Generator to Charge batteries off grid

[BEEFCURTIN]

Not sure if I am in the right spot here. I am 100% off grid no A/C power coming into the property. I have 2- EG4 6500 split phase Inverters and 12 Lifepower 4 Batteries. 15.5 kw system. I have asked Signature Solar to provide me with a diagram to set up my Kohler 14kw to charge batteries when I am in need. So far not much luck. I realize that I need to put the 2 wires to the A/C input on the Master Inverter. On the Box below the Inverters there is an A/C breaker and how do I have it on all the time? I don't have any info beyond this. How do I program my Inverter to kick on @ 20% of low batteries to charge? Is there an expert out there that can tell me or a Video somewhere that shows the hook up and programing? Pics below of my system

 

[sunshine_eggo]

Generator L1, N and G wired to Master AiO AC input L, N and G, respectively

Generator L2, N and G wired to Slave AiO AC input L, N and G, respectively

Page 13 of the manual for L, N, and G locations:

 

[BEEFCURTIN]

Thank you for the response. I don't have any excuses why it took me so long to get back. I can't get a good response out of Signature Solar on where to put the Generator start wires either and how to program it to start on low battery..

 

[SignatureSolarSupport]

Not sure if I am in the right spot here. I am 100% off grid no A/C power coming into the property. I have 2- EG4 6500 split phase Inverters and 12 Lifepower 4 Batteries. 15.5 kw system. I have asked Signature Solar to provide me with a diagram to set up my Kohler 14kw to charge batteries when I am in need. So far not much luck. I realize that I need to put the 2 wires to the A/C input on the Master Inverter. On the Box below the Inverters there is an A/C breaker and how do I have it on all the time? I don't have any info beyond this. How do I program my Inverter to kick on @ 20% of low batteries to charge? Is there an expert out there that can tell me or a Video somewhere that shows the hook up and programing? Pics below of my system

Hello! I'm a representative from Signature Solar. I will attach a screenshot from page 5 of the PDP user manual which has a schematic showing the normal grid wiring. Since there is only one AC input on each inverter and no real grid, the generator becomes the grid input and connects to the system exactly the same way the grid does in the diagram. The start/stop wires would connect to the master inverter and settings 12 and 13 would be used to set high and low battery points to switch to "grid" and back to battery. In this case the generator is your grid and changing setting 12 to 20% would make it switch to generator until the batteries have charged to the set point in setting 13. I hope this helps!

 

[BEEFCURTIN]

Hello! I'm a representative from Signature Solar. I will attach a screenshot from page 5 of the PDP user manual which has a schematic showing the normal grid wiring. Since there is only one AC input on each inverter and no real grid, the generator becomes the grid input and connects to the system exactly the same way the grid does in the diagram. The start/stop wires would connect to the master inverter and settings 12 and 13 would be used to set high and low battery points to switch to "grid" and back to battery. In this case the generator is your grid and changing setting 12 to 20% would make it switch to generator until the batteries have charged to the set point in setting 13. I hope this helps!

Thank you for the response. Does this mean the A/C breaker has to be on all the time, I'm assuming so.. It would have too. I will let you know how it goes.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

ping @SignatureSolarJess direct for action... the rest are too busy playing with themselves to answer properly (don't get big headed Jess). She seems to actually care about her paycheck, the rest are hit or miss.

 

[BEEFCURTIN]

ping @SignatureSolarJess direct for action... the rest are too busy playing with themselves to answer properly (don't get big headed Jess). She seems to actually care about her paycheck, the rest are hit or miss.

I have found another gal that is super bad ass as well. Jenna she's in tech 2, really knows her stuff and willing to talk to you like a first class citizen.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

I have found another gal that is super bad ass as well. Jenna she's in tech 2, really knows her stuff and willing to talk to you like a first class citizen.

now your teasing us without photos... this is a (sorry Jess and SeaGal) a male dominated forum which means that man rules apply... mention her and you must provide photos...