substitute for Todd battery chargers [RE-wrenches]

[Bob Ellison, Alternative Energy Systems]

Drake,

Have I got this correct? 9 Strings of L-16's? Did you put this monster
together and how do you ever get it to charge it evenly?
I sure hope it is on a concrete floor, at 4428# + connectors ( probably at
least a 100 # of connectors) it would be hell on most wood floors!

I have added 2nd inverters just to have the charging capacity in the past,
have you thought about just adding a third to help balance the third leg?
But you are putting a ton of strain on your major + and - terminals. Hook
them up at diagonally opposite corners and figure out how to handle the
shunt.
Instead of a bunch of other chargers just get another inverter strictly as a
charger. I have used Hearts in the past to do this job with success.
A Heart 2524 would probably cost you under a grand or so, I can't help but
think the other chargers would be more than that. It also gives you an
emergency inverter if the you know what hits the fan.

Just my opinion, and you know what they say about those....

Bob



RE. Ellison
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Alternative Energy Systems & Supplies
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Theresa, NY. USA
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-----Original Message-----
From:	Drake Chamberlin - Electrical Energy [mailto:solar at eagle-access.net]
Sent:	Monday, April 23, 2001 3:44 PM
To:	RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject:	Re: substitute for Todd battery chargers [RE-wrenches]

Hi Allan,

Thanks for your input.  This is a giant battery bank consisting of 36 L-16
batteries.   I calculate 3330 amp hours in the bank.

Thanks,

Drake

At 10:22 AM 04/23/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>Drake, Just a note, with 2 SW4024s and 5 Iota chargers, is your total C/
>rate within capacity for the batteries you are using? You will have about
>300A input @24V. At about a C/8 max, that takes 2500 Ahrs of battery.
>Allan @+E
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Drake Chamberlin - Electrical Energy" <solar at eagle-access.net>
>To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
>Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 3:34 PM
>Subject: Re: substitute for Todd battery chargers [RE-wrenches]
>
>
> > Hi Wrenches and Doug,
> >
> > The 24 volt Iota chargers look like they might also be a possible
option.
> >
> > Can you run the Iota battery chargers in parallel?  We would probably
run
> > 5, 25 amp, 24 volt chargers in parallel.  They would also be in parallel
> > with 2 Trace SW 4024 inverters.  We would be using the Iota chargers to
> > balance the windings of the three phase generator.
> >
>
>
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