Bypassing a Lumin Smart Panel

The Lumin Smart Panel is designed to work as a pass-through box when it is unpowered. In case unresolvable issues are encountered, or if there is a desire to turn off the Lumin Smart Panel, all relays can be returned to their normally closed position (circuits powered) by using the following sequence. No delay is necessary between each step.

  1. Turn the Lumin Smart Panel off. 
  2. Turn the Lumin Smart Panel on.
  3. Turn the Lumin Smart Panel off a second time


Decommissioning a Lumin Smart Panel

No decommissioning procedures are required. If desired the following procedure will remove all Lumin Smart Panels and users from a Lumin location, effectively digitally decommissioning it. If this is done, the Lumin Smart Panel should be left bypassed as explained above or removed as detailed below.

  1. Lumin Smart Panels can be deleted from a location by navigating in the app to Location Settings > Manage Location and deleting all Lumin Smart Panels.
  2. Users can be removed from a Lumin location by navigating in the app to Location Settings > Manage Users and removing all users.


For more information on removing users from a Lumin location, see:


Physical and Electrical Removal of a Lumin Smart Panel

To remove a Lumin Smart Panel, first de-energize the entire microgrid including any electrical panels that Lumin controls. If you are not the original installer, extreme caution must be used to ensure that you are not going to encounter energized components while unwiring the system. 

  1. Locate where Lumin wiring enters the electrical panel via 2" flexible metallic conduit. This is the Entry Point.
  2. Follow the 18 AWG grey wires leading to Lumin CTs. There may be only two sets of CTs or there may be many more. Ensure that the wires the CTs are clamped to are de-energized. Unclamp the CTs and then disconnect the CT leads at the off-white Molex connectors near the conductor Entry Point specified in Step 1.
  3. From the wires leaving the Entry Point, identify (1) black conductor and (1) white conductor labeled GRID. Visually trace the black wire to the point at which it connects to premises wiring. This should be outside of the microgrid on a wire that will lose voltage in a grid outage (not wiring backed up by a battery). This may be a non-backed-up terminal on a microgrid interconnect device or inverter. It may be a breaker in a service or distribution panel. It may be a supply-side connection on the feeders from the primary source. Exercise extreme caution before disconnecting this conductor as it is designed to be connected to wiring that may not be de-energized when the service disconnect is open. If there is any doubt about whether this wiring is energized, do not proceed. If it is safe to do so, undo this black conductor. Trace the white GRID wire to a nearby neutral bar and disconnect. 
  4. Locate the two-pole 15- or 20-amp circuit breaker that supplies Lumin's operational power via red and black 112 AWG wires. Turn this breaker off and remove this wiring. Remove the breaker, if desired.
  5. Follow the white conductor labeled Neutral from the Entry Point to the neutral bar where it is landed. Remove this neutral conductor from the neutral bar.
  6. Double-check that the distribution panel you are working in is de-energized. Locate the blue Lumin control wires that are terminated on circuit breakers in the electrical panel. Search for a blue conductor labeled Line 1 Breaker. Remove this conductor from the breaker. 
  7. Search for a blue conductor labeled Line 1 Load that is spliced to premises wiring within the load center enclosure. Unsplice this conductor. Take the original premises wiring (non-blue conductor) that you just unspliced and terminate it on the breaker left available after removing the blue breaker wire in Step 6.
  8. Repeat Step 6 and 7 for remaining wires (line sets 2 through 12).
  9. Disconnect the Ethernet cable from the Lumin Smart Panel, if present. 
  10. If the Lumin Smart Panel is mounted below the load center, unscrew the four mounting fasteners holding the Lumin Smart Panel to the wall and allow it to dangle from the flexible metal conduit, then free the conduit by removing the bushing and lockring at the Entry Point. If the Lumin Smart Panel is above the load center, first remove the conduit bushing and locknut at the Entry Point, then remove the Lumin Smart Panel from the wall.
  11. Patch the wall as necessary. 
  12. Please recycle as much of an unwanted Lumin Smart Panel as possible (metallic enclosure, copper wiring, etc.).


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