Posts made by Jay

• A real mystery, no one can figure out why we are not able to charge from the alternators anymore.

  Closing the loop on this thread .... many thanks Ben.  The problem was finally diagnosed by a tech in Maryland.  When the solar power system was installed, the the WS500 was reconnected t...

  posted in WS500 Tips, Tricks and support

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  Jay
  8/12/23, 10:01 AM
• A real mystery, no one can figure out why we are not able to charge from the alternators anymore.

  Ben, many thanks. That sounds like a good explanation. We will deplete the house batteries to below 13.2v tomorrow when we are at dock and then test the alternator charging. I am correct in assumi...

  posted in WS500 Tips, Tricks and support

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  Jay
  6/6/23, 8:52 AM
• A real mystery, no one can figure out why we are not able to charge from the alternators anymore.

  Quick update, when the engines are started up without the USB connection to the WS500, there are no error codes (flashing amber for "slave" mode).  Jay  

  posted in WS500 Tips, Tricks and support

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  Jay
  6/5/23, 9:53 AM
• A real mystery, no one can figure out why we are not able to charge from the alternators anymore.

  Ben, many thanks.  We recorded the WS500 log during two startup scenarios:  1) with solar connected and 2) with solar circuit breakers off.  I don't know how to send the full log fil...

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  Jay
  6/5/23, 9:28 AM
• A real mystery, no one can figure out why we are not able to charge from the alternators anymore.

  We have a Victron/Rec BMS/Wakespeed system that was set up for solar charging but just now hooked up 6 solar panels (2500 watts). The alternator charging system worked fine before the solar panels ...

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  Jay
  6/4/23, 5:27 PM