<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>a little off topic but I just connected a 1 kW generator (yamaha inverter) to a 2 kW solar and a Outback FX 3524 and a PVPowered 1100 with 1 kW AC coupled, it just plain worked. no problems. I do not know how well the other inverter generators work, but this is a case where when the batterys get low in this off grid vacation home, they can easily be recharged with solar and gen set. </DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Nathan Jones <solardude97@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wed, March 16, 2011 12:23:24 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Generators?<BR></FONT><BR>August,<BR>Most of the units around 8kw are lower quality units. Most are going to be 3600 rpm instead of 1800 rpm. I just saw an excellent writeup on gensets in a back issue of Home Power written by Alan Sindilar??? Sorry about the spelling, Alan. Excellent article. Perhaps someone knows the issue date.<BR>Nathan Jones<BR><BR>On Wed Mar 16th, 2011 11:58 AM CDT August Goers wrote:<BR><BR>>Hi Off Grid Wrenches -<BR>><BR>>I need to select a propane generator to provide a steady state load of<BR>>approximately 8 kW for a offgrid Sunny Island system. The project is
for<BR>>an art studio and the loads are primarily all lights.<BR>><BR>>I don't have much experience with generators so I thought I'd reach out<BR>>and see what products and manufacturers are popular out there.<BR>><BR>>Thanks,<BR>><BR>>August<BR>><BR>><BR>>August Goers<BR>><BR>>Luminalt Energy Corporation<BR>>1320 Potrero Avenue<BR>>San Francisco, CA 94110<BR>>m: 415.559.1525<BR>>o: 415.641.4000<BR>><A href="mailto:august@luminalt.com" ymailto="mailto:august@luminalt.com">august@luminalt.com</A><BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<BR>><BR>>List Address: <A href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" ymailto="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</A><BR>><BR>>Options & settings:<BR>>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<BR>><BR>>List-Archive:
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