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Re: Does keeping on float charge improve battery?
Once the battery bank is in the 80-90% State of Charge, the lead acid batteries are accepting less than 100% rate of charge (say 10%) anyway... So, if you are still early afternoon, and charge contro…1 · -
Re: Connecting output of solar and wind generators together
Assuming you have HAWT (horizontal axis wind turbines)--These types of turbines can over-speed and even self destruct if they are not properly loaded (charging a battery bank/load bank) or shutdown (…1 · -
Re: Battery vs Generator for backup power
I ran my in-laws house on a single Honda eu2000i (1,600 Watt inverter-generator) for about 4 days during our last wildfire shutdown. Used a extended runtime fuel cap (basically a barbed fitting in an…2 · -
Re: Advice on Current Solar System Setup Design
James--My first guess is that a single 300 Watt solar panel is probably not large enough to run your expected loads... However, more details would help. For example: LiFePO4 batteries... What is the …1 · -
Re: Battery vs Generator for backup power
Do you need an 18 kWatt genset? I am guessing that you are using natural gas as fuel? Gasoline/propane/natural gas generators (non-inverter generator types) tend to be most fuel efficient between 50%…1 ·
