We are looking at a load of about 100 watts, 24/7, and the locations would be in the Caribbean with 5-6 full sun hours daily, most days. I don't foresee a large amount of generator run time, but storms and fog happen.
This is not in the USA, so I also see issues in obtaining AGM batteries. Golf car batteries are common. I'm not seeing much out there for tiny generators, and I'm starting to think that the occasional hammering of a golf car battery bank by a week-long period of no sun might be more cost-effective -- it won't happen very often, and I believe the 12vdc gear they are running is really 5vdc USB, so their power supply won't cut out until 10,5 vdc. I believe that lack of noise is also an issue. The one thing they don't lack down there is sun, that's for sure. A hammered battery bank would fill in a day. Hmmm..contemplating this. Thanks for your input, all! DAN FINK On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Chris Mason <[email protected]>wrote: > The problem you will face with such a small generator is the run time > rating. You are likely to put a large number of hours on this and you will > kill a little 2KW gas generator quickly. The service interval will be too > short for this type of use. > Additionally, they are generally not designed to be outdoor use and cannot > be used indoor. How will you house it? How will you connect more than a few > hours fuel? > You can get a 6KW Generac ecogen that is rated for 500 hours between > service and designed for this kind of run time. Comes with weather proof > housing and can be run from a large fuel tank. > > >
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