3kw portable generator

[rwidman]

Originally Posted by onestepcsy37

Solar panels are always "running" in daylight, socaldmax makes a good point. They start themselves up every morning without any complicated switches. Trick is to balance your amps out to your amps in.
Having an engine starting and running on my boat when I'm not around scares me.

He didn't say the genset was on his boat. It could have been on a dock just replacing lost shorepower.

But again, how many square feet of solar panels would be required to produce 3KW of power? And what about at night or cloudy days?