c-40 battery charging [RE-wrenches]

[Darryl Thayer]

As to disconnects for service, I have seen the
Anderson plug, that grainger sells used to seperate
strings for service.
Daryl
--- Kurt Albershardt <info at es-ee.com> wrote:
> I strongly recommend fusing each series string, and
> have frequently added them to existing systems to
> permit servicing as well as add protection.  On the
> cheap side, you can bolt a fuse to a flag-style
> battery terminal and the cable to the other end of
> the fuse.  On the less limited budget jobs, we use
> pullout fuseholders with busbar material between
> (behind) them.  A rack of five or six pullouts can
> handle multiple inverters and battery strings,
> giving a nice, neat, and readily serviceable system.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --On Friday, October 10, 2003 11:13 AM -0700 Matt
> Tritt <solarone at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> > I think that with multiple strings the buss bar
> plan is the way to go to
> > avoid having to fuse each string. If there is no
> reason for any one
> > string to take too much current the need for an
> individual string to
> > have a fuse is negated. This is so weird. I used
> to connect all my
> > parallel strings to a common buss until just a few
> years ago. A big
> > battery guru told me it wasn't necessary.
> >
> > The more things change the more they stay the
> same.
> >
> > Matt T
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: William Miller [mailto:wrmiller at slonet.org]
> > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 1:38 AM
> > To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> > Subject: Re: c-40 battery charging [RE-wrenches]
> >
> >
> > Learned Colleagues:
> >
> >
> > Would it be advisable to install a class T fuse
> between strings?
> >
> > William Miller
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 08:39 PM 10/10/2003 +1300, you wrote:
> >> I have seen the result of an AGM meltdown.  It
> was a telecom
> >> installation and one block went bad, the rest
> discharged into it and
> >> the result was an unbelievable mess.  One string
> is the way to go.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Bruce Geddes
> >> PowerOn
> >>
> >
> >
>
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