Micro CoGen.

I could be wrong, it's been so long since I got the vfx, it was 2005. But I think I had problems with the generator support.  Its just possible that I had to send back my outback mate and get another one sent to me. Like its  1st gen EPROM had old or buggy code that didn't work with that feature.

I just looked at the sticker on my first vfx3524. It was made 4th quarter if 2004.  I think I got it a month after that. that's the one I used with successful support. Just last month I installed a second  vfx as a dedicated charger.I do not know if it supports.  It was only temporary. It's going to be used for its intended purpose after I install a charger.  And this thread has found it for me.   I'll be installing a midnight classic this week or next.
  So what happens when your inverter fails to support? Everything goes black and then comes back on 30 seconds later?
  Curious thing, the new vfx that I have been using as a charger is made in India unlike the old one and when the fan comes on it smelled exactly like aspirin.  And a lot. Like if you held your nose to a bottle of it.  Only your 3 feet from the inverter.  I have never smelled that from an electronic device. That did go away after a while.

Quote from: Tom on August 16, 2012, 10:53:32 AM
Hello Billk,

Welcome to the forum! It sounds like your inverter has a functioning generator support system, I know some of the foreign ones do. Unfortunately Marcus and my Outback inverters do not have that feature working. It is a menu item, but non-functional. So when the big loads come on there is no assist from the battery.

I have a similar setup and the vfx3524 does support the listeroid.   Say a compressor comes on when I'm running a mill and someone in the house causes the well pump to turn on.  There might be a little blimp but it's nothing that would reset a pc. I'd be more pleased if it were so perfect that I couldn't even detect it in the momentary light flicker. But that's asking a lot.
   I want to clarify. Maybe we are talking about the same thing.  It is not really supporting the generator.  It is replacing the gen ac with inverted ac until the excessive load passes then it returns to generated ac.  But I'm pleased with that.

Quote from: Tom on October 04, 2010, 09:11:53 PM
Marcus,

Welcome to my world. We've got a 3.4 kw solar array on the roof and s listeroid 6/1 too. Ours was used without the solar panels for 99% of the construction because we mounted the array on the roof. The system is currently setup to charge through the out back vfx3648 inverters that are wired out of phase to feed a standard utility panel. The only real problem we encounter is that if the micro wave or jet pump turn while the generator is running it will lower the voltage enough to cause the inverters to drop out of charge mode and then in a minute they will reconnect. I had expected the inverters to come with "Generator Support" however although the menu item is there it is not functional. Had the generator support  been functional when the load exceeded the max amp set point the inverters should have synced to the generator and switched to inverter mode until the load dropped and the inverters would return to charger mode.

I have contacted Outback about this without reply and am quite disappointed in how they have handled this. I've even wrote a correction to Home Power magazine about their article stating that the Outback inverters will do generator support and no reply from them either.

So assuming you have outback inverters you are stuck as am I. Please keep us informed as I am thinking of doing something similar to you with our system.