Larry,
Thanks for your reply. For some reason the schematic I received from the tech
at Atkinson did not show any wires being connected to pins 9 & 10 and as I'm a
literalist I did not make those connections. After I received your (and other)
feedback I connected gen power to those pins and the AGS seemed to function
fine. Within 2 days the customer called me back saying his genny was shutting
off after 20 mins of runtime. I told him to disconnect or reprogram one system
component at a time to find the fault source. Before a fault source was
determined, he observed that two batteries in his bank were experiencing the
"battery terminals melting into the battery casing" (as was texted to me by the
customer). I have no idea how a GSCM interface would cause or allow an
overcurrent fault at the batteries but the timing of the installation seems to
indicate that the AGS is at fault. Ever heard of this before?
Eric Stikes
SunHarvest Solar
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Crutcher,Starlight Solar Power Systems
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] GSCM-mini with Honda EM5000SX
You need the line and neutral from the generator connected to pin 9 & 10 or
the GSCM does not know if the generator is running or not.
Larry Crutcher
Starlight Solar Power Systems
On Mar 1, 2013, at 10:30 AM, SunHarvest wrote:
I've installed a GSCM-mini (interfaced with a Honda EM500SX w/manual remote
start box) according to the attached schematic provided by Mr. Kendall of
Atkinson. The unit is not functioning properly. It seems that the GSCM-mini is
not recognizing that the generator is running.
Here are the results of my troubleshooting:
Start LED (yellow) on GSCM-mini blinks once every 5 seconds to indicate it is
ready.
When starting the generator using the MATE3 from either the manual Generator
Status Menu, or using the auto 2 minute Voltage Start -
Generator starts OK, MATE enters RUN mode, no faults listed on MATE, AC IN
shows USE AGS, i.e., everything looks OK. But when I press the OFF button on
the Gen Status screen the STATUS goes to OFF but the generator will not shut
off...until...
At the time of manual start the GSCM begins going through the cycle of trying
to start the genny then goes into a Lockout Fault Condition:
Start LED goes to solid yellow, K1 light comes on, generator starts, K1 light
goes off for 40 seconds, yellow Start light is solid, K1 comes back on for 20
seconds, cycle repeats 3 times, K2 light comes on for 5 seconds, Gen Hz LED
Fault blinks twice repeatedly, Fault LED (terminal 12) comes on solid, GSCM
enters (Max Crank) Lockout Fault, ...then the generator shuts off.
Seems the GSCM is not registering a Valid Run Condition. So, either the
schematic for the 4000SX is not applicable for the 5000SX or the red wire I
connected to terminal 8 (as shown in the schematic, needs to actually go to
terminals 9&10, or I need to run a wire from the Pilot LED on the manual remote
start box to terminal 8 on the GSCM...
Any experience with this scenario?
Thanksalot,
Eric Stikes
SunHarvest Solar
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Mason
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar-direct pool pumping
We install solar pool pumps quite frequently here in the Caribbean. We use
Sunpumps - excellent company, great support. Email Joe Lines j...@sunpumps.com
for design assistance, he is very helpful.
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:02 PM, William Korthof <wkort...@gmail.com> wrote:
A few questions.
I have a customer who really wants a solar-direct pool pump for his home.
Medium size in-ground pool and I'd like the pump to be strong enough to lift to
the solar pool panels (12 ft lift above pool level). I'd like to offer him
hardware that is at least one notch above experimental beta-test. I remember
the SunCentric from several years ago, but not sure how durable that turned
out, and I was having trouble a vendor for it now. Any suggestions for today
with some favorable track record? Or suggestions on what to avoid?
William Korthof
Sustainable Solutions Partners
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