I bet if you thought a little harder, you could get it even more complicated. If the hydro has both freq and voltage control then look at a dumb charger. Keeping it all independent will be safest. On the other hand l used an outback and connected a wind turbine to the AC in and the inverter just used it first. I set the max input amps and it worked and the inverter picked up the rest, l did have a water heater as a dump and it would pop the t&p sometimes. I dont know how well if at all the voltage is regulated on your controller and It can get complicated. Jerry
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021, 12:49 PM Michael Morningstar <[email protected]> wrote: > Will this work? > > A friend has an off-grid property that is served by a Canyon Industries > AC turbine w/ T&H controller. Output is around 2kw. Of course, no surge > capacity there. He has recently moved there full time and is Vrbo’ing one > of the cabins so power needs have increased. > > What I have done previously in these situations with low Kw AC turbines > is install a battery based system and Iota chargers that are powered from > the turbine. That’s always worked well, BUT now that we are disciples of > the Discover AES/XW pairing I thought I would try this: > > 1) Connect the turbine’s output to AC2 and use Gen Support to enable loads > above 2kw or surges. That’s placing a lot of faith in Gen Support, and if > it were to not respond quick enough, well …trouble. The site is six hours > away. > > Then my friend tells me that he would like to throttle the turbine down > during the summer to conserve water, reducing output to .5-1kw. So, I got > to thinking: > > 2) One inverter for charging only. One inverter for power output only. > Charging inverter communicates with AES through Xanbus and is connected to > a Gateway/Insight so that I can remotely adjust AC2 input current to scale > with seasonal turbine fluctuations. Neither inverter is Synced or knows of > the other’s existence. Output inverter gets a SCP for basic control and > monitoring. Battery bank is connected to a Discover SOC monitor. > > I guess my questions are: Do you see any problems with this arrangement? > Would having what amounts to an external load (the output generator) trip > things up since it’s not communicating w/ the batteries? Could/Should I > include the output inverter in the Xanbus loop? And/Or can I connect the > output inverter to the Gateway device since it has two inputs, > Xanbus 1 and 2. > > I’ve tried to reach Schneider to speak about this to no avail. Great > product, not so great support. > > Thanks in Advance, > Michael > > > > > > *Michael **Morningstar* > > * Morningstar Electric* > PO Box 1494 > Mount Shasta, California 96067 > 530-921-0560 > CSLB 949635 > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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