[RE-wrenches] Mates Losing time & dates

[Jeff Wongstrom/ Sarah Anderson]

Hello Jay and Tump,

I set up a mate for autostart six weeks ago.  Before leaving the  
remote job site I started the genny from the mate by raising the two  
minute start voltage above the current battery voltage and waited two  
minutes.  The genny started confirming that the AGS was functioning  
properly.

I recently talked with the mostly savvy client and he claims that the  
generator has never autostarted and that the battery voltage remains  
below the ags 2h and 24h settings for extended periods of time  
without the genny starting.  He has been starting the genny manually  
from the power center to get the batteries charged.

Is this the problem that you have seen?  It was only a two hour drive  
each way in October when the short cut through the mountains was  
open.  Now I am looking at a 3-4 hour drive each way over icey roads  
otherwise I would visit the site with a spare mate without hesitation.

Is the time and date loss a problem in conjunction with the ags issue?

Jeff


Thirsty Lake Solar
PO Box 538
Eureka, MT 59917
Jeff Wongstrom
NABCEP Certified Solar Installer
406-889-5324
thirstylakesolar.com



On Dec 15, 2008, at 9:33 PM, jay peltz wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> No this issue I've had is that the mate just won't start the  
> generator with usual symptoms  of system shut down.
>
> But when I go to the mate and press start, generator starts right  
> up.  All setpoints are correct.  Replace the mate, and all is good,  
> again same setpoints.
>
> So I can only surmise the problem is a mate issue that I've yet to  
> track down, but have a fix.
>
>
> jay
>
> peltz power
>
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