[Hai-users] power loss/restoration question

[Ken Schumm]

Yes, I've got two gel cells in the panel. I have plans to install a couple
of external lead-acid batteries with a charger and diodes to protect the
panel from back feeding too, but haven't implemented them yet. We have a
generator so when the power goes out the generator keeps us going. My
nightmare situation is what happened one Christmas when we were out of town
for a couple of weeks. The power went down at the house for six days during
that time. My plans for long outages are to use the external lead-acid
batteries to operate the panel for long periods of time and duty cycle the
generator to recharge them. With a 1000 gallon LP tank this should keep us
going for quite a while unattended. Right now the generator is manually
operated, but I'm building a controller to operate the generator and
transfer switch and interface it to the HAI panel.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad" <Looney2ns at sigecom.net>
To: "Ken Schumm" <kwschumm at qsolv.com>; <hai-users at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Hai-users] power loss/restoration question


> Just curious, do you have two batteries to extend run time as much as
> possible?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Schumm" <kwschumm at qsolv.com>
> To: <hai-users at tssi.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 4:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hai-users] power loss/restoration question
>
>
> > This has been a big issue for us, since we lose power at least monthly
and
> > sometimes for a day or more at a time. Normally when it happens our
> > monitoring company calls us and reports a power outage. They will not
call
> > the cops for an outage though. Did your monitoring company tell you
> > exactly
> > what code they received? This information was very helpful for us. The
log
> > should also record this information. Before, during, and after the
outage.
> >
> > We had a problem with some stair stress sensors that have their own
> > processor. When the AC power went off and then came back on the
processor
> > board would take 30 seconds to boot up and start operating. During those
> > 30
> > seconds the HAI panel would see the sensors as being in an alarm state
and
> > generate an alarm. I changed the program to bypass those sensors when
the
> > AC
> > power goes out, and reenable them one minute after the AC power is
> > restored.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Joseph K. Vossen" <jkv at vossen.org>
> > To: <hai-users at tssi.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 1:15 PM
> > Subject: [Hai-users] power loss/restoration question
> >
> >
> >> yesterday we lost power for so long that the outage outlasted the
battery
> >> backup.  Shortly after power restoration, a police officier was
knocking
> > at
> >> my door telling me that my monitoring company informed them of a
general
> >> alarm at my house and they were sent out to investigate.  I have gone
> > through
> >> the install manual but can't find anything related; what setting can I
> > change
> >> so my panel does *not* call out on a power fail/restoration?
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>
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