> I bet if you thought a little harder, you could get it even more complicated. > Ha, Ha Jerry :)
Thanks Dave. Yes, the solution is a 15KV transmission line. Should have done it last year as that $150K run of copper is pushing 400K. > On Jun 29, 2021, at 4:40 PM, Jerry Shafer <jerrysgarag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <mjmornings...@gmail.com > <mailto:mjmornings...@gmail.com>> 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 > <http://re-wrenches.org/> > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > <mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org> > > There are two list archives for searching. 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