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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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Almot
Explorer III
Jul 25, 2016
I think it is old.

People just don't turn solar off, and use genny when they need to run roof AC or major loads. So solar is always assisting the genny, during its run and after.
During the run this assist is minimal. More important is that they can shut the genny off sooner - because the solar will finish the charging. Plus, battery has a chance to get to real 100% - not likely to happen with generator only.

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