<div dir="ltr">"<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> I think that's too much current for any charge controller."</span><div style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Why use a charge controller? Surely the idea is to provide a bulk charge facility for emergency where the solar resource is not sufficient.</span></div>
<div style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Couldn't you use start/stop control to get the batteries to, say, 80% charge then shut it down? A simple voltage based controller could close a contact to start and stop the generator.</span></div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Allan Sindelar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:allan@positiveenergysolar.com" target="_blank">allan@positiveenergysolar.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Rated 111A at 54 VDC; 222A at 27 VDC. I
think that's too much current for any charge controller.<br>
So close and yet so far...<div class="im"><br>
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On 3/5/2013 9:27 AM, Dan Fink wrote:<br>
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<pre>Run the 54vdc generator output through a Midnite Classic, Outback FX, etc?
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<pre>Jay,
If this is the unit I think it it, it has been discussed and rejected on
this list in previous threads. It has been around for years, although the
model appears to have been upgraded, as it's now variable speed 2,300-2,900
rpm. The primary issue, if I recall, is that at 54V (on 48V nominal) the DC
output voltage is too low for our purposes and is not adjustable.
So close, and yet so far... if anyone has learned that this has changed,
please let this list know.
Allan
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