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The turbine drinks almost the same at no load as it does at full load, but yes, unless you have a huge battery bank, they would probably boil off (best case), or explode (worst case) the batteries. I have mine setup with a pretty big load bank (40 gallon Water heater with 24 volt heating...
I had thought about the turbine too, but man do they suck down some fuel! Think about that before you go the route. I think the one I was looking at drank like 8.5 gallons an hour, if memory serves.
On GL, I got a 28v 4.2 KW gasoline genset. It had 7 hours on it. The only thing I had to do was add oil and fuel to start it. I did take off the valve covers and prelube it, as I had no idea how long it had been sitting before I got the unit. IT started on the second pull. It is now charging a...