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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;-webkit-line-break: after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>For something small it’s hard to beat the Honda inverter generators, for larger I have customers who have the 16 KW Perkins Diesel generators from Hardy diesel and are very happy with them. These engines are built in the Caterpillar plant in the US (Georgia?) We are in a very cold area, last night was -32 F. They use a propane wall heater to keep the temp in the 40’s to 50’s or better sometimes and starting is not a problem. It’s just one of the costs of a generator in a cold area.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>More of my .02 worth!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Later,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Bob Ellison<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Randy Brooks<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 24, 2011 3:16 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Wrenches RE<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [RE-wrenches] Generator for off grid<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Fellow Wrenches,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>What generator manufacturer are you currently recommending for off grid use? A Kohler 18RES (LP, 3,600 rpm, air cooled) a customer installed last year has already failed after 370 hours of use during 6 months of construction and winter occupancy. It consumed enough oil to cause the low oil shutoff to activate, and the generator controller board is fried. The owner is still negotiating with Kohler, but Kohler has said they will not support any of their generators used off grid.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The owner is looking at a Cummins Onan 20 kW GGMA (LP, 1,800 rpm, liquid cooled).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Any suggestions would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Randy Brooks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Brooks Solar, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><font size=1 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Solar Power for People</span></font></i></b><font size=1 color=black><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>140 Columbia View<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Chelan, WA<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>98816<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>509-682-9646<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><a href="mailto:Randy@BrooksSolar.com">Randy@BrooksSolar.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.BrooksSolar.com">www.BrooksSolar.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></div></body></html>