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

[Drake Chamberlin - Electrical Energy]

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Hi Jay,

I was told that two in parallel would not be a problem.  They used to have 
a system to balance multiple chargers in parallel, but their was not enough 
demand.

Thanks,

Drake

At 12:24 PM 05/24/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>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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