Cloudy day and wife is cooking. So I figured why not exercise the generator. This is a 5kw diesel MEP 802a. Right now I’m running about 80% loaded. Right now it’s running a eg4 100amp battery charger directly. The only connection it has to my system is directly to the batteries.
You may also note that the frequency is set to 62hz. The reason is that if, in the future I connect it directly to my house 240v system I want it to be at 62hz so my solar inverters don’t back feed it. When solar inverters see 62hz they sit by and make zero power.
If you do use ac coupled inverters be sure to idle your genny at 62hz. If it has a high load it’ll bog down a little and the solar will add to the power.
If you want one of these generators I can hook you up with a guy in alabama.
You may also note that the frequency is set to 62hz. The reason is that if, in the future I connect it directly to my house 240v system I want it to be at 62hz so my solar inverters don’t back feed it. When solar inverters see 62hz they sit by and make zero power.
If you do use ac coupled inverters be sure to idle your genny at 62hz. If it has a high load it’ll bog down a little and the solar will add to the power.
If you want one of these generators I can hook you up with a guy in alabama.
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You can easily home brew this... but food for thought. I thiink he said one of these sprinklers was $250.... laughable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4IxFfAhZto
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Mass heaters. Build a large masonry structure with channels all through it. Burn a fast clean fire and heat that masonry. After the fire goes out it continues to radiate heat into your house. Germans, Poles and Russians did this for hundreds of years.
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Ondol (?) system used in the orient to heat homes from cooking fires
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May be a huge problem in timberframed houses unless provision is made for the cooking area and flooring
Forwarded from Off The Grid (Charlie 303)
Ondol (?) system used in the orient to heat homes from cooking fires
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