Xantrex Link 2000 gone crazy.

[mestrezat]

I installed my second Link 2000 3.5 years ago and it has worked fine till yesterday. I fired up my Honda 3000 generator and pushed the "Charge" button on my Link 2000 control panel. About 2 minutes later, it dropped from "Charge" to "Accept". Before starting the generator, it read -74 amp hours on bank #1 and -40 amp hours on bank #2. After pushing some of the buttons on the Link 2000, I found that the screen showed that battery bank #2 was a 0 amp hours and the charge rate had dropped to about 5 amps instead of the normal 20+. Bank #1 stayed fine and kept taking the amps and volts went up to 14.25 on both banks after a while.
After a couple of hours, I turned off the generator and as the night passed, bank #2 showed no signs of being used. It showed +5 Amps when we went to bed and was the same in the morning. Bank #1 was up to about -35 hours.
I've check all the parameters of the Link 2000 and they are the same as they have alway been.
Bank #1--220 amp hours and Bank #2 is 110 amp hours.
I fired up the generator this morning and it continued as it did yesterday.
One other note-- when the generator is turned off, if the amp hours show as a +, they get reset by the Link 2000 to 0. This happened on bank#1 but not on bank #2.
Do I need to do a master reset and reprogram the unit? Just not sure what it wrong but I've effectively lost 1/3 of my amp hours.

[Stu Jackson]

Seems you are going into float prematurely.

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[Vasco]

That's the way the Link 2000 is. Quirky. I posted a while ago about the Link resetting to 0 amps used after turning off the charger when a second ago it was -70 amps. I finally gave up on mine when it stopped showing amps used. Zantrex no longer makes the 2000 and offered me a replacement 2000 (they must have a bunch of refurbished ones) for a few hundred bucks! Mine ended up as a $500 voltage meter. I got a Victron to replace it. Works fine and a lot cheaper.

[5baron]

Originally Posted by Vasco

That's the way the Link 2000 is. Quirky. I posted a while ago about the Link resetting to 0 amps used after turning off the charger when a second ago it was -70 amps. I finally gave up on mine when it stopped showing amps used. Zantrex no longer makes the 2000 and offered me a replacement 2000 (they must have a bunch of refurbished ones) for a few hundred bucks! Mine ended up as a $500 voltage meter. I got a Victron to replace it. Works fine and a lot cheaper.

I'm sitting on the hard in Malaysia refitting my old Privilege 39 and need a charger inverter 240 volt. I have an address in the USA for freight consolidating. Wondering where I could source a Victron unit to do the job. My electrical man says 1500 watts and 75 amp would suit.
Any help is appreciated.
I have a few other items to buy, an Aqua Signal masthead tricolor/ anchor light being one essential. Again any pointers most welcome.