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groundhogy
Explorer
Jul 24, 2016

honda 2000 generator with solar panel assist..

Hi, I have done a solar panel to 12dc battery to inverter to 120 vac system before, but now I want to go solar panel to 120 vac syncronized to the honda generator 120 to assist it. Is this possibl...
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time2roll
Nomad
Jul 24, 2016
You will not be able to use a grid tie solar inverter afaik. They really need to dump 100% of power to the grid.

What you can do is use an inverter with assist to combine power with the Honda. Inverter can be set to draw limited power from the generator and the rest would be supplied by the battery-solar.

I assume you are well above 500 watts solar to make this worth while.

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