<p>You may have to educate these people about what happens once the sun goes down. It does sound like a good way damage electronics (loads) if not done perfectly!</p>
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<p>On Wed, 2 Jun 2021 16:58:00 -0400, Jason Szumlanski <jason@floridasolardesigngroup.com> wrote:</p>
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<div dir="auto">Maybe it's time for a change of thinking in the resi market. People who consider PV and can't have it used for backup get disenfranchised quickly. </div>
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<div>As Jay says SMA has the Fuel Save Controller for large PV to Diesel hybrid systems - with or without batteries. <br /> <a href="https://www.sma.de/en/industrial-systems/fuel-save-solution-for-hybrid-systems.html"><br /> https://www.sma.de/en/industrial-systems/fuel-save-solution-for-hybrid-systems.html</a><br /> <br /> So no reason it can't be done on a smaller scale.<br /> <br /> Best,<br /> <br /> Jeff<br /> Village Power Design<br /> <span> </span><br />
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I just came across this solution from Fronius: <a href="https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/7c491c267a60aecbda5c36da8e23e64a94576133?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fronius.com%2Fen%2Fsolar-energy%2Finstallers-partners%2Fproducts-solutions%2Foffgrid-backup%2Fpv-genset-saving-fuels-with-photovoltaics.&userId=1613865&signature=86c145b44a7c38ec">https://www.fronius.com/en/solar-energy/installers-partners/products-solutions/offgrid-backup/pv-genset-saving-fuels-with-photovoltaics.</a></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Installing PV/inverters to a generator is a common practice. </div>
<div dir="ltr">One must make sure you don't ever have more PV/inverter than load to prevent either generator damage or shut down. </div>
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<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't damage the generator, 125kw. </div>
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<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's 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>
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<div dir="ltr">SMA and others have full packages that communicate with the generator for really large systems like mines etc. </div>
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<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>
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<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.
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