Setup Menu; Figure 3-6 Thru 3-13, Setup Menu Selections - Magnum Energy ME-RC Owner's Manual

3.0 Setup

3.2. SETUP Menu

Pressing the SETUP menu pushbutton provides access to the menu items and
settings that allow the inverter/charger to be configured. Read each menu item
to determine if any setting requires adjustment to meet your requirements.
• SETUP: 0 Search Watts - Allows you to turn off the Search Watts
feature or adjust the power level to determine when the search watts feature
becomes active. The power level range selection is 5W to 50W. If this feature
is not needed, select Search=Off. When search is turned off, the inverter
continuously provides full AC voltage to the loads.
Default setting: Search= 5W.
Info: When the Search Watts feature is active, "Searching" ap-
pears on the top line of the LCD display and the green 'INV' LED
will slowly flash.
SETU P
Status...
01 Search Watts
press
Status ...
Search = Off
Figure 3-6, SETUP: 01 Search Watts Selections
What is the "Search Watts" feature? This feature is used to help save
battery power by reducing the inverter's output to search pulses when there
is no detectable load. If someone turns on a load greater than the wattage
level setting while the inverter is "searching", the inverter will start "inverting"
to provide full voltage on its output.
Should I use the "Search Watts" feature? If the inverter can spend a
great deal of time "searching" (to reduce the power drain on your batteries)
and you can tolerate small loads (less than 5 watts) from being on, then the
search mode feature should be used. However, if you require some small
load (i.e. digital clocks, satellite receivers, answering machines, etc.) to
always be on, then this feature should be turned off (Search = Off).
I want to use the Search Watts feature, how do I determine where to
set it? The search watts setting should be adjusted to the same power level (or
the next lower setting) of the smallest load that you want to run. If you don't
know the wattage of the smallest load you want to run, turn the load on and
decrease the Search Watts setting until the load comes on and stays on.
Example: You have reviewed all the loads you want to run and determined that
the smallest load is a 30 watt light, then set the Search = 30W. Whenever you
turn on any load (because all the loads are greater than 30 watts), the inverter
will stop "searching" and start "inverting" to deliver power to the load.
Note: Even though the search feature is on, some connected equip-
ment may draw enough current even while in the "off" position to
keep the inverter in the "inverting mode".

rotate to
press to select
Status... Status ...
Search = 5W Search =
rotate to
desired
selection :
Status ...
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10W Search =
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30W Search = 50W