I want to add here that this whole thread came about because of a special and unusual need that a client of mine had. I received a few comments about why was I doing it this way. But the client wanted it this way, and I agreed so my job was to make it happen, with I did.
With the help of many people from outback ( whom I’d like to thank all of them very much) we did come up with a fix, which is what Lones has described below. And this customer is very savvy, and knows how to get around the M3. His normal mode is a standard volt/% AGS start. When he is done with this odd situation he will put the Generator mode back to AC from DC. Sincerely, Jay Peltz > On May 9, 2016, at 10:10 AM, Lones Tuss <lt...@outbackpower.com> wrote: > > Hello Fellow Wrenches > > Due to customer feedback OutBack decided to automatically enable the > Inverters Ac Charger > if the Mate(3) called for an AGS (gen run) condition. The general opinion > here is if the gen is running you might as well allow it to charge your > batteries. Before we did this there were instances of generators running for > hours/days before the end user discovered he had set the charger to OFF. > > That being said if charging by the inverter is not desired during a Gen run > there > are several methods which will allow charging to be disabled. > > The method you use will more than likely depend on your situation. > If you wish to stop charging for the current gen run simply turn the Charge > Off after the gen is running. > On the Mate3 press the Charger Button select OFF. > On the Mate and Mate2 press the AC Input button three times > the Charger can be turned OFF there. > > If it is necessary to turn the charger off on a more permanent basis there > are a couple of different approaches. > One method is to go to the inverter charger menu and set the absorb and float > timers to zero. > Another method and perhaps the easiest would be to change the gen type to DC > or None. > Of these two I would suggest DC as the preferred choice. > After setting the Inverter Charger to Off follow the path as described below > > > On the Mate3 press the > LOCK button > Enter 141 > Select > Settings then > System then > System Information > change Gen Type to DC or None. > If the inverters charger is disabled it will remain so when AGS calls for a > gen run. > On the Mate or Mate2 > In the AGS program menu select DC gen and the Auto Charge feature will be > negated. > > The above will work if the gen run is caused by the following AGS triggers. > Load Start, Must Run, Generator Exercise > If the gen run condition is a Voltage Start the trigger to turn the gen off > is the batteries must reach the Absorb Voltage for the Absorb Time. > If the gen run condition is SOC the trigger to turn the gen off is the > batteries must reach > the end SOC set point. > These points may be unachievable with the inverters charger set to OFF. > If this is the case lack of fuel may be the gen stop reason. > > Lones Tuss > Applications Engineer > OutBack Power Technologies > 17825 59th Ave NE, Suite B, Arlington, WA 98223 > 360.618.4383 Office | 425.213.8794 Cell > www.outbackpower.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On > Behalf Of Darren Emmons > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 10:57 AM > To: RE-wrenches > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback programing question > > When the generator is auto started, the inverter's charger will be enabled. > After the generator is stopped, the inverter's charger will be returned to > the mode before the generator started. The logic is if you are running the > generator the Inverter's charger should be enabled. You could lower the > charger AC limit to 0 Amps. > > 08:00 Inverter charger OFF > 10:00 Must run start -> charger ON > 11:00 Must run stop -> charger OFF > >> Darren > > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
