[RE-wrenches] 48 volt battery charger.

[Howie Michaelson]

Gary,
Is this an off-grid system? In any case, there is no reason that connecting
the generator through the Radian means the batteries will charge
automatically.  And to not use the native charging capabilities of the
Radian doesn't make much sense financially or functionally.  Any other
charger will either not charge the bank very well or will add substantial
cost and control issues.

Howie

*Howie Michaelson*
*NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™*
Sun Catcher, LLC
Renewable Energy Systems Sales and Service
VT Solar Electric Incentive Partner
802-272-0004

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 10:50 AM, gary easton <gary at arp-solar.com> wrote:

> I have a customer that has an 8 kW outback radian system with a 516amphr
> 48 volt battery bank.  He also has a large generator to power some large
> loads.  He does not want the generator tied to the outback. He
> does not like automatic features but would like to run a simple battery
> charger whenever he has the generator running.  Is this an issue with the
> outback system? And if not does anyone have a charger they recommend in
> this application?
>
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