[RE-wrenches] generator surge on outback system

[William Miller]

Kirk:

Just went through this.  You need a Mate with capability to set a cool  
down period.

William Miller

Sent from a sidewalk cafe in Naousa.

On Aug 12, 2010, at 3:22 PM, "Kirk Herander, VSE" <kirk at vtsolar.com>  
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have an off-grid customer with dual Outback inverters and a Kohler  
> 8.5 RES generator. When the inverter automatically shuts off the  
> generator, we see quite a surge (greater than 300 vac) in the house,  
> before the switch to batteries takes place. This trips their arc- 
> fault breaker and causes their flat-screen tv to power off and then  
> back on. The generator people say this shutoff surge is not uncommon  
> (translation – they don’t know what to do about it), although  
> I’ve never seen it to this