Kohler 25/30 kw 3 phase [RE-wrenches]

[jay peltz]

HI Drake,

I have used 2 of the iota 45 amps units in parrallel.  They work fine.  You
might have them tell you how to adjust them in the field( I don't yet know how
to adjust the new ones) so you end up with as little idle as possible.

jay

Peltz Power

Drake Chamberlin - Electrical Energy wrote:

> Hi Wrenches,
>
> This is an old thread, but I thought it fair to report what we finally
> decided to do.  We are adding a third SW4024 to the system to balance the
> three phase generator while charging.  We will also use the third inverter
> to feed a separate box in the house.  We will try to put the loads with
> heavy surges on the third unit, so that the surges won't dim the lights in
> the house that will run off the stacked SW4024s.
>
> The reasons we decided to go this route had to do with the high cost and
> lack of efficiency of industrial 24 volt battery chargers. The cost of a
> charger that would work came to $3804.00   The efficiency figures were hard
> to understand, but the bottom line was that for the AC amps going in, it
> would produce far fewer DC amps going to the batteries than the SW4024.
>
> We also investigated using 5 24 volt  IOTA chargers in parallel.  There
> were problems with doing that, in that some of the chargers might tend to
> shut down or produce very little power.  After talking with David Light
> from Iota, I am anxious to give the chargers a try on other
> applications.  They sound similar to the Todd, but probably much more
> reliable.
>
> I will post to the list the results of the three inverter, three phase
> setup after completion.
>
> Drake
>
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