Installation Manual

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Table of Contents
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 Requirements.....................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
3.7 Inverter Fan Operation ...................................................................................38