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<DIV>Matt & Tom,</DIV>
<DIV> Guess it's time to put in my two cents. I have also had
the same random failures to start and/or stop the generator automatically from
the mate in 3 installation. Managed to boil dry 8 L 16's and run through
90 gallons of propane before we went back to the unattended second home over
three days after checking it out and found the generator had been running
since we left. As you have noted, all tests checked out good at the
time. We are looking into 3rd party auto start modules as an alternative
or continue to tell all customers not to use auto start if unattended. It
seems that all auto start problems occur when the customer is not home. We
had one Trace SW4024 start a Kohler generator flawlessly for 3 years and when
they took their first extended stay from home, it failed.... Turned out it was a
bad spark plug but it shattered their faith in the system. We have also had
problems with The Xantrex SW Plus with similar problems. We have also had
a problem with several Outback systems shutting down the generator prematurely
at about 70% charge even though we reset the mate and Inverter to factory
defaults. </DIV>
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<DIV>I still have trouble convincing the rich second home owners that the only
reliable system is 2 generators with a person to run them. We are
currently using a honda 2000i as our backup for our off grid home so our VFX3624
does just fine taking in the power. Love the low fuel consumption. My
customer with the runaway Kohler used more fuel in one weekend than we have used
in a year. </DIV>
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Street<BR>Rutland, VT 05701<BR><BR>802-747-0577<BR>802-773-0924
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