Maxify55
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& you're up there in the land of giant turbines just everywhere.
As a side note, what's really funny is when one of those turbines explodes (Catches Fire)for lack of maintenance or old age.
Anyone have a solar generator?
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& you're up there in the land of giant turbines just everywhere.
As a side note, what's really funny is when one of those turbines explodes (Catches Fire)for lack of maintenance or old age.
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A lot of people did very well by those. Just not the Taxpayers. Or adjacent landowners.
dmccarty
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When I looked at the Tesla Power wall a few years ago, they specifically said that one should not charge it with a generator. Hopefully, that has changed. If I remember right, the did not want the battery charged off the grid either.
Later,
Dan
Snobdds
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I have a blueeddi 2400 watt solar generator. It's fantastic.
I use it at my cabin. I have done the entire progression thing when it comes to power.
Have a Kubota 7000 diesel gen set that I used for years and built the cabin with it. Eventually it was just too much for my power needs.
Then I went to a Honda 2000i and love it. Still use it and have it for a back up. The problem is, I need to run it to have lights. If I run into the cabin to grab something, I am looking for stuff in partial darkness.
So I one day this blueeddi review hit my Youtube recommendations. So I watched it and bought on.
It's got a huge lithium ion battery. It is all idiot proof. It provides both DC and AC. I can charge either via a 100 watt solar panel or plug it into the generator, and they made it simple plug and play with an internal MPPT controller. I can run all cabin lights and other AC devices for days on one charge. I can charge and use the thing at the same time. I can run into the cabin, turn on a light and not have to start the generator. I don't have to go out at night to turn off the generator. I can leave it at the cabin at it's hardly drained when I get back up there.
I love it. I know it's pricey. But so worth it.
I use it at my cabin. I have done the entire progression thing when it comes to power.
Have a Kubota 7000 diesel gen set that I used for years and built the cabin with it. Eventually it was just too much for my power needs.
Then I went to a Honda 2000i and love it. Still use it and have it for a back up. The problem is, I need to run it to have lights. If I run into the cabin to grab something, I am looking for stuff in partial darkness.
So I one day this blueeddi review hit my Youtube recommendations. So I watched it and bought on.
It's got a huge lithium ion battery. It is all idiot proof. It provides both DC and AC. I can charge either via a 100 watt solar panel or plug it into the generator, and they made it simple plug and play with an internal MPPT controller. I can run all cabin lights and other AC devices for days on one charge. I can charge and use the thing at the same time. I can run into the cabin, turn on a light and not have to start the generator. I don't have to go out at night to turn off the generator. I can leave it at the cabin at it's hardly drained when I get back up there.
I love it. I know it's pricey. But so worth it.
bunyip
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Don't know how it works in the US but here if the power from the grid fails the solar stops too, the inverter uses the grid as a reference to get the ac running the same and is also a safety feature so you don't fry linesmen who have cut the power to undertake maintenance work.
Snobdds
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cqaigy2
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how to build a 2000 watt solar generator part 1 now upgraded to 3000 watt This actually looks kind of interesting. Considering, most don't run everything in the house at the same time, when the power is out.
bunyip
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I am not an electrician but I know the system at my old place had micro inverters so it would not reduce output dramatically when a couple of panels were in the shade, I have not heard of auto transfer switches but given that my profession is medical I think I can be forgiven, if you care to enlighten me.
Snobdds
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bunyip
Elite Member
I didn't know that was what it was called, yes, we had one at the last facility I was working at with a big noisy diesel generator, the neighbours often complained when there was a power failure at night, it also alerted senior staff via sms of a failure.