(Gary/Don - you might want to cross-post this)
I'm starting a thread about the RS2000 since we were wandering off-topic in the recent Dimensions thread.
Apparently I'm not the only one that has experienced the RS2000 control panel reporting the wrong stage of the three stage state (i.e., the panel is reporting acceptance and not float even though the batteries are fully charged.)
I don't remember the exact scenario since we haven't had the problem happen in a long time and it seems to be very sporadic.
The main issue for me at least is how this affects the auto gen start - on several occasions we have had the genny start on a DCVoltLow trigger (or whatever the panel called it) when the battery bank was fully charged and I *think* the panel was reporting float. (We have also had the genny auto-start on a genuine low battery condition when our bridging solenoid failed and the inverter was pulling the batteries down after several hours on the road.)
Oddly this has happened on two different RS2000 units (but the same control panel and same AGS.) This spring we replaced our RS2000 under the three-year warranty due to noisy fans.
My firmware is the latest (at least as of spring/08) at:
RS2000: 1.04.00
System panel: 1.06
AGS: 1.03.00
RS2000/3000 owners, please chime in here
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