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Re: Need Help
Yes, I agree, and it's close enough to have minimal losses with reasonable wire size. So 'IB', Charge controllers tend to have the best efficiency at about 2x the system voltage, so charging a 12 vo…1 · -
Re: off grid alternatives to cable and satellite?
I live with out network TV, there I'm on the fringe of 2 networks and PBS, but I'd need to have a directional antenna and move it around. I can watch most of the network TV shows off the DSL from the…1 · -
Re: Battery bank size, configuration, and charging
For me, it's as simple as 3 days autonomy, x 1700 watts/hours per day = 5100 watts/hours of storage. Edit; so you would need 10,200 Kwh of lead acid, and about 6500 watts of Lithium. Not sure what e…1 · -
Re: Which battery is better?
I don't like the term "cycle" tell me what a "cycle" is and I will try to answer your question. Is a "cycle" every time you switch from charging to discharging? I might…1 · -
Re: Parallel PWM controllers
One row comes loose and you don't have a connection to the next row, you have zero volts!, if a connection to one of the 4 batteries in parallel becomes disconnected, you have 48 volts at a lower am…1 ·