if Hurricane Helene has taught me anything, its the need to have a generator (and soft starters on my HVAC).
I have 17.2kw of solar going to a SolarEdge SE11400H-US HD-Wave inverter with BUI and a LG RESU16H Prime 16kWh home battery.
While I lucked out this time with having cloud-free days after the hurricane passed me in SC, and was able to run off of solar and charge my battery during the day, and it last nearly all through the night, if i didnt have all of that sun, i would have been screwed.
I have been looking at split phase generators to integrate into the system, but i cannot seem to find a definitive answer - can the generator charge the battery or does it simply power the breaker panel?
Ideally, the SE system would still power the house from the battery until its dead (after the sun goes down), then i can just use a generator for a few hours - just enough to recharge the battery, and be good until its depleted again. Is this possible??
TIA
I have 17.2kw of solar going to a SolarEdge SE11400H-US HD-Wave inverter with BUI and a LG RESU16H Prime 16kWh home battery.
While I lucked out this time with having cloud-free days after the hurricane passed me in SC, and was able to run off of solar and charge my battery during the day, and it last nearly all through the night, if i didnt have all of that sun, i would have been screwed.
I have been looking at split phase generators to integrate into the system, but i cannot seem to find a definitive answer - can the generator charge the battery or does it simply power the breaker panel?
Ideally, the SE system would still power the house from the battery until its dead (after the sun goes down), then i can just use a generator for a few hours - just enough to recharge the battery, and be good until its depleted again. Is this possible??
TIA