The need to provide reliable electricity away from the city has always been challenging, be it village electrification, power for a remote community, a domestic home or a luxury leisure vehicle, high quality electricity is always required. Together with a battery bank and associated equipment, the new PS1 range now gives you access to a most sophisticated and reliable power source. The PS1 is your complete power and control centre.
External shunt
Using an external shunt, a DC Load such as a fridge or a pump can be calculated for an accurate State of Charge reading. This shunt can also be programmed for use with another charging source such as a Wind Generator or Hydro generator.
System analysis
A computer can be plugged into the PS1 or via a modem to down load the enormous amount of information which is available. Using our free software, the data can be analysed at 15 minute intervals over a 7 day period. A system integrator can ensure your system is operating smoothly even from 1000 km away.
Running your AC load
Inverter power + Generator power = maximum power available. The PS1 can maintain true No break power to the home 24 hours a day. If you require more power than the PS1 can deliver, an auto start generator can be started in order to share the load. When your load reduces, the generator will be stopped. Clever.
Battery bank
Maintaining a healthy State of Charge (SoC) in your batteries is critical to provide maximum life and reliability of the batteries. The PS1 constantly monitors the battery SoC and uses the available energy from renewable sources, a generator or grid electricity to recharge the batteries if the State of Charge drops below a pre set level.
Integrated display
The comprehensive back lit LCD and 8 LEDs provide all the information you need to know for operating and programming your PS1. The thoughtful layout of the LCD screens can show you information such as Battery Volts, Battery Current (charge or discharge), Battery State of Charge % and Load kw’s all on one simple screen. All menus are intelligently grouped for easy programming.
Intelligent generator control
The ability to control an auto start generator is an impressive feature of the PS1. By constantly monitoring a number of key system parameters, the PS1 will start and stop an auto start generator whenever it is required. This process will ensure you have all the power you need. Sophisticated programming options allow the day to be split into three sections, ensuring your generator is started at peak periods of the day such as meal times and will generally not run during the middle of the night unless essential. An intelligent algorithm within the PS1 ensures your generator is optimally loaded at all times and in the unlikely event of a failure to the power engine inside the PS1, it can start and stop the generator at up to 4 intervals per day to ensure fridges etc can maintain temperature. Using time of day, a generator can be started up to 4 times per day.
Solar Modules
A 100 amp internal shunt allows you to connect solar modules to the PS1 through a separate regulator, the energy can be counted for an accurate battery State of Charge. Solar Modules will reduce generator run times.
The Interactive Advantage – True No Break power
Unlike many other Inverter Chargers, the PS1 will operate in parallel with a generator or grid electricity. As the generator slowly seizes the load, the PS1 starts to charge the batteries or support the load. The result is True no Break performance.
The real Outback performer
The PS1 has been developed after many years of experience in the hostile and remote environments of outback Australia. This experience, hours of thermal modelling and many hours of field trialling give you the confidence that a PS1 is built to last. The power module has a massive number of ideally placed primary capacitors, these are connected via ultra low impedance 4oz copper circuit board instead of the typical 1oz.
Features
- 4 line back lit LCD, much easier to read.
- Completely new menu structure makes programming much faster.
- Significantly improved electronics for greater reliability.
- New “State of Charge” reading replaces “discharge Ah”, for simpler understanding
- New aggressive software makes generator synchronising much faster and reliable.
- Selectable Generator type or custom settings improves generator stability
- Auto control of generator further enhanced with “time of day” control.
- Auto control of generator will provide emergency power if inverter is out of service
- No power disturbances during starting and stopping of generator
- View up to 32 daily events directly on the LCD without modem or PC.
- Enhanced user adjustability
- Individual display of internal and external shunt current & display of Nett battery current
- Sums generator and inverter outputs together if required for peak load.
- Vastly improved LED layout allows quick glance status check
- Programmable Load Search & reduced low load losses.
- Greatly improved documentation
- Much simpler installation and easier field PCB replacement
- Physically smaller than previous RAPS unit.
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