Seriously thinking of house solar.

[Keith Morris]

I forgot to add this lead for ebay post. Search for this on ebay:

Sp Tools SP Tools Generator 8.1Kva Sine Wave Sp Power Equipment - SPG8100E

the listing is for $1900, however when nyou read down the listing the gene is shown as $1825. free next day delivery.
Keith.

[Keith Morris]

Chuck, I have sent you a forum message
Keith.

[Chuck]

Thanks Keith... it's all added to the 'thinking file'.

[Chuck]

Thanks George, Terry, Ray & Dave... all appreciated. Will now have to do a bit of thinking.

[T1 Terry]

If you are looking to go the generator path, you need it to be an inverter or digital voltage/frequency control at the least, the others will kill high tech electronic devices and are not suitable as a supply for an inverter to replace the mains if you choose to go battery/solar/grid or off grid. The power is so dirty, the voltage all over the shop and the frequency in a world of its own on these Chinese imports the inverters will not recognise the supply as being acceptable to switch through and also use as a battery charger.
Next, you need to find one that doesn't disturb everyone in the local area, especially if it will be run at night. The "quiet diesel" must have been rated that way by a deaf person, you can feel the noise vibration without even hearing it

T1 Terry

[Chuck]

Next, you need to find one that doesn't disturb everyone in the local area, especially if it will be run at night. The "quiet diesel" must have been rated that way by a deaf person, you can feel the noise vibration without even hearing it

T1 Terry

That is the first thing I thought of after Tanks's messages - power & quiet do not really blend together very well.

[T1 Terry]

Honda make some very good inverter generators that are quiet, but just not high output ones that are inverter generators and quiet. The work around is 2 x 3.0i linked to work in parallel if you need that much power. There is an auto start system possible and we use these with our off grid and grid backed solar/battery/inverter systems. We also program in a quiet time so the generator doesn't start up between set times, generally 4:30pm and 7:30am, but that can be programmed to suit. There is also a bypass that will start the generator if the faeces hits the rotary oscillator .....
Quite, clean power, robust design, full parts and service network in all areas, cheap ..... pick out the word that does not belong

T1 Terry

[native pepper]

If you are looking to go the generator path, you need it to be an inverter or digital voltage/frequency control at the least, the others will kill high tech electronic devices and are not suitable as a supply for an inverter to replace the mains if you choose to go battery/solar/grid or off grid. The power is so dirty, the voltage all over the shop and the frequency in a world of its own on these Chinese imports the inverters will not recognise the supply as being acceptable to switch through and also use as a battery charger.
Next, you need to find one that doesn't disturb everyone in the local area, especially if it will be run at night. The "quiet diesel" must have been rated that way by a deaf person, you can feel the noise vibration without even hearing it

T1 Terry

I have a quiet 5kva/3phase diesel generator, used it once and now it sits in the generator shed. It's much more noisy than my ancient single cylinder ex lighthouse 2.5 kva Lister which putts along and the noise is not that bad outside the generator room. But the quiet generator you can hear it down the paddock, so it's the backup, which probably won't ever be used as the Lister just keeps on going, have enough spares to rebuild it twice and rarely use it now with lifepo4.

[Newcastle George]

Honda make some very good inverter generators that are quiet, but just not high output ones that are inverter generators and quiet. The work around is 2 x 3.0i linked to work in parallel if you need that much power. There is an auto start system possible and we use these with our off grid and grid backed solar/battery/inverter systems. We also program in a quiet time so the generator doesn't start up between set times, generally 4:30pm and 7:30am, but that can be programmed to suit. There is also a bypass that will start the generator if the faeces hits the rotary oscillator .....
Quite, clean power, robust design, full parts and service network in all areas, cheap ..... pick out the word that does not belong

T1 Terry

George

[jon_d]

The split is probably hard wired into the house power; so if going the generator path, it will need to be hard wired with a change over switch.