[RE-wrenches] Large lithium chargers

MDElectricSolar mdelectricsolar at gmail.com
Thu Dec 2 09:56:07 EST 2021


Maybe a DC output generator, the Wildcat Maverick charges a 48v battery bank directly and has it’s own controls, independent from the inverter.

https://wildcatpowergen.com/pages/maverick

Michael D Nelson
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> On Dec 2, 2021, at 6:27 AM, Mac Lewis <maclewis1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Jay, 
> 
> Is the plan to feed DC current (from generator and grid) into the batteries and keep the inverters as power source for loads?
> 
>> On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 6:30 AM Darryl Thayer <darylsolar1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Jay I am confused as usual, what are the loads?  AC or DC?  How are you charging the battery from the generator or how is the battery powering the loads?   What is the desired current or the size of the generator?  sorry if this I dumb question
>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 2:23 PM Jay <jay.peltz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I got a call from a colleague that is designing a very large roughly 90-100 kWh lithium battery at 48v. 
>>> 
>>> He’s looking for large AC chargers to charge this bank. The reason is total elimination of switch over delay from inverter to generator and back. 
>>> 
>>> One technique is to use inverters for this, but pretty pricey. 
>>> 
>>> Any recommendations as to equipment, brands etc?  
>>> 
>>> It would be a 208 3 phase AC side powered by a generator. 
>>> 
>>> Thx 
>>> Jay
>>> 
>>> Peltz power. 
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