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Re: forklift battery sizing and prolonging life
Here is Crown's website: http://www.crownbattery.com/products And, it appears that our host Northern Arizona Wind & Sun no longer carries Crown: https://www.solar-electric.com/residential/ba…1 · -
Re: forklift battery sizing and prolonging life
Since forklift batteries tend to be a bit less efficient and have higher self discharge (especially as they get towards end of life), I would suggest rounding up on your array size (5% what you think…1 · -
Re: Wiring panels series? Parallel? Both?
Think of an MPPT controller as being the equivalent of an automatic transmission for a car... The transmission figures out the right gear ratio/slip to allow the engine to operate at its optimum RPM …1 · -
Re: Wiring panels series? Parallel? Both?
Do you have a refrigerator or not? If you have a refrigerator, LED lighting, laptop/LED TV, smaller RV water pump, etc... I would be suggesting a 3.3 kWH per day system would be very nice and can giv…1 · -
Re: Wiring panels series? Parallel? Both?
In general, for a 24 volt battery bank on a good quality MPPT controller, you want the Vmp-array-std to be around 35-100 VDC. And, Vmp-array-std minimum really should be ~1.3x29v=37.7 to ~40 volts. S…1 ·
