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 > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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