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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What about the Morningstar Relay Driver? You could use one port as battery voltage sense, another to control the gene start relay, third to sense generator voltage and 4<sup>th</sup> to control AC relay via a timer to allow generator warmup time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bruce Geddes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Technical Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Freedom Energy Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=314 height=124 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D10815.9DE87E10" alt="Description: freedomEnergy small">www.freedomenergy.co.nz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Daum<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 16 October 2015 12:51 p.m.<br><b>To:</b> 'RE-wrenches'; info@windsine.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] AGS sensitive battery charger<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Yes, but how do you integrate a sensor with an Iota? And I don't think they make a 30A (or higher would be fine, he's got a bigass generator) 48V charger.... I got ears, but I've never heard of such a thing. It just seems like a damn shame to buy a big inverter when I just need a decent charger with an AGS module! But I'm not technically inclined enough to rig some voltage-sensitive relay, or the like.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>--Chris @ the Oasis MT</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> RE-wrenches <a href="mailto:[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org]">[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:boB@midnitesolar.com">boB@midnitesolar.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 15, 2015 5:29 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:info@windsine.org">info@windsine.org</a>; RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] AGS sensitive battery charger</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>We are not really advocating doing this. It can cause nightmares in service and support.<br><br>If one really knows what they are doing, it can be done (and has been done) but mere mortals should not<br>be attempting to do this.<br><br>I would get a real AC to DC charger. If IOTA isn't good enough, maybe Magnum's is<br>ready or did I hear that the big "X" has had one or two of these for quite some time now ?<br><br>Power factor corrected even ?<br><br>boB<br><br><br>On 10/15/2015 4:20 PM, Roy Rakobitsch wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p>The midnite classic 250 can do this fine. Rectify the generator 110vac to around 165vdc and feed into classic. Use Aux functions to start and stop generator based on battery voltage or SOC %.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Roy Rakobitsch<br>NABCEP Certified Small Wind Installer®<br>NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer®<br>Certified Advanced Tower Climbing, Safety & Rescue<br>Wind/PV Design Engineer<br>Windsine LLC<br>631-514-4166<br><a href="http://www.windsine.org">www.windsine.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Oct 15, 2015 6:15 PM, "Chris Daum" <<a href="mailto:chris@oasismontana.com">chris@oasismontana.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear people:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I'm looking for an easy solution for battery charging off a generator, but trying to save the cost of a big inverter. I have a customer who needs to charge a 48V battery bank with a 30A charger off of a generator--but I need it to sense when the battery voltage is low, so that the "device" (charger) will automatically turn on the (2-wire start) generator and charge the batteries. I am trying to avoid the cost of, say, a Magnum 4448PAE with its AGS module, and just get a voltage sensitive battery charger. Is this doable? Any ideas?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>THANKS.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chris Daum<br>Oasis Montana Inc.<br><a href="tel:406-777-4309" target="_blank">406-777-4309</a><br><a href="tel:406-777-0830" target="_blank">406-777-0830</a> fax<br><a href="http://www.oasismontana.com" target="_blank">www.oasismontana.com</a> <br> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>