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Originally Posted by TurnerFam
- set the AGS to 'Enable'(telling the AGS to be alert to start the Gen when needed)
- set the AGS 'Volts' setting to 12.0(after two continuous minutes below these volts the AGS will start the Gen)
- set the AGS 'RUN TIME' to 1 hour(which the amount of time the Gen will then run, before the AGS automatically shuts it off) You may find that you can get by with 30 mins Run Time, or you may feel better with 2 Hours of Run Time, it's up to you and how 'much' you want each run to charge your battery bank.
- set your LBCO(Low Battery Cut Out) to 11.5 volts.(the level at which your Inverter will automatically shut down to preserve your battery bank, in the event the AGS cannot start the Gen, due to low fuel, etc., or in the case it fails to start the Gen, otherwise.)
- set your SHORE button, the SHORE MAX setting, to a high number, such as 40, so that the battery CHARGER has the most amps to use while charging the batteries when the Gen is running.
If you set this too low, the battery charger will not be able to effectively charge the battery bank fully, though sometimes you want this because you also want to use both air conditioners and the microwave while the generator is running, in order to minimize Tripping/overloading the Generator breaker. Customize this the way that is best for your off-grid situation, which can even change from day-to-day, or even hour-to-hour.
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I guess I will have to publicly thank you for this information as this site apparently will not allow one to thank some twice without thanking someone else first?
Imagine a police officer that flags us down in a pouring rain and warns us about hazardous road condition ahead, and then a few weeks later, a police officer apprehends a would be burglar in our backyard, but we can't thank him because we hadn't thanked another police officer yet?
At any rate, I am building my own cheat sheet of things to do and not to do and this is going under my AGS section. Thanks
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