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Owner’s Manual
V 3.2
DR SERIES
INVERTER/CHARGERS
Trac
e Engineering Com
pany
, Inc.
5916 195th Street N.E.
Arlington, W
A 98223
Tel (360)
435-8826
Fax (360) 435-
2229
Effective 9/7/98
PN: 830-5 Rev 3.2
2
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
5
Important Safety Instructions
7
Personal Precautions
8
Theory of Inverter Operation
9
Table of Figures FIGURE 1 , COMPARISON of AC WAVEFORMS
9
Figure 1 , Comparison of Ac Waveforms
9
Inverter Operation
10
Front Panel Controls and LED Indicators
10
Power On/Off
10
Inverter Mode LED
10
Figure 2, Control Panel
10
Search Mode Watts
11
Over Discharge Protection and AC Transfer Voltage
12
Figure 3, Odp Control
12
Figure 4, Recommended Discharge Cutoff Voltage Per Cell
12
AC Transfer Voltage
13
Battery Bank Capacity
13
Table 1, Ac Transfer Voltage
13
Protection Circuitry
14
Battery Charger
15
Charger Terminology
15
Three Stage Battery Charging
16
Battery Charger Controls and LED Indicator
17
Battery Type Selector
18
Table 2, Bulk, Float, and Equalize Voltages for Dr Series Inverters
18
Battery Charger Settings
19
Generator Requirements
20
Peak Voltage Available Vs. Charge Rate Amps
20
Table 3, Peak Voltage Vs. Charge Rate Amps
20
Table 4, Maximum Charge Rate with some Typical Generator Models
20
Batteries
21
Battery Terminology
21
Selection of Battery Type
21
Battery Sizing
23
Battery Care and Maintenance
24
Monthly Maintenance
24
Battery Hook-Up Configurations
25
Battery Installation
26
Installation
28
Environment
28
Bonding the Grounding System to the Neutral and Negative Conductors
29
AC Wiring
30
AC Connections
30
Figure 5, Dr Series Ac Hardwiring
30
Minimum Recommended Wire Sizes
31
Ground Fault Interrupting Outlets (Gfi's)
31
Table 5, Minimum Recommended Wire Sizes
31
DC Wiring
32
DC Disconnect
32
DC Fusing
32
Table 6, Fuse or Breaker Size Required Vs. Cable Size
32
Battery Cable Connection
33
Battery Cable Sizing
33
Table 7, Minimum Recommended Battery Cable Size (in Free Air)
33
System Safety Wiring Requirements
34
Stacking Inverters
35
Connections
35
Operation
36
Theory of Operation
36
Search Mode Operation with Stacked Pairs
36
RC4 Remote Control
37
Installation Diagrams
38
Installation with Single AC Panel
38
Figure 6, Installation with a Single Ac Panel
38
Installation with AC Sub Panel
39
Figure 7, Installation with an Ac Sub Panel
39
Installation with External Relay
40
Figure 8, Installation with External Relay
40
Troubleshooting Guide
41
Applications
43
Problem Loads
44
Technical Information
46
Performance Graphs
47
Figure 9, Load Capacity Vs. Time
47
Figure 10, Power Output Vs. Efficiency
48
Figure 11, Maximum Regulated Power Output Vs. Battery Voltage
49
Typical Battery Draw of Common Appliances
50
Table 8, Typical Battery Draw of Common Appliances (12V)
50
Table 9, Typical Battery Draw of Common Appliances (24V)
51
Table 10, English to Metric Wire Conversion Table
52
Table 11, Safety Ground Wire Size Table
52
Figure 12, Dimensioned Dr Series Installation Drawing
53
Other Products Available from Trace Engineering
54
Limited Warranty
55
Life Support Policy
55
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Brand
Trace Engineering
Model
DR Series
Category
Inverter
Language
English
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