[RE-wrenches] Telecomm Power Supply - Voltages

[Roy Butler]

Hi Mark,

One thing to be aware of is capacitance inrush current, quite common 
with DC-DC converters.
If you are running the converters off of the Prostar controller load 
circuit, the inrush current might
be sufficient to trigger a high current shutdown of the load circuit.

A single low current converter will probably be fine, especially if 
using the 30 amp Prostar.

If you do decide to use the Tristar and go with a 48 volt configuration, 
2 converters will not
be an issue because the Tristar has no load circuit, your loads will be 
powered off of the battery.

I'll put my installer hat back on here and say that I always prefer the 
least complex solution.
The 24 volt configuration with the single converter would be that 
solution and also provide LVD.

Roy Butler
Morningstar Technical Support

                 

On 12/19/2024 9:51 AM, Mark Frye via RE-wrenches wrote:
>
> My equipment has both 12 V and 24 V each at about 60W.
>
> I was planning to run a Prostar at 24V and then use a DC DC converter 
> for the 12 V load.
>
> That looked like 2 x 285 AH AGM and 2x 320 W PV.
>
> Now I have to go to a darker place and may have to double the battery 
> and the PV.
>
> That would mean I could run a Tristar at 48V and have a two DC DC 
> converters, one for the 24V loads and one for the 12V loads.
>
> Somehow it makes sense to me to run the supply side at 48V for lower 
> currents and more battery cells even if it means an additional 
> converter on the load side.
>
> Any thoughts one way or the other?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Frye
>
>
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