Thanks for the suggestion, Jay. Yes, the Sol-Ark has a very basic and limited AGS for 2 wire compatible gen sets. Gen start can be programmed with voltage or SOC, however gen stop is not a function that can not be readily programmed. Instead, the Sol-Ark is programmed to charge the battery bank to 90% of the rated Ah capacity of the battery bank before turning off the generator. You can ultimately adjust this gen stop parameter to be based on a specific SOC or voltage, but I believe that doing so requires a call into tech support. The tech I spoke with updated a setting (having to do with a TOU parameter I believe) that was not accessible via the system interface. AGS from Schnieder, Outback and even Magnum are less clunky, but I am hoping that Sol-Ark will eventually come out with new programming to remediate these minor but nevertheless, important issues
-Chris On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 3:58 PM Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chris > > I would install a timer. There are many dry contact dc or ac powered with > a high degree of programmability. > > A question about the normal function of the AGS. I’ve talked to a few > people that have mentioned that the ags has its own fuzzy logic, with > limited programming. And they have had issues with it not turning on or not > turning off > > What do you say? > > Jay > > On Nov 11, 2020, at 10:43 AM, Glenn Burt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I believe the Atkinson GSCM could be used to do this. > > -Glenn > Sent from my 'smart'phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors. > > ------ Original message------ > *From: *Chris Sparadeo > *Date: *Wed, Nov 11, 2020 11:16 AM > *To: *RE-wrenches; > *Cc: * > *Subject:*[RE-wrenches] Sol-Ark Gen Exercise Cycle > > Hi all, > > According to Sol-Ark tech support, they do not currently have a > programmable exercise cycle for > its two-wire start function. When paired with a generator like a Generac > Ecogen (exercise cycle is automatically disabled when configured with two > wire start) this means that the only way to effectively run an exercise > cycle on your generator would be to do it manually. I am wondering if > anyone has run into this issue and if there are work arounds? Kind of a > bummer and my first and only negative experience with Sol-Ark thus far. > > Kindly, > > Chris Sparadeo > -- > Chris Sparadeo > > > C_802-369-4458 > H_802-728-3059 > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > > -- Chris Sparadeo C_802-369-4458 H_802-728-3059
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