Right that is the normal way, cash. Thanks for the tip on the credit union looking at it as a camp. I often get involved with clients wanting to buy and sell offgrid and that could be an option. One half of my family was from the Finger Lakes region. Still some there looking for where gramps buried all the cash..... Good Luck!
I bought a group of them and will be using several with my offgrid setup.
i normally used my magnum inverters built in charger but there are times when i use heavy loads and the surges knock off my generator.
This way I can have my generator constantly charging independent of the inverter charger fluctuations.
online Documentation seems a little lite.
I have done some basic testing .
It does have some brains in it that throttle charging as batteries become more charged. it states it has a 4 stage charger algorithms
first connected charger slowly ramps up. maybe takes a minute to get to full current operation. i had batteries charging at 16.6-16.8amps @50.2v. 15.2amps at 52.5volts 14.8amps at 54volts 14.4 amps at 55volts
14 amps at 55.49volts 13.2amps at 55.49volts 11amps at 55.2volts 10.6amps at 55.18volts 10.2 amps at 55.18 volts 9.8 amps at 55.18 volts 9.4 amps at 55.19 volts 8.8 amps at 55.18 volts
With the above stated results it looks like it wants to hold voltage to 55.18. which seems like a decent value .
the charger has a substantial heatsink, and does not have vents or fans. IN operation with charger sitting on the ground unit warmed about 25-30C over ambient. I would imagine mounted vertically fins on heatsink would perform better.
unit comes with inline fuse, WITHOUT power cord.
one thing I did not check is power factor. I would suspect with the name "pfc charger" it may have good pf figures. But it could also just be naming to mislead consumers. I am currently away from the chargers so will be a few days unit I can check that out.
I am thinking maybe a good alternative to an iota charger. it seems like sevcon is a reputable company.
Anyway looking for $120 per charger. chargers are located in Utah near ogden
Okay, I'll be honest I came to offer my slightly used DC Clamp meter for sale for $40 shipped in the lower US and gloat over the deal I got on a Fluke 376 meter new old stock, in box for $100 with a Fluke 179 and 1507 also new in box (though the 179 does have a calibration # date inscribed, but both still with plastic over the LCDs) for another $150! Today was Christmas for me!
I'm not planning on doing any checking of coils, so if anyone is interested in the Insulation Tester (Fluke 1507), I'd be glad to send pictures. Turns out his company, a Wind turbine maintenance company, purchased new meters for their guys each year. He just check the old against the new and set them on a shelf!
Home system 4000 watt (Evergreen) array standing, with 2 Midnite Classic Lites, Midnite E-panel, Prosine 1800 and Exeltech 1100, 660 ah 24v ForkLift battery. Off grid for @16 of last 17 years. Assorted other systems, and to many panels in the closet to not do more...lol
Haven't had any batteries for a while - Heres your chance
I have Deka Unigy II 95-33 48v 1540ah 2010 dates available - FOB St Louis - $7500 for 48v will split for 24v and 12v configurations - All come with buss bar have been float charged in temp controlled environment with maintenance.
Powerfab top of pole PV mount | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048
inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A
NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole |
Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor
(1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
|| Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
|| VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A
The magnum inverter is no longer for sale. Originally I wanted to sell it and buy a pae model so I could ac couple. No one responded till today. I already have 2 solar controlers and the wire So decided I am going to bury the wire, use the solar controlers and this inverter. I just dreaded putting in the extra wire as it is about 280 or 290 feet from the controlers and batterys. So if one of the moderators want to delete this post After anyone gets a chance to read this I would appreciate it.
Batteries Northern California Available - Deka Unigy II 1500ah
Installed 2013 - Float charged maintained - ect Deka Unigy II AVR 95-33 48v strings $8000 ea will split for 12 or 24 volt systems comes with all busbar and covers
Available This Month May 2017
I have batteries coming available fairly regularly again - if looking for in the future or in a certain locale let me know
Powerfab top of pole PV mount | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048
inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A
NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole |
Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor
(1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
|| Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
|| VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A
Deka Warranties unfortunately no longer transfer - However Ive never left anyone stranded with bad batteries and all the issues over the past decade have been in the original shipping to a customer - Please feel free to pm me and we can discuss any concerns - AJ
All replace 2012 -1013 Either Deka Unigy II 95-33 or C&D Tech Liberty2000 27P The C&D are nice in that they dont require the steel cases to be installed - All Float charged and maintained in temp controlled enviroment - no major charge downs - removal due to entire site decommissioning not being removed due to a failing cell somewhere in the string or anything like that.
XW 4024 inverter/charger 5 years old. Perfect with conduit box (12) US Battery 1100 AH 2V cells with 4/0 wiring and fuse/disco 3 years old. Excellent 24 Volt bank. XW mppt-80-600 unopened box with 5 year warranty Old SW 4024 Old SW 4548
2.1 Kw Suntech 175 mono, Classic 200, Trace SW 4024 ( 15 years old but brand new out of sealed factory box Jan. 2015), Bogart Tri-metric, 700 ah @24 volt AGM battery bank. Plenty of Baja Sea of Cortez sunshine.
XW 4024 inverter/charger 5 years old. Perfect with conduit box (12) US Battery 1100 AH 2V cells with 4/0 wiring and fuse/disco 3 years old. Excellent 24 Volt bank. XW mppt-80-600 unopened box with 5 year warranty Old SW 4024 Old SW 4548
XW 4024 inverter/charger 5 years old. Perfect with conduit box (12) US Battery 1100 AH 2V cells with 4/0 wiring and fuse/disco 3 years old. Excellent 24 Volt bank. XW mppt-80-600 unopened box with 5 year warranty Old SW 4024 Old SW 4548
Selling for a widow who has to move back to civilization.
Good used Trace SW2512, that is a 12 volt unit.
Worked about 9 years then sat in a closet about 9 years. Looks like new, it is in the original Trace box minus the packing material. The owner was very meticulous.
> @icarus said:
> Re: For Sale Thread
>
> OK,, how's this for an idea. Any ody want my Lister SL2 5 kw diesel genset? Price is ,, free I f you fcover my costs to haul it to a shipping terminal, and you pay shipping. Probably weighs 1000#, and I can only haul it certain times of the year.
>
> Tony
where are you and the genset located?
12 * 300 W (10 fixed rooftop, 2 movable pole mount), Morningstar Tristar MPPT 60, Magnum 4448 PAE, 16 Crown CR-235 6V in two parallel sets of 8 (470 Ah)
It'd be nice to have a lister as a backup to the listeroid. but I can't justify it.
Powerfab top of pole PV mount | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048
inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A
NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole |
Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor
(1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
|| Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
|| VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A
Comments
Thanks for the tip on the credit union looking at it as a camp. I often get involved with clients wanting to buy and sell offgrid and that could be an option. One half of my family was from the Finger Lakes region. Still some there looking for where gramps buried all the cash..... Good Luck!
http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/
E-mail [email protected]
PM me as I don't check in as often as I would like
Tony
I bought a group of them and will be using several with my offgrid setup.
i normally used my magnum inverters built in charger but there are times when i use heavy loads and the surges knock off my generator.
This way I can have my generator constantly charging independent of the inverter charger fluctuations.
online Documentation seems a little lite.
I have done some basic testing .
It does have some brains in it that throttle charging as batteries become more charged. it states it has a 4 stage charger algorithms
first connected charger slowly ramps up. maybe takes a minute to get to full current operation.
i had batteries charging at
16.6-16.8amps @50.2v.
15.2amps at 52.5volts
14.8amps at 54volts
14.4 amps at 55volts
14 amps at 55.49volts
13.2amps at 55.49volts
11amps at 55.2volts
10.6amps at 55.18volts
10.2 amps at 55.18 volts
9.8 amps at 55.18 volts
9.4 amps at 55.19 volts
8.8 amps at 55.18 volts
With the above stated results it looks like it wants to hold voltage to 55.18. which seems like a decent value .
the charger has a substantial heatsink, and does not have vents or fans. IN operation with charger sitting on the ground unit warmed about 25-30C over ambient. I would imagine mounted vertically fins on heatsink would perform better.
unit comes with inline fuse, WITHOUT power cord.
one thing I did not check is power factor. I would suspect with the name "pfc charger" it may have good pf figures. But it could also just be naming to mislead consumers. I am currently away from the chargers so will be a few days unit I can check that out.
I am thinking maybe a good alternative to an iota charger. it seems like sevcon is a reputable company.
Anyway looking for $120 per charger.
chargers are located in Utah near ogden
Okay, I'll be honest I came to offer my slightly used DC Clamp meter for sale for $40 shipped in the lower US and gloat over the deal I got on a Fluke 376 meter new old stock, in box for $100 with a Fluke 179 and 1507 also new in box (though the 179 does have a calibration # date inscribed, but both still with plastic over the LCDs) for another $150! Today was Christmas for me!
So I looked up a link for the Sears meter to show a picture, and Sears has the inexpensive clamp meter on sale for $39.99, so I guess I'm keeping mine as a spare.
http://www.sears.com/craftsman-digital-clamp-on-ammeter/p-03482369000P?redirectType=SKIP_LEVEL
I'm not planning on doing any checking of coils, so if anyone is interested in the Insulation Tester (Fluke 1507), I'd be glad to send pictures. Turns out his company, a Wind turbine maintenance company, purchased new meters for their guys each year. He just check the old against the new and set them on a shelf!
I have Deka Unigy II 95-33 48v 1540ah 2010 dates available - FOB St Louis - $7500 for 48v
will split for 24v and 12v configurations - All come with buss bar have been float charged in temp controlled environment with maintenance.
PM for more info -
|| Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
|| VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A
solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,
Deka Unigy II 95-33 48v 1540ah 2010 dates
the ones in the center of first pic are pretty big, looks like ~ 250 # per 3-2v cells,
http://www.solarelectricsupply.com/deka-unigy-spacesaver-3avr95-78
KID #51B 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
CL#29032 FW 2126/ 2073/ 2133 175A E-Panel WBjr, 3 x 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
Cotek ST1500W 24V Inverter,OmniCharge 3024,
2 x Cisco WRT54GL i/c DD-WRT Rtr & Bridge,
Eu3/2/1000i Gens, 1680W & E-Panel/WBjr to come, CL #647 asleep
West Chilcotin, BC, Canada
Installed 2013 - Float charged maintained - ect
Deka Unigy II AVR 95-33
48v strings $8000 ea will split for 12 or 24 volt systems
comes with all busbar and covers
Available This Month May 2017
I have batteries coming available fairly regularly again - if looking for in the future or in a certain locale let me know
|| Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
|| VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A
solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,
http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/
E-mail [email protected]
The C&D are nice in that they dont require the steel cases to be installed - All Float charged and maintained in temp controlled enviroment - no major charge downs - removal due to entire site decommissioning not being removed due to a failing cell somewhere in the string or anything like that.
Rancher
(12) US Battery 1100 AH 2V cells with 4/0 wiring and fuse/disco 3 years old. Excellent 24 Volt bank.
XW mppt-80-600 unopened box with 5 year warranty
Old SW 4024
Old SW 4548
http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/
E-mail [email protected]
2.1 Kw Suntech 175 mono, Classic 200, Trace SW 4024 ( 15 years old but brand new out of sealed factory box Jan. 2015), Bogart Tri-metric, 700 ah @24 volt AGM battery bank. Plenty of Baja Sea of Cortez sunshine.
(12) US Battery 1100 AH 2V cells with 4/0 wiring and fuse/disco 3 years old. Excellent 24 Volt bank.
XW mppt-80-600 unopened box with 5 year warranty
Old SW 4024
Old SW 4548
North American (US) models.
Please e-mail only [email protected]
http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/
E-mail [email protected]
> Re: For Sale Thread
>
> OK,, how's this for an idea. Any ody want my Lister SL2 5 kw diesel genset? Price is ,, free I f you fcover my costs to haul it to a shipping terminal, and you pay shipping. Probably weighs 1000#, and I can only haul it certain times of the year.
>
> Tony
where are you and the genset located?
|| Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
|| VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A
solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,
KID #51B 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
CL#29032 FW 2126/ 2073/ 2133 175A E-Panel WBjr, 3 x 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
Cotek ST1500W 24V Inverter,OmniCharge 3024,
2 x Cisco WRT54GL i/c DD-WRT Rtr & Bridge,
Eu3/2/1000i Gens, 1680W & E-Panel/WBjr to come, CL #647 asleep
West Chilcotin, BC, Canada