[RE-wrenches] Outback Radian Generator Charging: Support mode

[Kirk Herander]

Can anyone explain why changing to Support mode on the generator input
boosts battery charging amps?

The Radian manual explanation for Support mode gives no clue about this
"fix". It only states that Support mode will allow batteries to provide
extra power to loads if demand exceeds max. gen programmed input amps.
I also have an offgrid Radian seeming to undercharge from a genny, and I
just changed its input mode to Support to see what happens.

On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 9:28 AM Amos Post via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Changing the Gen Input mode to Support did the trick!  Thanks for the
> advice!
>
>
>        Amos Post
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> On Oct 26, 2023, at 9:16 AM, Dana Orzel via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
> This may be far fetched but I have encountered good voltage & low amperage
> = no amperage from solar arrays that baffled me on T/S on others systems &
> ultimately:
> We had voltage & low output amperage to no amperage.
> Turns out there was a junction box that had been forgotten about in the
> crawl space with never tightened split bolts that were crispy black from
> arcing.
> There was enough contact for voltage readings & not enough for any amps to
> flow.
> Double check all connections?
>
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