<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi Chris,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"Stop absorb" ramps up to
the BULK voltage, which replaces approx 80% of capacity. Running the gen
thru the </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">absorption stage will allow for a full
charge, but is a waste of fuel (most of abs is at reduced rate), and users
want to </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">charge the rest of the way with RE.
The SW uses "Absorption Time" for stop parameter, but if set
to "0" would accomplish</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> the same as stop absorb.</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#004080 face="Calibri">Now there is a useful setting,
just being a little sarcastic, this would be hard to diagnose. Was that
available on the SW’s AGS menu too?</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">HI Eric,</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">Sounds like the "stop absorb"
might have been enabled.</font>
<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">This will stop the AGS when the
battery volts reach absorb setpoint.</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">But has no impact if starting the
generator manually.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Sounds like you talked to the right guy,
that's his info...except that he has, according to what he told me, an
SW not an XW. I'm assuming he's maybe at 50% capacity on his original 1260Ah
bank based on everything he told me this morning. He did say that his bank
will last him through the night and that he has some pretty hefty air conditioning
loads. He also said he had equalized in the past but not in the last 18
months. I'm just not convinced that his batteries are shot. But all this
battery talk may be beside the point if he's not experiencing the same
on/off cycling problem when he manually starts the genny, right? That is,
assuming the disco settings remain in effect regardless of start mechanism.
Thanks for indulging me tocayo.</font>
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Sounded like bad batteries to me also (I think he called in this AM).
He has (2) XW6048 units that are <br>
capable of 200ADC between them, and he also has 1260Ah of flooded capacity.
DC Start V is set for 46.5V, so if we assume he was close to 50% <br>
discharge (depending on load), it should take almost 2 hours to reach the
bulk voltage (80% replaced). His batteries were ramping up to bulk <br>
in just a couple of minutes, meaning the batteries were not absorbing the
charge. I have heard varying opinions on the symptoms of sulfation, <br>
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I read through the archives on the XW AGS thread but have a query on behalf
of a customer with an SW AGS issue. I'm heading out to the remote site
tomorrow and would like, if possible, to show up knowing what I might be
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The customer recently replaced his AGS for his two SW 6048s and then upgraded
his firmware a week later. He reported that his problem with the AGS began
after firmware upgrade. Here's the particular issue:</font><font size=4 face="sans-serif">
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AGS will try to start the 15.8kW Multi-Quip genny due to low battery voltage
(event 306 DCV start). After about 5 minutes the AGS will stop the genny
due to battery absorption level reached (event 313 ABS stop). The AGS will
go through this event 306/313 cycle on and off until the homeowner shuts
down the AGS. To me this sounds like bad batteries. But, the homeowner
says this cycling does not occur when he manually starts the generator.
This doesn't sound like a complicated problem but so far I'm unfamiliar
with the SW AGS. So, I would greatly appreciate any insight you guys can
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