at a loss.
Perhaps I have been taken to the cleaners. Or perhaps this is tricky for even the best electricians. Don't know.
I am a woman living here alone 90% of the time. I need someone I can trust who has the expertise to get the inverter correctly programmed and coordinated with the voltage regulator.
Know anyone???
Lindsey
I did a search and read through as many of the numerous threads on inverters, but could not find answers to my questions.
I was having a problem with my inverter. It was using battery power, even though the street power was functioning. An ex-pat friend recommended an electrician. He came, adjusted my inverter, saying that in Perla Marina, the power (voltage) is often low. (Please know that I am no electrician and am explaining this to the best of my ability.) The electrician said that my system would function better with four more batteries, making 12 on my stack, and a voltage regulator.
I responded that I understood that if I put in new batteries, I must replace my older ones. He said that is not true when adding batteries.
So, now I have 12 batteries, a voltage regulator and an inverter that don't work right. When the power goes off, the breaker for my house trips. When the power goes back on, the inverter continues using battery power, not street power.
I think my electrician is in over his head. He only speak Spanish. I speak household Spanish, but since I know nothing of electricity and inverters and do not know the terminology he is using, Spanish-wise, I am truly at a loss.
Perhaps I have been taken to the cleaners. Or perhaps this is tricky for even the best electricians. Don't know.
I am a woman living here alone 90% of the time. I need someone I can trust who has the expertise to get the inverter correctly programmed and coordinated with the voltage regulator.
Know anyone???
Lindsey
