Using a Atksen Gen wizard will allow the installer to have a; start on low starter battery voltage as well as start on low temp feature. If its a propane unit I always use the carb heater 1) helps the unit start &20 cycles the unit more often in the winter due to the load of the carb heater. OR Why don't you set the ex period for a shorter cycle say 3 days? On Jul 16, 2015, at 11:03 AM, frenergy wrote:
> Wrenches, > > We recently discussed the significant load the brains of many gensets > requires, especially in off-grid. I have been trying to keep the start > battery and brains of a Kohler 14KW gen charged with a ~40 PV. This works > fine until the winter. > > Any issues with keeping that PV connected (with its charge controller) > and re-connecting the supplied-by-Kohler power source connection to keep the > battery and brains happy? I would like to think the PV would take some of > the load off the AC connection to the main off-grid system, with no conflicts. > > TIA > > Bill > Feather River Solar Electric > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > t...@swnl.net www.SWNL.net > Solarwinds Northernlights > Serving Mid Coast Maine & Northern California > 207-832-7574 Cl. 610-517-8401 > > Blair "TUMP" May > ******** MAINE'S CHARTER ******** > NABCEP "Certified PV Installer" > > ******** MAINE'S CHARTER ******** > Trace Xantrex "Certified" Dealer / Installer" >
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