coj off-grid process

wingnut771 said:
Isnt that what was done and it burnt out at 75% load?
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I don't know the details, but running it at 75% load for a few hours a day isn't going to cause an issue, unless you don't oil it and maintain it. If you run it at 75% for 8+ hours a day you probably would burn it out.
 
Lupus said:
I don't know the details, but running it at 75% load for a few hours a day isn't going to cause an issue, unless you don't oil it and maintain it. If you run it at 75% for 8+ hours a day you probably would burn it out.
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The generator coils burnt out iirc. The engine side was fine.
 
Lupus said:
You don't run the generators for too long, you need to top up batteries or to run things while batteries charge. 4 hours maybe tops
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Yeah, its basically just a top up. In my case I can see a worst case scenario being running it for 6 hours to get the batteries full and they wll gradually drain down over 3 days as there is always some generation. But it has to be even worse weather than yesterday for that to happen.

So cant justify bigger genies.
 
wingnut771 said:
@Düber, care to comment?
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6 hours on the silent 1.8kW is 50%. That is doing nothing for the little guy. @Düber has 6 times my consumption. He needs the bigger genie and it runs more (day after day) in weather like this. I dont have that problem wth my consumption and I think Lupus also wouldnt.
 
denmendez65 said:
6 hours on the silent 1.8kW is 50%. That is doing nothing for the little guy. @Düber has 6 times my consumption. He needs the bigger genie and it runs more (day after day) in weather like this. I dont have that problem wth my consumption and I think Lupus also wouldnt.
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Okay so why we arguing then if you're using 50%?
 
denmendez65 said:
6 hours on the silent 1.8kW is 50%. That is doing nothing for the little guy. @Düber has 6 times my consumption. He needs the bigger genie and it runs more (day after day) in weather like this. I dont have that problem wth my consumption and I think Lupus also wouldnt.
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Yeah last time we ran the generator properly was last year Feb when the grid was off for 3 days, during heavy rain and I still had a normal geyser, plus my system was smaller. So most of the time the generator was run was for the geyser + a little top up of the batteries, so ran at 65% for about 4 hours a day.
 
Lupus said:
Yeah last time we ran the generator properly was last year Feb when the grid was off for 3 days, during heavy rain and I still had a normal geyser, plus my system was smaller. So most of the time the generator was run was for the geyser + a little top up of the batteries, so ran at 65% for about 4 hours a day.
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Have you run it yet on the new inverter? Do we know if it will accept dirty power?
 
wingnut771 said:
Have you run it yet on the new inverter? Do we know if it will accept dirty power?
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Nope haven't run it on the new inverter, barely used the grid for the new inverter as I just hit the smart charge to top up for an hour here or there.
So honestly not sure if it will accept dirty power, the old Mecer/Axpert needed to have the voltage/frequency range set to Appl vs UPS to accept the dirty power.
 
Lupus said:
Nope haven't run it on the new inverter, barely used the grid for the new inverter as I just hit the smart charge to top up for an hour here or there.
So honestly not sure if it will accept dirty power, the old Mecer/Axpert needed to have the voltage/frequency range set to Appl vs UPS to accept the dirty power.
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You like risking it for the biscuit? What about the scorned woman in the house if the grid goes down?
 
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