Auto gen start install
Hello everyone. So I’m thinking of installing an AGS system. I’ve been doing research and I seem to keep coming back to the Magnum MEAGSN kit. It’s a standalone system that has settings for low batter...
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KD4UPL wrote:
Just to be clear the ME-AGS-N is not "stand alone" in that the N designates the Network version. It is designed to connect to a Magnum inverter and be programed/controlled by an ME-RC or ME-ARC. They do make a "stand alone" version called the ME-AGS-S.
I've installed several of them in off grid homes but never in an RV. They work quite well if you pay attention to the generator. The problem I have is many customers interpret "automatic" as meaning "hands off". I get these calls about how the generator didn't start like it was supposed too. You find out the gen starting battery was 8 years old and dead, they haven't checked the oil in the generator in 2 years and it was too low, etc. Probably in an RV where you're using the generator more you won't have that problem.
Yosemite Sam, it would work on a portable if it was electric start and had connections for a remote start kit. You would need from 2 to 5 control wires from the Magnum AGS to the portable generator. I've hooked up some Hondas but not anything else portable wise.
Thanks for the clarification. After I posted this I did more research and found that the ME-AGS-S is the standalone version. The one I posted would work if I bought their inverter that would go with and all the other little sensors. And yes maint goes along way with how an auto system would work!
