Electrical gremlin

[John Suter]

Hi Wes,

I think one of our problems as owners comes from the
description, "brown-out."
If brown-out means total loss of shore power, or
shore power dropping below 100 volts A/C, then we have
a "start generator condition" when our gen start dash
switch is on, and the Low A/C - No A/C switch is set
to Low A/C, and the house battery bank voltage drops
to 11.25 volts D/C.
Seminars have instructed that we set the Low A/C -
No A/C switch to No A/C when pets are to stay in the
coach unattended, with the shore power connected and
the Air conditioner(s) running, to permit the
generator to start immediately upon shore power
failure without also having to meet the criteria of
low house battery voltage.
Perhaps you can amplify or correct that information,
as it appears contradicted by information on the
website.
Keep in mind, it is difficult to understand why an
owner would want to permit any kind of shore power
"Brown-out" condition as it would surely play havoc
with our electronics.

Last, I'm also not at all sure our GenCon setups
poll the cranking/engine battery, and although the
Westhaver website makes reference to polling the
generator battery, I have haven't heard of a Bluebird
making use of that feature.

Thanks so much for your help.

John Suter



--- lwesthaver1958 wrote:

> Ralph, I think the best way to describe the
> operation of the Gencon
> is to say that it simply sits in a polling loop and
> watches the
> three main inputs ie. House battery, Cranking
> battery and shore
> power.
>
> There are subtle differences in the various firmware
> versions but
> typically the Gencon will start your genset if it
> sees a brown-out
> condition for at least ten seconds. Or if either
> battery drops below
> their respective thresholds.
>
> If you have any questions about specific firmware
> releases, please
> feel free to ask.
>
> As for schematics etc. You may post anything you
> find on the
> Westhaver Associates website here for the benefit of
> the Bluebird
> forum members. If there is some aspect of the Gencon
> that you would
> like to have explained/documented and it isn't
> already addressed on
> our website we'll do our best to address it and post
> the new
> information.
>
> Thank your for your support,
> Wes Westhaver
>



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