[RE-wrenches] Off-Grid Diesel Generators

[benn kilburn]

Steve,Thanks for the feedback.  A Northern Lights dealer i spoke with is selling Outback equipment as well.  I'll bring this up with him to see if he has seen this issue and how they have dealt with it.cheers,benn

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:02:05 -0700
From: shiggins at outbackpower.com
To: re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Off-Grid Diesel Generators



















Benn, 

 

The only thing I have heard about NL generators was about 5
years ago there were some issues with a generator in Alaska that used a capacitive
coupled regulator that didn’t like the way Outback loaded it down when
charging batteries.   The only thing that helped was the addition of
a $600 dollar tank circuit that helped but didn’t really fix the problem. 


 

The customer ended replacing the Regulator with an electronic
control that finally fixed the issue. 

 



Steve Higgins. 

Sr Application Engineer. 

Sub-Saharan Africa Business Dev Mgr. 

Outback Power Systems. 

 19009 62nd Ave Ne 

Arlington Wa 98223

360-618-4313

 



 





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kilburn

Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 12:36 PM

To: Wrenches

Subject: [RE-wrenches] Off-Grid Diesel Generators





 

Wrenches,



 





Can
anyone in the off-grid market, in colder climate regions (i'm at latitude 53)
suggest or recommend a reliable diesel generator for off-gird home back-up.
 It will likely be coupled with two Outback VFX3648's and a 1500
to 2500 amp/hr battery.  





Any
experiences with pairing Lister generators with an auto-start set up?  





Northern
Lights Generators has also come highly recommended, any experiences?





 





Also,
for this colder region, i'm looking for pros/cons of having the back-up gen
installed indoors (garage or shop) as opposed to outdoors; to protect it
somewhat from the extreme cold weather so it will have less trouble starting
when it is needed.





 





Thanks
in advance.





benn







DayStar
Renewable Energy Inc. 





benn at daystarsolar.ca





780-906-7807 





HAVE
A SUNNY DAY 





 





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