<div dir="ltr"><div>Very interesting, what diodes did you use to rectify the AC, it sounds similar to the wind machine designs I have worked with. Do you use a coil to regulate the AC amps to the diodes, it seams like you would need a "throttle control" the current someway besides the diodes them selves or the CC. <br></div>Jerry <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 3:51 PM, jay peltz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jay@asis.com" target="_blank">jay@asis.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi Kirk,<div><br></div><div>If you use a 200vdc midnight CC you'll have no issues.</div><div>When you rectify 120vac its up around 166vdc</div><div>( uses the peak vac which is around 170vac.)</div><div><br></div><div>For a 150vdc max controller ( midnite 150) or a 144vdc ( outback FM) then a buck transformer or standard transformer is the trick to reduce the AC and hence the DC for these lower voltage units.</div><div><br></div><div>jay</div><div>peltz power</div><div><div class="h5"><div><div><div>On Dec 15, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Kirk Herander wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">This has been discussed on this list in years past. It is possible to use an outback charge controller as a battery charger. You need to put the 120 AC into a bridge rectifier, then feed the 120 DC into the controller’s PV input. 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