[RE-wrenches] question about Xantrex AGS

[Jason Szumlanski]

That's interesting. About 10 years ago I went through about 6 control boards on an Onan Quiet Diesel over a few years with a Dual SW5548 system that employed AGS. Eventually the Onan became a backup and was started manually. It did not last much longer mechanically, but I don't recall any additional boards. You might be on to something.  

I swore off Onan because of the board issues, expense, and lack of support (or care/concern/empathy) from dealers. They didn't have any interest in diagnosing or solving the problem. Why would they - I kept coming back for $800 boards! 

Jason Szumlanski
Fafco Solar


On Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Ron @ earthRight Solar wrote:

> Hi Wrenches,
> 
> I have a client that has burned up two control boards on an Onan-Cummings 5.5 kw propane generator. The system includes an XW 6048 inverter, XW MPPT c.c., and the Onan generator. System has worked well for several years but recently burned up the control board on the Onan. Client decided to purchase a new Onan instead of paying $1k for a new control board. The new Onan lasted one week and the same result, control board fried. He is consulting with me at this point - I didn't supply any of this equpt. - and Onan supplier is being completely unhelpful. I'm trying to do a little detective work here and discover the cause of the problem. I'm wondering if it could be the XW-AGS possibly sending too high voltage to the Onan controller. Has anyone had issues with these? Any suggestions?
> 
> Ron Young
> 
> earthRight Products - Solareagle.com (http://Solareagle.com)
> 
> Williams Lake, BC
> V2G 2A3
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