[RE-wrenches] Generator brains

[Allan Sindelar]

Bill,
This is the new reality, for better or worse. Most gennies are primarily built for residential backup and use the grid AC to maintain readiness. 

In a new installation, running one more conductor to carry system AC for the generator, often no larger than 14awg, with the output and signal bundle, makes the gennie's tare just another base load. 



> On Jul 16, 2015, at 8:03 AM, "frenergy" <frenergy at psln.com> wrote:
> 
> Wrenches,
> 
>       We recently discussed the significant load the brains of  many gensets requires, especially in off-grid.  I have been trying to keep the start battery and brains of a Kohler 14KW gen charged with a ~40 PV.  This works fine until the winter.
> 
>       Any issues with keeping that PV connected (with its charge controller) and re-connecting the supplied-by-Kohler power source connection to keep the battery and brains happy?  I would like to think the PV would take some of the load off the AC connection to the main off-grid system, with no conflicts.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Bill
> Feather River Solar Electric 
> 
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