which battery charger?

bgarrett
bgarrett Solar Expert Posts: 48 ✭
in Solar Beginners Corner #1
I have been reading this forum for a while and did a search but I do not see much on which battery charger is good to use with my generator to charge my batteries.
Which charger do you think is best?
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  • icarus
    icarus Solar Expert Posts: 5,436 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: which battery charger?

    The answer of course depends to a great extent on what battery (ies) you have, how many you have and how you use them.

    Tony
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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Re: which battery charger?

    I prefer a solar generator (PV panels), but what I will end up using is a Frankenstein arrangement of 2 manual start generators:

    1) Honeywell 2000 inverter type into a Iota 48V, 15A battery charger

    2) Lister type 6/1 engine, 3KW gen, into the XW6048 internal charger
    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

    solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
    gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,

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