Hi Dana, I have an off-grid client (central/northern Alberta) who tried this but the heat from the gen would shut down the magnum inverter due to over temp. This was in an enclosed room (~15'x15') in a much larger shop. The gen was being exhausted outside but it was an air-cooled unit, so blew a lot of heat. He ended up modifying it so the hot air was blown "up" thru the gens enclosure cover (rather than down) and from the ceiling he hung a heavy duty tarp/welding blanket around the gen with an exhaust fan above on the ceiling that operated on a thermostat. Was a great work-around to the overheating issue of having the gen inside.
Benn Kilburn SkyFire Energy Inc. 780-906-7807 > On Apr 3, 2015, at 9:11 AM, "d...@solarwork.com" <d...@solarwork.com> wrote: > > At our high elevation installs the generator gets installed indoors with the > balance of the offgrid system we utilize the heat for the room > > Dana Orzel 208.721.7003 > Encourage Free Thinking Self Responsible Free Range Children > > On Apr 2, 2015, at 8:47 PM, Gary Higbee <g...@windstreamsolar.com> wrote: > > Wrenches, > > I'm curious what strategies you use to preheat a propane gen in cold > climates. This is a large off-grid design in a sub-zero winter climate and > ideal would be to turn on a block heater an hour or two in advance, then run > the gen cycle. We plan to use either a Schneider XW or Outback Radian > configuration (still very interested in which you'd use and why). We could > set up a logic/relay system to first send the gen request to the heater for a > while and then turn off and initiate a gen cycle but that would eliminate the > ability for autostart on short notice. I've read of heat lamps on a > thermostat, just wondering if you have seen other solutions. > > Thanks! > > Gary > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
