Ray I would love to know which larger propane gen set you are suggesting. 1800 or 3600 rpm. Air cooled or water cooled. To my knowledge there are very few L cooled 1800 rpm gen sets in the 12-15kW range. T > On Jan 17, 2022, at 11:11 PM, Ray <r...@solarray.com> wrote: > > I have a question: why so small a generator? I've always regretted under > sizing the genny for battery charging. Larger gensets are not as fuel hungry > as you might think. I was surprised recently when I did some calcs, and > found that a larger genset would actually get slightly better fuel > consumption at the proposed load. > Plus the larger gensets are usually built to last longer than the portable > stuff. > Ray Walters > Remote Solar > 303 505-8760 > On 1/17/22 5:33 PM, Jeff Clearwater wrote: >> Hello Again All, >> >> Or I'd consider suggesting propane to the customer as well. Any experience >> with know compatibles in propane? >> >> txnks >> >> jc >> >>> Jeff Clearwater <mailto:je...@villagepowerdesign.com> January 17, 2022 at >>> 1:29 PM >>> Thanks All, >>> >>> Aren't there any 5-8 KW gas gennys out there already set up for 2-wire >>> start? We do that all the time with bigger units. >>> >>> Thanks again! >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> jc >> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/> >> > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > 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 > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > 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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