Hi Ron, Its a real bitch to walk someone through the XW control panel.
But I'm guessing that they added something recently , say an Air conditioner? Default settings are 60 amps, which would put the genny under a world of hurt. Another thought. Is the generator in a shed or open? ie good airflow or not. another way to really kill them, get them really really hot. Good luck, jay On Aug 16, 2012, at 5:32 PM, Ron @ earthRight Solar wrote: > Hi Jay, > > Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not big on generators or on Xantrex so may be > missing something. It's possible the load on the generator is too high, it's > a young family and use lots of power. There is no grid so I'm guessing you > mean connected to the wrong input on the XW? So if they connected the > generator to the grid input instead of generator input then the PV could be > trying to sell back to the generator?? Is this possible? > > It's a first nations group several hours in the back country so not so easy > to troubleshoot. > > Ron > > On 2012-08-16, at 5:24 PM, jay peltz <j...@asis.com> wrote: > >> Hi ron, >> >> Interesting problem. >> >> The XW-AGS is a dry contact system so should be no voltage there, and since >> that "worked" for years, seems unlikely. >> >> Only thoughts at this point are. >> >> 1. load on genny is too high. >> >> 2. generator is connected to the Grid input and it trying to sell back. >> >> 3. any new loads or production sources added lately? >> >> 4. Its not the generator, but something outside of it thats changed. >> >> Good luck, >> >> Jay >> >> peltz power >> >> >> >> >> On Aug 16, 2012, at 3:30 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 >>> >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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