ECOWISE Voltage regulater fault UPDATE
UPDATE Repaired under warranty. Once I managed to contact the manufacturer things went well. They emailed me a prepaid shipping label, (I had to buy a shipping box) and shipped via Estafeta to Mexico ...
Forum Discussion
Sorry to hear of the failure and the difficulties.
The Sola Basic won't keep you dead on 118 volts. It does boost at 110 (10%), 100 (20%), and 90 (30%) volts. At 110 I "see" 118 to 121. I've never observed the 100 or 90 volt boost numbers. The unit acts fast enough that boost is applied before the compressor and fan motor on the air conditioner have spun up to speed. I can hear the difference in fan speed when it drops out of boost mode.
The Sola drops out of boost some where around 113 to 114 volts, observed inside the RV with a Kill-a-watt meter. It appears to start boost at 107 or 108 volts.
You can hear relays click on the Sola if it is in a quiet enough enviroment.
It bucks 10% at 135 volts. I had no way to "force" the sola into buck mode, so I don't know the actual voltages.
I hope to add better than average surge in the near future. Mexacowander has made up a unit for me and now I'm waiting on his travels to allow for shipping via post.
I do recommend a plain jane surge device be used in parallel with the input on the Sola. What I am using now for surge is similar to the Progressive and Surge guard units--but at 1/50 the cost. Series might be slightly safer to do--but then the components of the surge device need to handle 30 amps of through put. That becomes costly.
The Sola Basic won't keep you dead on 118 volts. It does boost at 110 (10%), 100 (20%), and 90 (30%) volts. At 110 I "see" 118 to 121. I've never observed the 100 or 90 volt boost numbers. The unit acts fast enough that boost is applied before the compressor and fan motor on the air conditioner have spun up to speed. I can hear the difference in fan speed when it drops out of boost mode.
The Sola drops out of boost some where around 113 to 114 volts, observed inside the RV with a Kill-a-watt meter. It appears to start boost at 107 or 108 volts.
You can hear relays click on the Sola if it is in a quiet enough enviroment.
It bucks 10% at 135 volts. I had no way to "force" the sola into buck mode, so I don't know the actual voltages.
I hope to add better than average surge in the near future. Mexacowander has made up a unit for me and now I'm waiting on his travels to allow for shipping via post.
I do recommend a plain jane surge device be used in parallel with the input on the Sola. What I am using now for surge is similar to the Progressive and Surge guard units--but at 1/50 the cost. Series might be slightly safer to do--but then the components of the surge device need to handle 30 amps of through put. That becomes costly.
