HI all,
I'm chasing an answer to a problem given to us by a customer.
Using completely arbitrary numbers, he already has a solar/diesel/battery system with a Quattro that can put out a max 100A (even with powerassist, etc).
The customer has more equipment they want to install and is concerned that he will need to draw, say, 125A.
To cover the excess, he wants to be able to start an ADDITIONAL and EXTERNAL genset to the system to feed onto the AC bus to provide additional support.
They don't want this change over to "replace" our already installed, and doesn't want the capacity to be shifted completely over to the external genset.
The main problem is that the genset MUST go through the transfer switch, it appears.
In other systems I've used, using an external PLC one can update the generator size through MODBUS and would connect all gensets to AC bus through an external contactor. Is there this capability in the Victron systems? Is there any other work arounds?
Thanks in advance for everyone's thoughts on the matter.
Cheers,
Rob