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Re: charging battery bank with a mains power charger
What voltage is your battery bank? Connect the charger to your battery bank (less than 80% SOC) and see how hot the battery charger gets after charging for 15-60 minutes of charging. If the a.c. batt…1 · -
Re: charging battery bank with a mains power charger
A well designed charge controller in a well ventilated location should not overheat no matter the AH rating of the battery bank. And when you have a larger battery bank, it is not uncommon to paralle…1 · -
Re: charging battery bank with a mains power charger
Sometimes, I have seen battery chargers "rated" for maximum battery bank storage capacity (say 300 AH @ 12 VDC). There is always the possibility that a very large battery bank could cause t…1 · -
Re: Placement of Automatic Transfer Switch for Grid-Tied Battery Back up System
I do not believe that is how the SI is designed (genset+ATS on AC1--protected load output). (Note that, it appears, that A1 is the protected sided of a SI, and A2 is the genset side--sort of backward…1 · -
Re: New build off-grid
Ok. Not sure of loads yet--Always recommend conservation over just making a larger system as being the most cost effective. Typically, off grid solar power costs around $1.00-$2.00+ per kWH when you …1 ·
