Does anyone have any experience with the Sol Ark 12K and using a small generator to supplement the PV?
I have my Honda 65000 240v generator connected to the Sol Ark's Grid terminals and the configured to use Gen to Grid setting. Using the latest firmware from SA.
The generator charges the batteries fine except if I put a big load on and then it overloads the generator and trips the generator breaker (on the Honda).
In an attempt to correct this, I wanted to try generator peak shaving.
I put CTs on the two legs (arrow facing generator) and connected it to SA. I then configured this interface
To use grid peak shaving and set the value to 5500 Watts (not 9k). When I did this the inverter would only draw a few amps from the generator and did not seem to respect the peak shaving setting.
I called SA support and asked what the heck is the difference between Gen Limit Power and Grid Peak-shaving and the support person did not know either!! Apparently they are intended to do the same thing, but I'm not entirely clear on that..
Can someone with a similar setup explicate this?
I have my Honda 65000 240v generator connected to the Sol Ark's Grid terminals and the configured to use Gen to Grid setting. Using the latest firmware from SA.
The generator charges the batteries fine except if I put a big load on and then it overloads the generator and trips the generator breaker (on the Honda).
In an attempt to correct this, I wanted to try generator peak shaving.
I put CTs on the two legs (arrow facing generator) and connected it to SA. I then configured this interface
To use grid peak shaving and set the value to 5500 Watts (not 9k). When I did this the inverter would only draw a few amps from the generator and did not seem to respect the peak shaving setting.
I called SA support and asked what the heck is the difference between Gen Limit Power and Grid Peak-shaving and the support person did not know either!! Apparently they are intended to do the same thing, but I'm not entirely clear on that..
Can someone with a similar setup explicate this?