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Re: Circuit layout help for charging 12V battery with DC wind turbine generator
We generally do not have a lot of detailed discussion about wind here... Here are some wind related links and forums that do discuss DYI wind projects in detail: Wind Power Links www.otherpower.com (…1 · -
Re: batteries/ cold weather
Re: batteries/ cold weather If you can qualify your loads and design your system "up front"--you will save coming back 4 years later and trying to figure out going from 12 volt to 24 volt b…1 · -
Re: Grounding Battery Bank?
The short answer is, usually, yes you want to tie the DC negative bus with a minimum of 6 AWG cable to the house/building common ground point (ground rod next to outside of foundation, tied to cold w…1 · -
Re: MPPT80 -> XW PDP wire gauge verification?
Using a voltage drop calculator--For a 12 volt bank, 0.1 to 0.2 volts max drop from controller to battery bus suggested... 48 volt bus would be 0.4 to 0.8 volts max drop. For 10 feet, 3 AWG, 80 amps …1 · -
Re: Does current add up in a parallel connected Solar Array?
Yes--You are correct "under normal conditions" you could "scale" the wiring for the actual current flow... HOWEVER Say there was a short circuit in the "1A" string... Th…1 ·
