Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid

2013-02-13 Thread Carl Emerson
on many systems. Cheers, Carl Emerson. Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid I am connecting a Kohler 12RES to my house, the roof has 3.1KW of PV connected to a SB3000. I thought we would have problems so we all knew to turn of the solar before turning on

Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid

2013-02-12 Thread jay peltz
ies use them. > > -Original Message- > From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org > [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Drake > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:29 PM > To: RE-wrenches > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled

Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid

2013-02-12 Thread Glenn Burt
n Behalf Of Drake >Sent: February 10, 2013 10:46 AM >To: RE-wrenches >Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid > > >Hi Kevin, > >Thanks for the Eigg video. What a great place. > >I didn't see evidence of any AC coupling of inverter produced AC to a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid

2013-02-12 Thread Drake
it does work and has been this way for several years now. Kevin -Original Message- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org]On Behalf Of Drake Sent: February 10, 2013 10:46 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator

Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid

2013-02-12 Thread Kevin Pegg
re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org]On Behalf Of Drake Sent: February 10, 2013 10:46 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid Hi Kevin, Thanks for the Eigg video. What a great place. I didn't see evidence of any AC coupling of inver

Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid

2013-02-11 Thread Chris Mason
I am connecting a Kohler 12RES to my house, the roof has 3.1KW of PV connected to a SB3000. I thought we would have problems so we all knew to turn of the solar before turning on the generator. One day, we forgot, and it all worked. Since that I have left the solar on each time we ran the generator

Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid

2013-02-11 Thread Drake
Chris, It sounds like you are creating a generator supplied mini grid, if I understand correctly, My reading is that your generator is creating the AC voltage, and the inverter is synchronizing with it, allowing power to be fed into the system from a PV source. This approach could represent

Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid

2013-02-10 Thread Chris Mason
I have a generator and PV system that just works together, despite all the dire predictions that it won't. from my experience of PV and generators (I am also a generator tech), the biggest issue is the AVR board and how it responds to back fed voltage, and the generator controller's over voltage se

Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid

2013-02-10 Thread Drake
Hi Kevin, Thanks for the Eigg video. What a great place. I didn't see evidence of any AC coupling of inverter produced AC to a generator produced mini grid. I understand this is being done in a homebrew manner by some. The current wisdom on the issue is that the less the PV contribution t

Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid

2013-02-08 Thread Kevin Pegg
Hi Drake, SMA has very good solutions for this. Does this out of the box without a bunch of custom control systems. I have put a few systems in like this, but the renewables not yet online (generator / battery now). If you google Isle of Eig you will find some info on what they have done there