small diesel generator [RE-wrenches]

[Hugh Piggott]

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At 4:07 PM -0400 15/6/04, Tom Lane, Energy Conservation Services wrote:
>
>Fischer Panda Advanced DC diesel generators are the smallest, quietest,
>diesel generators you can purchase.  They are designed to support an
>alternative energy system with direct DC current to the battery bank of your
>inverter system.

I don't see much point in generating DC from the engine if you have a 
synching sine wave inverter nowadays.  Makes more sense to run a 
small AC generator straight into the loads (via the inverter) and 
avoid conversions as much as possible.  Get some battery charge at 
the same time using the inverter.  When my battery gets low I don't 
find engine charging very rewarding.  I prefer to use power direct 
off the engine if possible and wait for wind to do a proper battery 
charge.
-- 
Hugh
Scoraig Wind Electric
http://www.scoraigwind.co.uk/

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