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Winter is HERE with all the power outages, transformers overloading and blowing, cars hitting poles. All the surges, and outages that are hard on ALL of your household appliances, not just stereos and Computers. HERE IS THE CURE! A Whole House/Industrial power supply that not only keeps your lights on, your house warm, and your food froze, and your water and furnace running but ALSO is a HUGE Surge Protector that keeps the electricity flowing at a steady voltage year round, without the peaks and valleys that shortens the life of every electrical item of your house. This unit was unhooked from a running industrial plant, not because it didn't work, just a business liquidation. It was hooked to still live fuse boxes, 2 or 3 220 fuses going in, and a whole fuse box running an office larger than many houses coming out. I know, I unhooked it! (And didn't get an instant frizz due to negligence!) Just plant the unit right close to where your fuse box is, hook it up, and let your worries go. ( I believe this has enough power to withstand most outages easily, the extended ones, just conserve on the energy a bit, and there is no telling HOW LONG it will go! :-) The measurements are 40" ht 37" deep, and 25" wide approx. We will make copies of all pages of the owners manual available to be sent out on request so that you may see it specifications. This is no small lightweight unit the new ones not even industrial duty sell for a few thousand dollars now, at 1/10 the size, and less protection. This SOLA unit is marked as basic model unit: '103-28-315-3' I am making Pdf. document out of the owners manual so that tho's interested in full data listings can be satisfied. U.L. Listed & C.S.A. Certified *All Loading must be Line-Neutral Only! Line-Line loading will cause malfunction and possible damage to the power center, the load, or both. I was asked how it is installed. Here is the configuration I saw to the best of my recollection: NOW- Power line comes into house straight to breaker box. Main Power - to-220 (?)breakers - to - SOLA input line - to SOLA output line -to- General area power supply/breaker box - to- All areas provided electricity non-industrial to my knowledge. My general interpretation of what would be done to install: NOTE: I ADVISE YOU TO ALWAYS HAVE A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN HANDLE INSTALLING THESE UNITS. HIGH HAZARD OF SHOCK, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW ALL SAFETY RULES!!! 1. Install a new power box for the incoming line. 2. Place SOLA unit in proximity 3. Unhook main power line from current breaker box. 4. Hook main power line to new breaker box 5. Hook outgoing SOLA power lines from unit to current breaker box as designated by local code TO PROVIDE PROPER POWER TO BREAKERS AND LINES WITHOUT OVER-LOADING THEM. MAKING SURE THAT SOLA UNIT POWER OUTGOING IS TURNED OFF TO AVOID UNPLEASANT SURPRISES, AND POSSIBLE EXTREME SHOCK!!! 6. Hook incoming power line to SOLA up to the power box as local codes designate. THIS IS JUST A GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS SO THAT YOU MAY GET AN IDEA OF WHAT I THOUGHT THEY DID TO INSTALL THE UNITS. I TURNED SOLA POWER OFF, THEN BREAKERS OUTGOING OFF, THEN UNSCREWED THE WIRES. I THEN TURNED OFF THE POWER SUPPLY BREAKERS IN THE MAIN POWER SUPPLY BOX, AND UNSCREWED THE WIRES FROM THOSE BREAKERS, THEN REMOVE FROM AREA BY ROLLING THE UNIT OUT. NOTE, THIS WAS PROBABLY VERY DANGEROUS, AND I WAS PROBABLY VERY LUCKY NOT TO GET EVEN A MINOR ZAP. I ONLY DID IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LICENSED ELECTRICIAN AVAILABLE, AND DON'T RECOMMEND OTHERS TO DO IT THEMSELVES UNLESS FULLY TRAINED. I believe this unit was manufactured in 1987 To my knowledge the battery is in great shape, there would be no reason to think otherwise, it was built to last and take a lot, which it probably did not have to do where it was. The power runs directly from your main power source through the SOLA, this keeps the SOLA fully charged without stress on the battery, it's job is to stop any surges of peak power that could damage your electrical appliances or tools, while filling in for when your power provider gives you less than what you are paying for instead of the 115 volts appliances are meant to run on. 100AC is what most electrical items run on, the AC stands for Alternating Current. Power providers cannot keep the power coming to your house at an exact level, or so they say. (i.e. the power can hit valleys of as low as 75 volts or lower, and peak over 135 volts any time during the day, especially if there is a storm, someone hits a utility pole, transformers blow out, or massive peak usage in your area they weren't ready for. That's why you use small surge protectors on expensive equipment, to what safety level who knows? These numbers are a general reference, if you look up uninterruptible power supply units on the web you can get a much more accurate range). This unit keeps power in the battery and soaks up the surges, while also making up for the valleys, or lack of power by releasing a little bit of that energy stored in the battery. In other words it should always be fully charged with what power is going through it, and the power is consistent, rather than having large fluctuations that are hard on electrical items. Look at it like your cars battery with the alternator always keeping it full, no major incident like the lights being left on for 3 days, etc. Also due to the application it was used for you don't have the starter dragging it down, or the air conditioner, because the incoming power is almost always there providing all the needs for powering the shop other than minor peaks and valleys. Other than keeping a full charge for emergences all it has to do is keep the actual flow of power at and almost exact current, making things a lot easier on anything that uses electricity in your house. In all actuality although it is meant to handle major problems it has probably lived a life that we would consider the equivalent to laying on the beach in the sun sipping Pina` Coladas... ;) There are many factory production machines that have worked harder out there from the 1920s, and 1930s still kicking out the parts with minimal maintenance. Due to the good care it received in the work environment I would think it would have many years left. Feel free to call me, I can call you right back as I have unlimited long distance to help you with your decision.. Hit the Ask a Question button, and I will send you my phone number to save you long distance charges I can call you righ back. (please look at our rules and privacy policy) |
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