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    <p>How do you insure proper charge voltage to the 12 v set?  Never
      tried that one.<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Ray Walters
Remote Solar
303 505-8760</pre>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/2/20 1:37 PM, Chris Worcester
      wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I would like to
            add that you don\u2019t need to get rid of the 12 v battery bank,
            but use it for the high amp draw buffer, like a large
            capacitor. Then use the DC to DC converter between the two
            battery banks. Done this for years on multiple off grid
            systems.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Chris
              Worcester<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Solar Wind
              Works<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">NABCEP PV
              Installation Professional<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Office
              530-582-4503<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Cell
              530-448-9692<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.solarwindworks.com">www.solarwindworks.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:chris@solarwindworks.com">chris@solarwindworks.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                RE-wrenches
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On
                  Behalf Of </b>Tom Duffy<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 01, 2020 8:55 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] combining 24v and 12v
                systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Agree!
             use a Victron DC to DC Converter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Kind
              regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Tom
                Duffy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#006600">Senior
                  Solar Design Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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                you don\u2019t have the Time or Money to do it right in the
                first place, how will you get the Time and Money to fix
                it?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> RE-wrenches
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">&lt;re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org&gt;</a> <b>On
                Behalf Of </b>Allan Sindelar<br>
              <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 31, 2019 6:51 PM<br>
              <b>To:</b> RE-wrenches
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">&lt;re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org&gt;</a><br>
              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] combining 24v and 12v
              systems<o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Agreed: no 12v tap. I\u2019ll add (with modest
            experience, as this doesn\u2019t come up as an upgrade very often
            any more) that Mean Well, despite the odd name, proved
            itself pretty reliable in some early Wattsun tracker drives
            and some other DC-DC applications. Available online; see <a
              href="https://www.meanwell-web.com/en-gb/dcdc-converters/"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.meanwell-web.com/en-gb/dcdc-converters/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Allan<o:p></o:p></p>
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            On Dec 31, 2019, at 10:46 AM, Dan Fink &lt;<a
              href="mailto:danbob88@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">danbob88@gmail.com</a>&gt;
            wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">I second everyone. Center-tapping a
                24 or 48v battery bank for 12v SEEMS like it should work
                just fine, especially for low load infrequent use like a
                12v water pressure pump for a greenhouse, a weather
                station, etc.. Nope, I've been a loser every time, with
                that battery or pair always the first to go bad.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Samlex and Victron both make DC-DC
                  converters I have had good luck with; they are
                  thermally protected and you can stack multiple units
                  for more amperage.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 10:57 AM
                  Ray &lt;<a href="mailto:ray@solarray.com"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">ray@solarray.com</a>&gt;
                  wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p>Even with battery balancers, battery tapping is
                    still a really bad idea.  I know, I did it on my own
                    system in the 90s.  The DC/DC converters are the way
                    to go, but be sure and over size it by a fair amount
                    to handle the fridge starting surge.  Unfortunately
                    my favorites are no longer available: made by Solar
                    Converters in Canada. I've seen them last decades. 
                    Iota should be good stuff, their chargers have long
                    term reliability.  Samlex inverters have been around
                    for quite a while too, but I don't have long term
                    experience with their converters.  <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <pre>Ray Walters<o:p></o:p></pre>
                  <pre>Remote Solar<o:p></o:p></pre>
                  <pre>303 505-8760<o:p></o:p></pre>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">On 12/31/19 10:05 AM, Dave
                      Angelini Offgrid Solar wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p>Tapping a battery bank is not a good practice. it
                      will unbalance the bank. Much better to add a 24V
                      electronic converter for the 12V loads. Then
                      replace the 12V loads when time permits. They will
                      need a spare converter so buy 2. Amazon has tons
                      of these converters. Your quote is great BTW. H N
                      Y !<o:p></o:p></p>
                    <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
                    <pre><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar<o:p></o:p></span></strong></pre>
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                    <p>On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 11:52:20 -0500, Chris
                      Schaefer <a
                        href="mailto:chris@solarandwindfx.com"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">&lt;chris@solarandwindfx.com&gt;</a>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">G'day and Happy New Year to
                          All, <o:p></o:p></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">Recently came across this
                            offgrid OB FX system. The first part is a
                            12v battery system w/ 2 PV modules, 2 Trojan
                            L16  batteries used to power a frig and
                            freezer about 6 years old. The second is a
                            24v with 3kw of PV, 4 Trojan L16's, twin OB
                            FX inverters installed by an HVAC contractor
                            back in 2016. This was their first offgrid
                            project. Oh boy, lol. The client would like
                            to add more battery capacity to both. My
                            thought here is since we are powering only a
                            12v frig and freezer why not simplify the
                            system by creating a single battery bank and
                            then tapping off of the 24v bank using
                            proper fusing and creating a 12v buss?
                            Admittedly I live in a 48v world so I'm
                            asking our esteemed colleges as to options
                            on how to address this. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">Oh yeah, the installer is
                            unresponsive (no surprise there) and they
                            are also having firmware issues with an old
                            Mate 3 and would like me to install a new
                            Mate 3s but that's another issue I'll tackle
                            when I head out to site. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">Christopher- <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                          Schaefer's<br>
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                                            585-229-2083 or Cell
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                                          style="font-size:10.0pt">Thomas
                                          Jefferson, the author of our
                                          great Constitution, once said,
                                          "democracy" will cease to
                                          exist when you take away from
                                          those who are willing to work
                                          and give to those who would
                                          not."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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