<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Nick,<div><br></div><div>No matter what you come up with, every battery system will have different demand's, the hungriest getting the bulk of the power. Can you get this group to take this one step further and just build a single battery/inverter system (hopefully at higher DC voltage) and then distribute the AC? Each home can be metered so the usage is paid for fairly. I would not try it any other way.<br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Larry Crutcher</div><div><a href="http://www.starlightsolar.com">www.starlightsolar.com</a></div><div><a href="mailto:larry@starlightsolar.com">larry@starlightsolar.com</a></div><div>(928) 941-1660</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; ">Retail Store & Shipping </span></div><div>2998 Shari Ave.</div><div>Yuma, AZ 85365</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; ">Mailing address</span></div><div>11881 South Fortuna Road</div><div>Yuma, AZ 85367</div><div><br></div><div><i>Renewable Energy Systems Sales, Service, Installations</i></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On Oct 25, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Nick Houser wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><br>Esteemed fellow wrenches: May we put our heads together on today's problem<br>in my terrain: How best to distribute and regulate the output of a single<br>turbine from a convenient distribution point to<br>four residences on the off grid property, each with it's own 12 volt<br>battery/inverter system. If I may spare you the details of the<br>lake/stream/intake/penstock and apparatus, let's say we have<br>sufficient head and flow to divide 700 watts four ways, average distance<br>maybe 300 feet. The problem becomes: diversion controllers and dump loads<br>at each battery or some central scheme?<br>Anybody done this kind of thing? Cautionary tales welcomed. (Any<br>experienced comments welcomed.<br>Thanks muchly in advance. Nick Houser Off Grid Services, Lund, British<br>Columbia.<br><br>-- <br>Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: <a href="http://www.opera.com/mail/">http://www.opera.com/mail/</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br><br>List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>Options & settings:<br><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br><br>List rules & etiquette:<br>www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm<br><br>Check out participant bios:<br>www.members.re-wrenches.org<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>