I've done 4 or 5 little hobby-type projects on a pi now, and it all goes
amazingly smoothly.
bp
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On 12/20/2017 7:27 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote:
I was really surprised how fast my first pi project was. 5 hours from
opening the box to a working prototype. Took another 5 hours to clean
it up, put in logging, and make sure it starts on Boot.
I would think you could build something for this in about 3 times that
many hours.
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017, 9:23 PM Lewis Bergman <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Bummer. Guess there was not enough demand or to make variants?
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017, 5:18 PM George Skorup
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Yeahbut Forrest doesn't make the generator control board anymore.
On 12/20/2017 5:01 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote:
I think packetflux is likely the easiest with the most to
offer our of the box. I know if one other out of the box
solution that cost about 3 times as much. First can not only
start it but he can use his shunt to make sure it is actually
started and producing current.
If you want to do it yourself you could work some coding and
such but it doesn't sound like that is what you want to do.
Arduino, raspberry pi, etc. Could do this but you have to
build it all yourself. Not really fast but fun if you like
that kind of thing.
You would need some electronics knowledge if you don't want
to spend a few days googling. I guess you still have to know
enough to make Google work.
Again, see Forest for his genset setup. I know a lot of
people in this list use it.
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017, 4:39 PM Eric Kuhnke
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
assuming you have a generator that does auto-choke and is
wired for electrical remote start, like the small generac
units sold for RV use and similar... where all you need
to do is turn on a relay for 4-5 seconds to crank a
starter, then turn off the relay again.
one of these: http://tinycontrol.pl/en/lan-controller/
and one of these:
http://tinycontrol.pl/en/relays-board-10a-v3/
or a thing like this:
http://denkovi.com/ethernet-relay-card-5-channels-snmp-http-xml-real-time-clock-din-box
there are quite a few different DIN mount
relay-controllers with basic http interfaces to turn on
and off things. Some support things like receiving an
snmp trap to trigger a relay for automated scripting.
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Brandon Yuchasz
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
We are looking at adding a remote start to a
generator at an off grid site we have and I am
gathering information on options at this point.
Right now we are all Solar at the site. It’s a new
site and if / when we draw down batteries beyond
where we are comfortable we turn go to the site turn
off the PV and start a generator manually and run a
48v battery charger on the bank. It’s a fairly low
tech solution right now. We log in turn off the PV
array and a guy goes out and pulls the rope on the
generator and batteries start to charge. He then
leaves and in three hours generator runs out of fuel
and charging stops. Log back in turn the PV back on
and that’s the end of the process.
We are considering a few different options at the
site and I don’t want to complicate this to much by
offering to much information to start. Ill go into
more details later but for now I am looking for a way
to start a (different) propane generator remotely
during the dark months. Most likely once a week in
December and January.
So assuming electric start is an options on the
generator. What options do I have for throwing that
“switch” from the office. I am positive I am not the
first one of us to want to do this.
Thoughts everyone? I want to KISS so when I am not
around others can do this with minimal training.
Thanks,
Brandon
