<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Installing PV/inverters to a generator is a common practice. </div><div dir="ltr">One must make sure you don\u2019t ever have more PV/inverter than load to prevent either generator damage or shut down. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I worked on a big project that did actually shut the generator down, it tried to run backwards as the PV power exceeded the load. Didn\u2019t damage the generator, 125kw. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The main reason is to reduce fuel burn, but how how it is reduced has a number of variables: age, fuel type, size, where in the power band it\u2019s operating , and if a larger newer diesel ( they have a very different fuel burn curve than older ones are which works very well with solar). </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">SMA and others have full packages that communicate with the generator for really large systems like mines etc. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Not knowing the size/type of the PV/generator and the variables, hard to say if there would be much fuel savings. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jay</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 25, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Jerry Shafer <jerrysgarage01@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div dir="auto">Not kidding, but not in reference of wildfires either. Installing inverters directly connected to the gennys is in the past lead to smoke. <div dir="auto">Jerry</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 25, 2021, 8:33 AM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar <<a href="mailto:offgridsolar@sti.net">offgridsolar@sti.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>In case you are near me and not kidding Jerry, I see smoke alot of it! For others during fire season this is the tool I use for finding the fire source. Much faster than anything else I have tried. The upper right of the display shows a red area that is the fire.</p>
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<pre> <a href="https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=37.62021,-119.98856&z=10&b=mbt&a=modis_vp%2Cgoesfire" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=37.62021,-119.98856&z=10&b=mbt&a=modis_vp%2Cgoesfire</a><br><br>Sorry Jason! I will look at your link.<br><br></pre>
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<p>On Tue, 25 May 2021 08:22:51 -0700, Jerry Shafer <<a href="mailto:jerrysgarage01@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jerrysgarage01@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Has anyone tried to AC couple these microinverters with a generator output to reduce fuel consumption? They claim it can be done with their "volt-watt" mode. I'm skeptical but interested nonetheless. </div>
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