Aurora Inverter Decode

Telegraph_Sam

My solar panel system is controlled by an Aurora Power One inverter fitted approx 6 years ago. Can anyone help me decipher the various messages that flash up on the screen display. The serial no is of only passing interest, I am more interested in knowing how much power the unit is producing at any one time and whether I can "afford" to run my washing machine / electric lawn mower whilst the sun is shining on my south facing roof. I looked up the user manual on the net but as a layman came away not much the wiser. Tks.

paul991

sorry  i cant help  you with that but  consider  a  monitor  like the geo where  you  get  a display in  the  house and the  info is always there  to see

gefnew

Here is link to the manual.
AuroraPVI3.0-4.2TL_Manual.pdf (altestore.com)

gefnew

Also this software that came with the inverter on cd.
4.4 USING THE AURORA® MANAGER-TL SOFTWARE

Solarchaser

You use the up and down keys to cycle through the various menus, the one you are interested in imo is the one which says pin 1 pin 2 imo, as this is the output for each string, and when combined this is the total output, there is another one which says pv out I think, which shows the total out, but I like the pin 1 pin 2 as it shows you both strings are working and hopefully putting out the same.
Once you have cycled to here, press the enter button and you should see a padlock symbol appear, thus means the display is locked to this display and won't cycle anymore, so will only display what you are looking at now.

Press enter again if you want to unlock

Telegraph_Sam

Many thanks I think that was what I wanted to know

Telegraph_Sam

I am on the horns of having to decide on whether or not to replace my Aurora inverter. This has given me about 13 years' service so I can't complain. The fact is that it appears to still function as normal. Except that one of the two CB's will persistently trip late morning / midday, between 1x and 3x (two times is usual), as the solar heat builds up. Once reset normal service is resumed. The technical people haven't been able to come up with an explanation. I think what they are saying is that if they replace the Aurora and that DOESN'T solve the problem, tough luck I won't have a claim on them. Catch 22.