Odyssey > 10. The "impressive" control panel turned out to be hiding one of the worst birds-nest wiring jobs I've even seen.
Odyssey > 7. The house systems control panel.  It looks impressive, but a good deal of it didn't work, and some of it turned out to be connected to nothing at all.
Odyssey > This drawing shows the schematic layout of the three busses in our main panel.  The busses are called "Panel I" (for "Inverter"), "Panel N" (for "Normal," or maybe "Non-Inverter" depending on when you ask me), and "Panel S" (for "Switched" or "Sharing").  The large power relay switches the feed for "Panel S" between Inverter and Normal power based on a signal from the Automatic Transfer Switch (see separate drawing).  The SPDT switch is a manual bypass that  can force the connection either way.  The 3-in, 3-out rotary switch shown is actually a 3P11T switch (only seven positions used) which allows any pairing of roof airs with the three roof air supply circuits (one on each of the three panels).
Odyssey > This is the AC "panelboard schedule."  This is something of a misnomer, as we are builidng our own custom panel, and three of the "panelboards" ("N," "I," and "S") are actually just three different busses in one enclosure.  (Panel "G" is a store-bought job back by the generator.)  Note that "Panel S" is fed from Panels "N" and "I," which is part of our Load Management System (see the panel wiring drawing).
Odyssey > This is the DC panelboard schedule.
10. The "impressive" control panel turned out to be hiding one of the worst birds-nest wiring jobs I've even seen.
Odyssey > 10. The "impressive" control panel turned out to be hiding one of the worst birds-nest wiring jobs I've even seen.
10. The "impressive" control panel turned out to be hiding one of the worst birds-nest wiring jobs I've even seen.
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