HELP - solar controller (monitor???) failed
I have Blue Sky IPN - ProRemote installed inside the RV for ease of checking status. Literally touched it tjis AM, saw a spark fly the around entire unit and now have a zapped dead panel. So sitt...
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A friend has this same issue. His would keep going black screen too every time he had a static shock anywhere in his rig. He kept taking the monitor out of the wall and unplugging the data cable and it would come back on. The thing that is a pain is that it then has to do a complete charge cycle before the battery full gauge will work.
I found that the installer of his equipment didn't install the ground chassis wire from the internal lug on his controller housing to ground. Since I put the wire in he has had far fewer black screens.
Blue Sky static update There are three things that the recall uses to determine if yours is bad.
1. the gap around the bezel to the faceplate is too small
2. The serial number
3. The presence of a small black item next to the terminal screw block.
Remove your monitor, remove the data cable and reinstall, DO NOT BUMP THE FRAGILE little wires, check for the three conditions mentioned, reinstall and check battery gauge
His settings have never changed in the controller and this has been going on for a couple years. Hang wet items up in your bathroom or pots of water. This has also helped with his static. Every person is different as we are camped next to him and pretty much unaffected.
If it was mine I would attach a small gauge wire at the back of the monitor so it is held in place at one of the screw holes and run it to the rigs frame. He could be in his bathroom and zap the door knob and the monitor which is mounted in the paneling in the living room would black out. Of course check for that recall first.
I found that the installer of his equipment didn't install the ground chassis wire from the internal lug on his controller housing to ground. Since I put the wire in he has had far fewer black screens.
Blue Sky static update There are three things that the recall uses to determine if yours is bad.
1. the gap around the bezel to the faceplate is too small
2. The serial number
3. The presence of a small black item next to the terminal screw block.
Remove your monitor, remove the data cable and reinstall, DO NOT BUMP THE FRAGILE little wires, check for the three conditions mentioned, reinstall and check battery gauge
His settings have never changed in the controller and this has been going on for a couple years. Hang wet items up in your bathroom or pots of water. This has also helped with his static. Every person is different as we are camped next to him and pretty much unaffected.
If it was mine I would attach a small gauge wire at the back of the monitor so it is held in place at one of the screw holes and run it to the rigs frame. He could be in his bathroom and zap the door knob and the monitor which is mounted in the paneling in the living room would black out. Of course check for that recall first.
