? About Battery Charger & Solar Charger
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tcvb
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I am in the process of bringing mysystem up,? i have is about Iota charger should it be isolated from solar charger when PV's are charging batteries?I installed a battery switch to isolate it from the bank,i just assumed that was supposed to be done.
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Re: ? About Battery Charger & Solar Charger
i don't see the need off hand to isolate it unless one confuses the other. try it as is. -
Re: ? About Battery Charger & Solar Chargeri don't see the need off hand to isolate it unless one confuses the other. try it as is.
So it would be ok for Iota charger to be on while Solar Charger is also on?
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Re: ? About Battery Charger & Solar Charger
current outputs of both the solar and the iota should add to one another. -
Re: ? About Battery Charger & Solar Charger
And, in any case--both chargers are limiting the voltage to your set amount...
The different chargers will "transition" from Bulk to Absorb to Float at different times--but the end result will still be a charged battery bank.
If the Iota is being fed by a generator--when its output current drops dramatically (as battery is charged and/or sun rises and the solar array starts adding its own current)--then shutting down the genset is a good idea to conserve fuel and let the solar finish off the charge.
Running the genset with very light loads is usually very wasteful of fuel (and for diesels, can decrease engine life).
-BillNear San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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