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Multi PowerAssist minimum input - what actually happens when you set it lower?

Hi,


I have a 230V Multi Compact 12/2000/80/30 that has a minimum input current when using PowerAssist listed at 4.5A on the professional pages (not sure why this model is higher than the other 12/2000 model which is 2.4A?).


The generator I would like to use with it is a Honda EU10i that has a rated maximum of 3.9A and an intermittent maximum of 4.3A.


So what actually happens if I set a current limit of say 3.5A using VEConfig, will the Multi ignore the setting and use 4.5A, or will it attempt to limit to 3.5A but perhaps be unstable?


Thanks! Guy.

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I have a Multi Compact 12/2000/80/30 that has a minimum input current when using PowerAssist listed at 4.5A on the professional pages (not sure why this model is higher than the other 12/2000 model which is 2.4A?).

A 240v multi will have approx 1/2 the input current limit of a 120v multi.

What ac voltage multi do you have?

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guy-cashmore avatar image guy-cashmore klim8skeptic ♦ commented ·
230V sorry I'll edit it, should have included
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shaneyake answered ·

You can't set it below the minimum, it will just jump back to the minimum if you try do that.

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guy-cashmore avatar image guy-cashmore commented ·

Thanks, I haven't actually tried it on the 12/2000/80/30, but when I tried the setting on a 24/3000/70/32 just to see what happened it allowed me to set any value down to 1A. I wasn't able to test run it though as it was for another application.

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