generator suggestions [RE-wrenches]

[Jeff Wongstrom]

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Blair, I am a little slow.  Are you interrupting the power supply to  
the controller?


Jeff Wongstrom
Thirsty Lake Solar


On Oct 17, 2007, at 8:47 AM, blair may wrote:

>
> By installing a simple relay and controlling the 2 wires that are  
> used to place the unit into auto mode you eliminate that phampton  
> load. The 12 v relay coil #s 85 & 86 is controlled by your AGS  
> module. This unit does't have a battery charging circuit, but does  
> come w/ a ac charger that can be wired into the output circuit.
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Wongstrom <thirstylake at interbel.net>
>
> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:17:55
> To:RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: Re: generator suggestions [RE-wrenches]
>
>
>
>
> We recently had a fellow ask us to hook up a 12 RES that he had
> bought from Lowes that came with an ADC 2200 controller.  We were
> told that normally the RES comes with the ADC 2100 controller which
> is reprogrammable and can be programmed to power down after 1 or 48
> hours.  The ADC 2200 is not reprogrammable.
>
> We were also told that the RES can be rewired for full output 120VAC
> (L1 and L3 neutral, L2 and L4 hot) but the controller needs to be
> reprogrammed accordingly, not possible with the ADC 2200.
>
> Jeff Wongstrom
> Thirsty Lake Solar
>
>
>
> On Oct 17, 2007, at 5:38 AM, Travis Creswell wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Todd,
>>
>> We recently installed a Kohler 12 RES and couldn't be more pleased
>> with it.
>> I think the 8.5 is the same unit, just smaller.  For the price the
>> 12 RES
>> was hard to beat.  $3519 with free shipping from Ziler Electric.
>>
>> We installed several 12RES and they have been good units. 2-wire
>> start, able
>> to run 100% unbalanced (you can have 6kW on one phase and nothing
>> on the
>> other and they don't care), quiet and reliable.
>>
>> The main wart with these units is they have a phantom load via
>> their on
>> board controller.  You used to be to pull a jumper off of the board
>> and
>> partially resolve that but the last unit we got arrived with a potted
>> controller board so there was no way to get to that jumper without
>> damaging
>> the control board.  But they do everything else so well the  
>> controller
>> phantom's load can be easily accepted.
>>
>> Best,
>> Travis Creswell
>> Ozark Energy Services


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