My idea of fun learning-wise is to charge a battery bank with solar panels connected directly to a bank sans controller. Just a windup timer and an amp hour meter. Correlate -amp hours with time spent through the panels and it doesn't take long to learn the ropes. Fact is when my bank approaches -1400 amp hours I start the gen and set the alarm clock. The 4024 backs off prematurely because it is "smart" but I have another 550-amps online so it doesn't matter much. The weak-syster cell is usually at 1.262 when I walk up and check. It'll settle in at 1.268. The other 23 cells are at 1.270
This is for a 3-day straight run with the 5K window air going day and night and refrigerators and freezers. Because of tropical storms daily gen exercises are not on the program. When my kid was pregnant the temp housekeeper came inside and shreiked. She thought the place was haunted. The cost of fuel for a five hour charge makes my knees wobble. More and more I am using the Lambardini with the 385-amp 50DN Delco alt. It's air-cooled and sounds like a battalion of maracas on steroids.
