219
UnclassifiedGeneral
What This Code Means
CHARGER FAILURE warning displayed; Battery charging alternator not reaching acceptable voltage within time limit
Possible Causes
- •Alternator does not support charging alternator functionality while Charging Alt feature is enabled
- •Alternator type does not support the control's charging alternator logic functionality
- •Battery charging alternator did not reach acceptable voltage range within selected time period (default = 120 seconds)
- •Charger failure warning setting is not set to "No"
- •Charging alternator voltage reaches or drops to the Charger Failed L Threshold for the duration of the time delay
- •Charging alternator voltage reaches or exceeds the Charger Failed H Threshold for the duration of the time delay
Suggested Actions
- 1Change the Charging Alt setting to 'No'
- 2Change the setting to "No" to disable the Charger Failure warning
- 3Disable warning by setting 'Charging Alt. Enable' setting to 'No' in Genset Service submenus (page 5-8) if alternator does not support charging logic
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