Table Of Contents - Magnum Energy Sensata MagnaSine Owner's Manual

1.0 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1
1.0.1 Regulatory Compliance ................................................................................. 1
1.1 How the MS-PAE Series Inverter/Charger Works ................................................. 2
1.1.1 Inverter Applications for Permanent Installations .............................................. 2
1.1.2 Advantages of a Pure Sine Wave Inverter ........................................................ 2
1.2 Features and Benefi ts ...................................................................................... 3
2.0 Installation........................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Pre-Installation .............................................................................................. 6
2.1.1 Unpacking and Inspection ............................................................................. 6
2.1.2 Required Components and Materials ............................................................... 6
2.1.3 Locating the Inverter .................................................................................... 8
2.1.4 Mounting the Inverter ................................................................................... 9
2.1.5 Wiring the Inverter ......................................................................................11
2.1.6 Protecting Wire - Conduit Box or Inverter Enclosure ........................................11
2.1.7 Wiring Requirements ...................................................................................11
2.1.8 Wire Routing ..............................................................................................11
2.1.9 Torque Requirements ..................................................................................11
2.2 DC Wiring .....................................................................................................12
2.2.1 DC Wire Sizing ............................................................................................14
2.2.2 DC Overcurrent Protection ............................................................................14
2.2.3 DC Cable Connections ..................................................................................15
2.2.4 Wiring the Battery Bank ...............................................................................16
2.2.5 Battery Temperature Sensor Installation and Wiring ........................................16
2.2.6 Wiring the Inverter to the Battery Bank ..........................................................17
2.3 AC Wiring .....................................................................................................18
2.3.1 Pre-AC Wiring Requirements .........................................................................18
2.3.2 AC Wire Size and Overcurrent Protection ........................................................18
2.3.3 Recommended Ground Fault Circuit Interruption (GFCI) Breakers ......................19
2.3.4 AC Input and Output Wiring Connections ........................................................19
2.3.5 Wiring the AC Input and Output ....................................................................20
2.3.6 Using the MS-PAE with Three-Phase Power .....................................................22
2.4 Grounding Inverters .......................................................................................24
2.4.1 Sizing the Grounding Electrode Conductors (GEC) ............................................25
2.4.2 System Bonding Jumper ...............................................................................27
2.4.3 Equipment Grounding Conductor ...................................................................27
2.5 Installing Lightning Arrestors ...........................................................................28
2.6 Inverter Warning Label ...................................................................................28
2.6.1 Inverter Power Identifi cation and Disconnect Location ......................................29
2.7 Final Inspection .............................................................................................29
2.8 Functional Test for a Single MS-PAE Inverter .....................................................30
3.0 Operation ........................................................................................................ 31
3.1 Inverter Mode ...............................................................................................31
3.2 Standby Mode ...............................................................................................32
3.2.1 Battery Charging .........................................................................................32
3.2.2 Transfer Time .............................................................................................34
3.3 Battery Temperature Sensor Operation .............................................................34
3.4 Protection Circuitry Operation ..........................................................................35
3.5 Inverter Start-Up ...........................................................................................36
3.6 Factory Default Values ...................................................................................37
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