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Ken Sair:
Me and my auto=gen start are not getting along. Today we were running down the road with the gen running and the A/C's running.
After about an hour the gen shutoff when the batteries were fully charged. So, we turned the auto-gen start off and all worked well. We later turned off the generator. Later this evening we we went to watch TV and found the auto-gen start back on. Is there some default I'm not aware of that automatically returns it to the 'on' position everytime we use the generator?

I've always been under the impression it was 'off' unless I turned it on.

Ken Sair 2007 Beaver Contessa

Daryl Beck:
I had the same thing happen to me and I shut the auto stop off.  On mine it has an auto start and auto off and I can turn the auto stop off and the auto start is still active.  db

Joel Ashley:
Ken-

As far as I can tell, there is no default repositioning of the AGS to "On" just because you manually ran the generator.  I assume that what you mean by "we we went to watch TV and found the auto-gen start back on" is that the remote appeared to be set at "on", and you don't mean the generator actually came on.  I don't know about yours, but the problem with my remote is there is no LED lamp to indicate the status of the AGS function;  all you have is onscreen an "<" beside whichever was selected last.  

The first thing on the submenu list after selecting the "AutoGenSt Cntrl" menu is theoretically whichever of the 4 functions was selected last.  A turn of the knob moves to the unselected items including "AutoGenSt Test"; and another twist moves on to "AGS w/Quiet Time", which is identical to "AutoGenSt Enabl", in that it turns the AGS on in case the voltage gets low or inside temp gets warm enough that the air conditioners might come on, but it won't allow the generator to start during quiet hours.  

My guess is you may have thought the AGS was enabled because "AutoGenSt OFF" was the first thing that popped up under AutoGenSt Cntrl when you selected it.  One could understandably perceive that the system was already on, if the first thing you see on the screen is an apparent option to turn it off.  Been there, dun that.  One more twist of the knob would have taken you to the option "AutoGenSt Enabl".  The menu screen unfortunately is not the best indicator of system status, as the "<" can be taken more than one way and might get ignored or overlooked.  The screen probably read "AutoGenSt OFF <", which meant it indeed was off.

Like I said, an ON/OFF LED for the AGS, on the remote panel, would sure dispense with some confusion.  If anyone has any alternative thoughts, I'd sure welcome them;  but it's my guess it was merely a misread of the remote panel, not uncommon with these computerized contraptions.  Feel free to slam dunk me if I'm dribbling the wrong ball here, Ken.

Ken Sair:
Hi Joel. I am still confused (as usual). On the 14th we ran the house A/C's using the generator. A short time later the generator shut off. I checked the AGS and found it was 'enabled', as you describe. So, I turned it off with the select knob. Generator then ran fine until we turned it off when the temperature cooled. Now, several hours later we went to watch TV. I again checked the AGS. Again it had changed to 'enabled" without any help from me. So, I turned it to off as I did earlier in the day. Everything went fine and I turned off the TV and the generator and went to bed.

Now, I just checked it a few minutes ago. Again, it has changed back to 'enabled'. Somehow it is changing from the last setting I instituted, OFF, to enabled. When the generator is running it shuts off when the batteries are charged.

I tought the AGS was intended to start the generator when the batteries were low-high temps reached etc. Off should be off. It should neither start nor shut off for any reason.

What am I missing?


Ken 2007 Contessa

Ken Sair:
Well, I had a little chat with Magnum Energy this AM. Seems I am experiencing operator error with my AGS (not the first time). Anyway, I have been acivating the AGS button and then turning the select knob to choose enable or off. Then I am pushing the ABS button again. At least I think thats what I am doing. Well, after using the select knob to choose enable or off I am supposed to then push the select button again to 'set' my choice. Seems I was missing that step.

So, I will monitor it for a while and Magnum Energy assures me I am now properly trained to push buttons. Thanks to everyone for all their help.

Ken

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