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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction
...........................................................................................1
1.1 How an Inverter/Charger Works ............................................................................ 1
1.2 What Appliances will run from a Modi
fi
ed Sine Wave Inverter ..................................... 2
1.3 Features and Bene
fi
ts ........................................................................................... 2
2.0 Installation
.............................................................................................5
2.1 Pre-Installation
................................................................................................... 5
2.1.1 Unpacking and Inspection ................................................................................ 5
2.1.2 Required Tools and Materials ............................................................................ 5
2.1.3 Locating the Inverter ....................................................................................... 7
2.2 Mounting the Inverter .......................................................................................... 8
2.3 Wiring the Inverter – General Requirements .......................................................... 10
2.3.1 Protecting Wire – Conduit Box .........................................................................10
2.3.2 Wiring
Requirements
......................................................................................10
2.3.3 Wire
Routing
.................................................................................................10
2.3.4 Torque
Requirements
.....................................................................................10
2.4 DC
Wiring
......................................................................................................... 11
2.4.1 DC Wire Sizing ..............................................................................................13
2.4.2 DC Overcurrent Protection ..............................................................................13
2.4.3 DC Cable Connections ....................................................................................14
2.4.4 Wiring the Battery Bank .................................................................................15
2.4.5 Battery Temperature Sensor Installation and Wiring ...........................................15
2.4.6 Wiring the Inverter to the Battery Bank ............................................................16
2.5 AC
Wiring
......................................................................................................... 17
2.5.1 Pre-AC Wiring Requirements ...........................................................................17
2.5.2 AC Wire Size and Overcurrent Protection...........................................................17
2.5.3 Recommended GFCIs (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters) ....................................18
2.5.4 AC Terminal Block Connections (ME2012, ME2512, and ME3112) .........................18
2.5.5 AC Conductor Wiring ......................................................................................19
2.5.6 AC Wiring Con
fi
guration ..................................................................................20
2.6 Grounding
Inverters
........................................................................................... 26
2.6.1 Equipment
Grounding
.....................................................................................26
2.6.2 Grounding on Boats .......................................................................................27
2.6.3 Neutral to Safety Ground Bonding ....................................................................28
2.6.4 Connecting a Large DC Ground Wire .................................................................29
2.7 Inverter
Noti
fi
cation Requirements ....................................................................... 29
2.8 Final
Inspection
................................................................................................. 29
2.9 Functional
Test
.................................................................................................. 30
3.0 Operation
............................................................................................. 31
3.1 Inverter
Mode
................................................................................................... 31
3.2 Standby
Mode
................................................................................................... 32
3.3 Battery
Charging
............................................................................................... 32
3.4 Transfer
Time
.................................................................................................... 34
3.5 Battery Temperature Sensor Operation ................................................................. 34
3.6 Protection Circuitry Operation .............................................................................. 35
3.7 Inverter
Startup
................................................................................................ 36
3.8 Factory Default Values ........................................................................................ 37
3.9 Inverter Fan Operation ....................................................................................... 38
3.10 Using a Remote with the ME Series Inverter .......................................................... 38