Electrical gremlin

[lwesthaver1958]

David, it sounds like you are going to get to the bottom of your
problem through the process of elimination.

John Suter has a good grasp on the inner workings of the Gencon and
has given good advice for troubleshooting. If you have any specific
questions as you work through the problem, please let me know.

Wes Westhaver
Westhaver Associates, Inc.


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, David Brady
wrote:
>
> Thanks Wes, for your offer. I'm in the process of trying to
understand
> my symptoms a bit which takes time and use. I'm now at a campground
> with the "gen auto switch" enabled and the brown-out set to ignore
the
> lower 60V ac, with the radioshack ac adapter unplugged, and with
> shore power connected.
>
> What I'm doing is forcing the gencon to only sense the coach dc
voltage
> level.
> I'll run it like this for a day or so to see if the generator
starts; so
> far so good.
> Thanks again for the offer to help diagnose my possible issues;
first I need
> to collect some data.
>
> One thing that would be very useful from the gencon would be a
display
> of the reason for the last generator start; i.e., AC brown-out or
low DC.
>
> The display could be a small led readout on the board itself. As
it is
> today,
> it's sometimes a bit of a mystery understanding the rationale
behind a
> generator start.
>
> Best regards,
> David Brady
> '02 LXi, Smokey
> Va
>
> lwesthaver1958 wrote:
> > David, I received a call this morning from John Suter. He wanted
to
> > get some clarification on the operation of our GenCon generator
> > controller. To make a long story short, he recommended that I
visit
> > this form and take a look around. Having done that, I was
surprised to
> > see that you are continuing to have trouble with your GenCon. I
want
> > to extend an invitation to any GenCon owner to either email,
call or
> > post a message in this forum when you have a GenCon problem and
we'll
> > do our best to address it.
> >
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