<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hello Jim,<div><br></div><div>If you ever need Kilovolt battery service for the 100, 200 or 300AH, we stock parts, can update firmware and repair batteries. </div><div><br></div><div>It is important to use 12 volt balancers between each series pair. Victron Battery Balancer has been an excellent product. Be sure to use the cross connectors for each parallel battery.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><div>On Dec 30, 2025, at 9:36 PM, Jim Gowdy via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Does anyone have any experience with the Kilovault 2400 HLX 12v batteries. I have a customer that wants to hook up a generator to his system and go over programming on an outback system. I looked up this battery company and they don't have a website and their phone number didn't work so I assume the company is out of business. I found a manual and the specs state that the bulk charge time is 2 minutes per battery I assume. I'm still a rookie and learning the proper charging parameters for different kinds of batteries so any help would be appreciated. He hasn't given me much info, but apparently there are......</div><div>-8 batteries on a 48v system. I assume the batteries are 2 strings of 4 batteries. </div><div><br></div><div>-Outback FXR 30/48 inverter</div><div><br></div><div>-Outback FM Charge Controller. He didn't say what size, but the assumption is 80a</div><div><br></div><div>-MATE 3 controller</div><div><br></div><div>-Solar....not known at the moment</div><div><br></div><div>-Gasoline powered 120v output portable generator.....KW is unknown at the moment. *I don't like this, but it's what the customer bought. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jim with Gowdy Electric<div>Cambria, Ca 93428</div><div>business 805 927 2630</div><div>cell 805 975 5279</div></div></div></div>
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