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pianotuna
Sep 29, 2018Nomad III
Hi all,
Well, there is exactly ONE pot. It has been tweaked and I'm using it to get full power from my electric heaters.
I'm running 2860 watts @ 117 volts. Without the autoformer that would have dropped to about 102 volts. I'm plugged into a 30 amp circuit at my brother's cottage which has chronically low voltage. It is just too far from the transformer.
The pot is a tiny blue one next to an led. It can be adjusted without any trouble at all.
Voltage with 354 watts of load was 114. After the tweak that was enough to boost voltage to 125. As I loaded it down voltage sagged to the 117 volt level. I'm pleased to say the least!
Input voltage testing was done with a variac for resetting the trigger voltage. The OEM numbers had not changed.
I found out that at 75 volts the Sola clicks out to protect itself.
I did not try the high voltage buck.
I do have the Magnum remote set at a maximum of 24 amps.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
I did not hear back from Sola.
Well, there is exactly ONE pot. It has been tweaked and I'm using it to get full power from my electric heaters.
I'm running 2860 watts @ 117 volts. Without the autoformer that would have dropped to about 102 volts. I'm plugged into a 30 amp circuit at my brother's cottage which has chronically low voltage. It is just too far from the transformer.
The pot is a tiny blue one next to an led. It can be adjusted without any trouble at all.
Voltage with 354 watts of load was 114. After the tweak that was enough to boost voltage to 125. As I loaded it down voltage sagged to the 117 volt level. I'm pleased to say the least!
Input voltage testing was done with a variac for resetting the trigger voltage. The OEM numbers had not changed.
I found out that at 75 volts the Sola clicks out to protect itself.
I did not try the high voltage buck.
I do have the Magnum remote set at a maximum of 24 amps.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
I did not hear back from Sola.
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