Hi. I appreciate the replies. We already have generators on site, and electric start generators are also easy to come by. I have one for my RV, works great for that application.
The problem isn't 'electric start' or 'remote start' it's that I'm looking for a complete ''remote AUTOstart' solution - where it can turn the fuel petcock on and off, where it can turn the choke on and off, and where it can start/stop the generator.
Electric start is the easy part - but on my RV generator, I still need to turn the Fuel Petcock on, and I need to pull the choke - then press the Electric Start button and release it when I hear the generator running... and then feather the choke back in. Plus, when you shut them off later - if they are going to sit for a while with gas in them, then you need to go close the fuel petcock again.
Even on ''remote control start generators'' - you typically have to walk out to turn the fuel petcock on & off at least. Some of them have auto chokes, but they often have a key to turn them 'on' and then a second 'start' button.
I have been calling generator manufacturers and HomeDepot and Honda power equipment dealerships and so on - as well as calling Magnum and GenStart.ca and so on - but either A) Everyone's solution is a 16,000 watt cottage generator (which I don't need anything that big) or it's a B) controller board, but they don't tell you which generators it'll work with, or C) the generator uses 3 galons per hour because it's way, way to big for our battery charging needs.
So, I was hoping someone on here would use Solar at a remote tower, and would have a ''been there, done that'' kinda solution. :) I was hoping to not have to re-invent the wheel, if someone already had a 'turn key $2,000 solution' to my conundrum. :)