question on battery cable run [RE-wrenches]
Darryl Thayer
daryl_solar at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 22 21:34:14 PDT 2003
hello, here are some of my thoughts. I know it is two
late to change but
I prefer 48 volt strings to keep wire size down.
You mention 880 Amp hr battery, I would like to see
that be a single string of cells. as oposed to a
paralleled strings. For example the potenical
problems with 4 strings of 220 amp hours frightens me.
( Fires as I mentioned before.)
If there are parallel strings I fuse each string with
type T fuses. This is to prevent a problem if one
cell shorts and the other cells back feed into the one
string. They are avaiable in lower ranges.
Another thing I do is use Anderson plugs on the
battery strings. These are the plugs you see on fork
lift trucks. Grainger sells them. This allows a
disconnection means. I like daves idea of putting the
fuse on the bttery but would fear corosion.
I prefer the battery disconnect, the breaker near the
inverter for servicing.
Even if placed in a shed, still use a vented and
sloped cover on the battery box. Unless the shead is
open all the time.
Daryl
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> Wrenches,
> Per Bill's request below, posting this for him...
> Peter at ASAP POWER!
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> Could you post this for me? The RE-wrenches board
> is the only place that
> I figure has a hope of answering this.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> I am installing a remote power system in a
> doublewide trailer at a local
> airport. It will start out as a generator assist
> system, and eventually
> the owner will add solar as his budget allows. It's
> a SW4024 based system
> with 880ah of storage.
>
> The odd part is that he wants the batteries in a
> separate shed; he is
> uncomfortable keeping them indoors (even with a
> battery box) and is
> concerned that the trailer will not support their
> weight. This seems like
> a reasonable concern. As a result, the battery
> cables will have to run
> approximately 10 feet. I'm specifying 4/0 cabling
> and a standard 250A
> Xantrex DC disco near the inverter. The cables will
> be run outdoors via 2"
> EMT so they'll be reasonably well protected. My
> question is - is it
> worthwhile to install an additional 250A fuse in the
> battery shed
> itself? It seems like a bad idea to leave that much
> cable unprotected. Or
> would it make more sense to simply move the DC disco
> to the battery shed?
>
>
> --Bill von Novak
> billvon at dropzone.com
>
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