On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> writes: > >> Lightly loaded generators are a very common occurrence, but this is >> mainly due to having adequate capacity for transient loads like >> motors. > > Not possible to have some big capacitor banks wired in, to handle > transient loads like that?
That's the idea, as I understand it, behind the whole-house off-the-grid systems where you run full-time off a big bank of batteries, which is charged when necessary by a generator running relatively briefly at full load (as well as by solar panels, wind turbines, or whatever). Alex _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
