Remember that SW giving me grief? [RE-wrenches]

[Donna Fischer, Amazon Power]

<x-flowed>Hi folks,

It's been some time since I asked for ideas on an overcharging problem 
coupled with melted cordless drill batteries, and appreciate the food for 
thought that I got back.  Some of you probably wonder what came of this, so 
now that I figured some of it out (with more help, of course)I thought I'd 
let you know.  In the future I'll be sure to give more system details.  This 
is a wind/pv hybrid system.  The county has been making us jump through lots 
of hoops before giving approval for this tower, so I installed the PV system 
alone through the EZ-wire center to ease the use of the propane generator.  
I thought the dump load was only used to regulate the wind generator and 
didn't have it hooked up yet.  So there ya go - batteries got overcharged.  
As far as the cordless batteries melting, I got a couple of good ideas about 
why this may have happened from you guys, and when I looked at the chargers, 
at least one of them had a half inch of bare copper showing on both sides of 
the cord!

This is the first wind/pv system I've masterminded and my learning curve was 
steep, but hey, I'll be going into the next one with a lot more confidence.  
Thanks for giving me some positive feedback when I was going crazy with 
this!    Donna
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