Outback Power FX and VFX Series Programming Manual

Introduction to Power Save Levels

Depending on the model, each FX consumes 20-25 watts of power when it remains on, even if it isn’t actively

inverting or charging. OutBack Power Systems o ers the option to shut down (put into Silent mode) some or all

of the Slave FXs until the loads require them to come on again.

• When a load exceeds 12 amps AC, the Master FX shares the load with one or more Slave FXs.

• When the Master detects only a four amp load, a Slave FX goes into Silent mode; Slaves will continue to go into

Silent mode as long as the Master detects four amps.

The next two screens in the MATE’s Stack menu adjust the power levels of the Master and Slave FXs. From any

STACK PHASE screen:

• Press once to bring up the power save level master adjust only screen

• Press again to bring up the power save level slave adjust only screen

NOTE: These power save level master adjust only and power save level slave adjust only screens pertain to

systems that have OB Slave L1 and/or OB Slave L2 type Slaves only.

ADV/FX/STACK-------------P01

(ANY SCREEN IN STACK PHASE)

DOWN INC DEC PORT

Press the soft key once.

ADV/FX/STACK------------P01

power save level

master adjust only

DOWN INC DEC PORT

Press to increase the power save level

master adjust only value. Any Slave with this value

or lower which is assigned in the power save

level slave adjust only screen (next), will be on

with the Master. If the power save level master

adjust only is three, for instance, any Slave

assigned a value of 3 or lower will be on when

the Master is on. Since the Master is essentially

always ON, these Slaves will always be on as well.

Any Slave with a value of 4 and higher will be

Silent until the Master activates them for larger

loads. For days of the week with small load

demands, a user can decrease the power save

level master adjust only value so fewer FXs are

running.

The default value is zero (only the Master is on).

Press to view the power save level slave

adjust only screen.

DOWN

INC

DOWN