[RE-wrenches] Iron Edison Batteries

[Maverick Brown]

Tom,

You will use all 40 batteries in a 48V system. I am guessing they are 300AH cells, so that would be 48V nominal at 300AH. 

Absorb will be set to about 66.8Vdc and Float is set to about 58.8. So make sure all of your equipment is ok at those voltages. Midnite Classic works well in this case.

I can’t remember to 0% SOC Voltage, but it is lower than normal, so be sure the Samplex is ok with that.
 
Thank you,

Maverick



> On Jul 26, 2015, at 6:34 PM, Tom Lane <tom at ecs-solar.com> wrote:
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> I have a friend who has forty ( 40 ) Iron Edison Batteries , he says they are each 1.5 volts and wants to use them for a backup to his aquatics business's . Continuous load 24/7 is only 365 watts with surges to 1200 watts . My guess is that ___# of batteries ( maybe 32 to 36 ? ) can be wire as a 48 volt system ? Any suggestion on charge controllers - Morningstar or MidNite ? . .? A Samplex pure sign wave inverter 2000 watts at 48 volts and an Iota 54 volt battery charger is my guess that it might be the way to power the load - any suggestions  . Anyone have experience with Iron Edison .any suggestions appreciated !  Gator tom PS : any suggested websites ? 
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