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<DIV>Dana,</DIV>
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<DIV> Exact same experience with the Kohler
14KW. I don't think I'm even getting a week of cloudy weather to "lose"
the battery with a 30W PV. </DIV>
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<DIV> Also, Chris mentioned its the battery
charger pulling (the majority?) of the phantom load. It has always
been my understanding that start batteries are higher in calcium and have a very
low inherent discharge rate. It may be the battery charger that is pulling
the power to keep the battery charged but to me it seems that it is because the
battery is being drawn down by the control board.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bill </DIV>
<DIV>Feather River Solar Electric</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>solar powered since 1982</FONT></DIV>
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RSA14 – 14 KW is the same I have to run and AC circuit to the gen to run a
battery charger from the inverter. A 30 Watt PV module in the winter is not
enough if it is cloudy for a week. The battery dies and has frozen. Again the
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