aurora power one inverter

[westiev8]

Hi all....I have the aurora power one pvi 3600 inverter ( not the abb one) and clock fail has come on in the display..its still under warranty...could it be the battery...is so what type...thanks

 

[Sunshine777]

Have a look at page 36 of https://www.alternergy.co.uk/store/...pload/PowerOne_Aurora_Installation_Manual.pdf

 

[westiev8]

that looks like the abb inverter not the power one aurora?

 

[westiev8]

it has a lithium battery in a fitting on the bottom right hand side....

 

[westiev8]

battery bottom left

 

[Sunshine777]

Have checked the docs for my circa 2011 3.6 OUTD and there's no mention of a battery which suggests it's not normally user replaceable.

PS. westieV8 = rover?

 

[westiev8]

yes...4.6v8 rover

 

[westiev8]

did you see the pictures with the battery?

 

[Sunshine777]

Can't quite make out what the first word is on the label ahead of chloride?

I'm guessing it's a rather specialised battery?

 

[westiev8]

Thionyl chloride lithium battery.....thanks

 

[f0ster]

I am finding ABB after sales service is very poor. it takes at least 6 weeks to get a replacement inverter and they always fail when it is sunny making the customer very annoyed.

 

[Sunshine777]

Thanks for that! Mine died 2 weeks ago after 4 years and 3 months of use with the dreaded/fatal E031 error. Rang ABB and was told a replacement would take 2-3 weeks.

 

[Sunshine777]

So repalcement took just over 5 weeks - apparently no stock is held in the UK and the replacement refurbished inverters are shipped in a batch from Italy. The replacement shows a build date of wk12 yr16 which is after my inverter failed.