Battery/generator upgrade.... [RE-wrenches]

[Jim Duncan]

An elderly customer of mine, in a semi-rural location, after suffering 
thru a 36 hour blackout, has decided to upgrade his 6.6kW tracker system 
to include a backup battery/genset. I'll refrain from "I told you so's" 
since he declined the extra cost back when I suggested it in 04. 
Anyway, the CEC Lists of Eligible Renewable Equipment does not include 
backup generators and the generator www sites seldom give enough 
technical information critical to the PV community. Even the occasional 
Wrenches discussions don't touch on more than a couple of brands and 
models and specific details of each. This leads me to conclude that few 
if any generators are ideal for this type application. 
So has someone somewhere compiled a list of attributes that one needs to 
look for, or look out for, when sizing a grid-tied battery backup 
genset. 3-2500U's are in place now.
Thanks as always...
Jim Duncan
North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
Fort Worth, Texas


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