WhisperGen PPS16 Installation and Commissioning Manual Rev: 080801
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19. User selectable function testing
To check the Heat Manage operation:
1. Turn
Heat Manage to on and switch on the radiators or convection heaters.
2. Start
the
WhisperGen.
3.
Wait for the battery charge cycle to finish absorb charging.
4.
Check that the WhisperGen is running in Float charge and is providing heat to the
radiators and convection heaters. The clamp current should be greater than zero.
5.
Stop the WhisperGen.
6. Turn
Heat Manage to off.
To check the Ext. Control operation:
1. Set
Ext. Control Mode to 2 and turn Ext. Control to on.
2.
Close the external switch fitted to terminals 5 and 6. If no switch is fitted, place a wire
jumper between terminals 5 and 6.
3.
Open the external switch (or remove the wire).
The WhisperGen will stop. Under normal operating conditions, the WhisperGen runs for
a minimum of one hour each time it is started by an
Ext. Control
. This prevents the
WhisperGen stopping and starting every 10 minutes if it is fitted with a thermostat
.
To check the Auto-charge operation, without having to discharge the battery 35% for
Auto-start:
1. Make sure the WhisperGen is in Standby mode.
2.
Set Battery Capacity to 100. Battery capacity is set in the hidden Service Menu.
3.
Set Max Battery Discharge to 0.10.
4. Turn
Auto-charge to On, from the User Menu.
5.
Turn on some electrical loads.
When the Batt Amp-hrs falls to less than –10, the WhisperGen will start and begin a
battery charge cycle.
The battery charge cycle can take a long time to complete. Fully charging the battery is
optional during commissioning.
To stop the battery charge cycle:
1. Reset
Battery Capacity to the correct value.
2. Reset
the
Max Battery Discharge to the correct value.
3.
Stop the WhisperGen.
4. Turn
Auto-charge to off.
If the WhisperGen is disconnected from the battery, then a full battery charge cycle is
needed to reset the
Batt Amp-hrs
reading.
