Solar, Battery, Generator, Utility combination

[ggunn]

I have never personally seen such a system. I imagine it would work. It would certainly be an interesting set up.

I guess you could have a off grid style solar with battery, then off the inverter a reverse wired ATS with utility connected to the generator input, then down stream from that, another ATS that would start the generator.

I don’t know what ATS would work with that setup though, as 1, you would have to able to program the inverter drop out voltage, and 2, I’m not sure how the ATS would know how/when to switch between inverter and utility, especially when it’s seeing full voltage in both inputs.

I’m still trying to wrap my head around how such a system could be configured. But it’s a fun exercise.

For some definitions of "interesting" and "fun", I guess.

 

[Seven-Delta-FortyOne]

And then there is the whole generator ATS, which throws another can of worms into the mix. And then there is the return to solar when batteries are charged. I’m not seeing how this could work this way, at least not automatically.