So i've contacted a few electricians and oddly enough, nobody is willing to work on connecting my 16Kw Generac Guardian to my Sol-ark 15k inverter. While I had my solar panels put on the roof, I had the generator moved from an ATS to the GEN input of the inverter. After that, the project was pretty much abandoned. So, I decided to give it a whirl myself. It appears the main connections were made based on the sol-ark schematic. I found some posts on digi-keys and ordered a pair to put into the Molex plug. Connected the pins that needed to connecting(j1-10 and (J2-18) and gave her a shot. I was happy to hear the generator exercise as expected.
The bad news is, I never see any power being consumed from the generator. It just runs. The 2 wire start is obviously working. On the inverter, I see 241 v on the line, no signal (Hz) or wattage. Any idea what I could check next? The grid is still available on the grid input if that matters. I do not have any way of disconnecting the grid AC at this point to test. waiting for a 200A disconnect.
I realize from a ton of research that my battery in the generator will die since the internal charger is currently bypassed. I'll tackle that next assuming I can ever get this thing to send power to the inverter.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you,
James B
The bad news is, I never see any power being consumed from the generator. It just runs. The 2 wire start is obviously working. On the inverter, I see 241 v on the line, no signal (Hz) or wattage. Any idea what I could check next? The grid is still available on the grid input if that matters. I do not have any way of disconnecting the grid AC at this point to test. waiting for a 200A disconnect.
I realize from a ton of research that my battery in the generator will die since the internal charger is currently bypassed. I'll tackle that next assuming I can ever get this thing to send power to the inverter.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you,
James B