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 Post subject: Xantrex: SunTie power "usage"
PostPosted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 11:55 am GMT EthGMT 
I've noticed that even at night when the SunTie is offline, my Greenlee CM-600 clamp on AC current meter shows 1.1 amps on each leg of the AC circuit. If I turn the breaker off it falls to zero. [img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] It's producing no heat. I don't know why my meter would give a false reading. Only thing I know to do to confirm this is put a .5 amp fuse in the AC circuit when it's offline and see if the blows.

This is one of the new improved GP units. Otherwise, it has been running perfectly.

Steve


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 Post subject: SunTie power "usage"
PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 12:38 am GMT EthGMT 
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Your "clamp on" amp meter is not correcting for power factor ... the nighttime draw , power factor corrected is about 4 watts

This is a common mis-understanding of AC power and common clamp on meters

Henry


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