[RE-wrenches] off grid PV connected to generator
Drake
drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org
Wed Jan 16 11:38:48 PST 2013
At 12:53 PM 1/16/2013, you wrote:
>Finally got through to Outback. They said the GVFX could be wired
>with a genny line-side of the inverter in order for the genny to
>charge the batteries and that this configuration could potentially
>cause problems for the genny. The likelihood of the PV sending power
>to the generator is extremely small as the inverter needs to see 5
>minutes of perfect power in addition to sensing a near full battery
>bank before it will attempt to "sell" power back to the AC source.
A few years back, in a similar situation, Outback Tech Support told
me that if the inverter tried to sell to the generator, the voltage
would go out of f tolerance and the Outback GVFX would disconnect.
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