[RE-wrenches] Large, off grid

[William Miller]

Jeff:

Will it do generator support?

William Miller





At 02:23 PM 8/19/2011, you wrote:
>The new Outback Radian GS8048 (aptly nicknamed "The Beast") is one 
>extremely impressive inverter! I've been beta testing one on a customer's 
>system for a couple of months and it is a beast alright! However, it will 
>not do 3 phase at this time. It has 2) 4kW 120/240V modules in it, if one 
>fails the other continues to provide split phase and it can be field 
>serviced and new firmware field upgraded as well. No load idle draw is 
>only 30W max., I'm not aware of any 8kW inverter that is this low. But 
>this bad boy really shines in motor surge. This customer has a full wood 
>shop that was powered by his 15kW genset, that could only run one 3hp 
>motor at a time, a second start would stall the genny. Not with the Beast, 
>we turned on the 3hp table saw, then a 3hp compressor, then a 2hp planner 
>and then and then and then until we had EVERY motor in his shop running, 
>there were a total of 12.5 h.p. of motors running along with house loads 
>and the Beast begged for more. The owners dream of having a honkin' dust 
>vac system can now be fulfilled! It is shipping now as I understand it. 
>Also this is a new look for an inverter, it looks a lot like an appliance 
>(tankless water heater), no led's, switches, displays, nada just a very 
>clean looking SS cabinet. Will only interface with the Mate3, another 
>impressive Outback product albiet pricey but well worth the money.
>
>
> From the Solar, Wind and Hydro powered office of Jeff Oldham/Regenerative 
> SOLutions
>
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