[RE-wrenches] Mates Losing time & dates

[Kent Osterberg]

Mark,

Any chance that the relay controlling the generator is in a FlexNet DC? 
  I've had a least one customer's generator not shut down and was pretty 
sure that it was the latching relay in the FlexNet DC that was the culprit.

Kent Osterberg
Blue Mountain Solar


Mark Dickson wrote:
> Jay,
> 
> Funny you should mention this.  A customer just called today to say that 
> his Mate has been failing to shut down his generator and they have been 
> walking into a smelly room full of boiling batteries each time.  Is this 
> what you are referring to when the AGS’s are going bad?
> 
> I recently replaced an older Mate with this one that has the updated 
> firmware.
> 
>  
> 
> Mark Dickson
> 
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> *From:* re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org 
> [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *jay peltz
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 14, 2008 8:34 PM
> *To:* RE-wrenches
> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Mates Losing time & dates
> 
>  
> 
> hi Tump,
> 
>  
> 
> There was a recall of the Flexnets due to them reseting at the end of 
> the month, could it be that?
> 
>  
> 
> The main thing I"ve had is the control of the AGS goes bad for some 
> reason.  I have had no luck with "reseting" them, so I just replace them 
> and send the old ones back for reprograming.
> 
>  
> 
> jay
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>  
> 
> peltz power
> 
> On Dec 14, 2008, at 7:07 PM, Tump wrote:
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> 
> L&Gs (ladies & gentlemen)I have a quad stack OB system w/ flex net DCCA 
> & a mate 2. The Mate will lose the time & date settings repeatedly 
> within a day or 2 of resetting it. I'm not on site, so I'm not sure IF 
> all of the other settings get lost (I think not).
> 
> Question; anybody seen this happening? Mate 2 is June of 08. batteries 
> are fully charged when DCCA is connected. Any ideas?
>