ez wire substitute [RE-wrenches]

[Darryl Thayer]

HI Erika I agree with Jeff.  
The rectifier is also very low amperage and do not
survive storms very well as they overheat and fail.
The Bergey is rather low cost and has a 100 amp rating
instead of a 60 amp of the ez wire.  The Dump load can
be controlled using a Tristar 60 in diversion mode
(Morning Star), which I perfer as I have had very good
luck with them. 
Darryl  
--- "Jeff Clearwater, Village Power Design"
<jeffc at villagepower.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi Erika,
> 
> The charge controls on EZWire systems are so poor
> and unreliable that 
> I have always simply used the rectifier part of
> their box and not 
> wired up the dump load circuit and hence don't use
> the charge 
> control.  We also disconnected their meters too
> since the information 
> was more misleading than useful.
> 
> I then added another MPPT dump load controller to
> the system like the 
> Enermaxer when they were available.  Now I would
> probably recommend 
> an MX60 if you can afford it and use it as a load
> control.  Or simply 
> use a C40 or C60 in diversion mode.
> 
> Hope that helps!
> 
> Jeff C.
> 
> 
> 
> >Has anyone used a substitute for Southwest's EZ
> wire system to regulate
> >battery charging, 24V on the 1000W machine?
> >I thought for a moment tat a rectifier plus a
> Bergey 1kW controller would
> >look very similar.
> >
> >thanks,
> >Erika
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