I have a customer that has a Perkins from Hardy, it's a 16 KW and it has been great. Smaller ones are available, 8 and 12 K comes to mind.
It is in a separate building with the power gear. In the winter he has a small propane wall heater that keeps the shed warm enough that the generator auto starts well and easily. In this area -40 is not uncommon, but the propane keeps it fine in the building. I have had bad luck with propane generators, seems they drop a valve after a few hundred hours. My next diesel will be one of the Perkins. I don't care for Hardy's attitude but the generator is good. Just another opinion, Bob From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of benn kilburn Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 3:36 PM To: Wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Off-Grid Diesel Generators Wrenches, Can anyone in the off-grid market, in colder climate regions (i'm at latitude 53) suggest or recommend a reliable diesel generator for off-gird home back-up. It will likely be coupled with two Outback VFX3648's and a 1500 to 2500 amp/hr battery. Any experiences with pairing Lister generators with an auto-start set up? Northern Lights Generators has also come highly recommended, any experiences? Also, for this colder region, i'm looking for pros/cons of having the back-up gen installed indoors (garage or shop) as opposed to outdoors; to protect it somewhat from the extreme cold weather so it will have less trouble starting when it is needed. Thanks in advance. benn DayStar Renewable Energy Inc. b...@daystarsolar.ca 780-906-7807 HAVE A SUNNY DAY CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email, including any attachments, contains information from DayStar Renewable Energy Inc. and/or its affiliates, which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by "reply to sender only" message and destroy all electronic and hard copies of the communication, including attachments. _____ Hotmail & Messenger. Get them on your <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9724456> phone now.
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