Honda inverter / generators with off grid [RE-wrenches]

[Darryl Thayer]

Hello
I would like some feed back on my Outback generator
approach.  Has anyone else tried this?  My system
works, what do you see as drawbacks?  I have another
customer that needs to generator support an Outback
system, I am looking for cautions. 
Darryl 

--- Darryl Thayer <daryl_solar at yahoo.com> wrote:

> To all 
> When I had this problem I took a 'the Keep it
> Simple'
> approach.  I took an Outback X240 auto transformer. 
> I
> stepped down the 120 volt output of a very sloppy
> construction generator to 60 volts.  I used a full
> wave rectifier to produce DC.  (I think it was a 60
> amp RATED diodes on a heat sink and a fan.)  I put
> this to the input of the MX60 and let the MX charge
> the batteries.  I think I set the maximum amps at 20
amps on the output.  It works just fine, of course you

> have to buy an MX60 and you are limited to the
> current.  If a person wanted to improve the
> performance use a 120 to 80 volt transfromer.  
> DARRYL  
> 
> --- William Miller <wrmiller at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> > Todd:
> > 
> > More than just the lack of two AC inputs, the lack
> > of generator support is, 
> > to me, a bigger problem.    We have a trailer with
> > two Outback FX inverters 
> > we use for public demonstrations.  We put Outacks
> in
> > hoping we could charge 
> > batteries at a low rate while operating in order
> to
> > defray discharge of the 
> > batteries.  Apparently this is not possible with
> the
> > Outback.
> > 
> 
> 
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