[RE-wrenches] Off-Grid Diesel Generators

bob reellison at gmail.com
Tue Apr 13 03:31:27 PDT 2010


I have a customer that has a Perkins from Hardy, it's a 16 KW and it has
been great. Smaller ones are available, 8 and 12 K comes to mind.

It is in a separate building with the power gear. In the winter he has a
small propane wall heater that keeps the shed warm enough that the generator
auto starts well and easily.

In this area -40 is not uncommon, but the propane keeps it fine in the
building. I have had bad luck with propane generators, seems they drop a
valve after a few hundred hours.

My next diesel will be one of the Perkins. I don't care for Hardy's attitude
but the generator is good.

 

Just another opinion,

 

Bob

 

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Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 3:36 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


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benn at daystarsolar.ca

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