Hello Tom,
If the 50 amp breaker on the charger trip, then it could be a bad breaker or
a internal short in a wire or device.
I would first contact Rich Rudman at Manzanito Micro - Email is:
[email protected]
Roland
----- Original Message -----
From: "tomw" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 11:44 AM
Subject: [EVDL] Manzanita failure
>
> I charged at an RV park for the first time yesterday. I charged for about
> 10
> minutes just to test it out. I charged there again today, planning to
> fully
> charge to extend my range. I plugged into a NEMA14-50, turned on the
> Manzanita PFC30 switch, and adjusted the charge current up to 28ADC (~120V
> pack, so about 14A from the 50A AC outlet). The TBS gauge read 41.1Ah
> used,
> everything looked good, so I went for a walk and got a cup of coffee,
> expecting it to require about 1 1/2 hour to charge. When I returned about
> 1
> hour later the charger was off and the TBS read 41.0Ah used, so it must
> have
> kicked off almost immediately after I walked away. I turned the charger
> current knob down to zero, and flipped the charger switch back on. There
> was a loud clack and it immediately flipped back off. I have been using
> this charger on a 240V outlet at home for almost 1 year, and had charged
> about an hour earlier at home before leaving. When I returned home I
> tried
> it again with the same result, and it kicked off the 50A GFCI breaker on
> the
> wall. I pulled an interconnect wire on a cell level board and the minibms
> alarmed, so it is still working fine. The EKM meter on the AC input to
> the
> charger is still working fine also. Any ideas what happened?
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If the 50 amp breaker on the charger trip, then it could be a bad breaker or
a internal short in a wire or device.
I would first contact Rich Rudman at Manzanito Micro - Email is:
[email protected]
Roland
----- Original Message -----
From: "tomw" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 11:44 AM
Subject: [EVDL] Manzanita failure
>
> I charged at an RV park for the first time yesterday. I charged for about
> 10
> minutes just to test it out. I charged there again today, planning to
> fully
> charge to extend my range. I plugged into a NEMA14-50, turned on the
> Manzanita PFC30 switch, and adjusted the charge current up to 28ADC (~120V
> pack, so about 14A from the 50A AC outlet). The TBS gauge read 41.1Ah
> used,
> everything looked good, so I went for a walk and got a cup of coffee,
> expecting it to require about 1 1/2 hour to charge. When I returned about
> 1
> hour later the charger was off and the TBS read 41.0Ah used, so it must
> have
> kicked off almost immediately after I walked away. I turned the charger
> current knob down to zero, and flipped the charger switch back on. There
> was a loud clack and it immediately flipped back off. I have been using
> this charger on a 240V outlet at home for almost 1 year, and had charged
> about an hour earlier at home before leaving. When I returned home I
> tried
> it again with the same result, and it kicked off the 50A GFCI breaker on
> the
> wall. I pulled an interconnect wire on a cell level board and the minibms
> alarmed, so it is still working fine. The EKM meter on the AC input to
> the
> charger is still working fine also. Any ideas what happened?
> --
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> http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Manzanita-failure-tp2535870p2535870.html
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