Re: Two voltage battery banks on one charger
Do you know what it's called so I can research it? Our maybe the name of the company? How do I connect the generator to the charger. The charger I'm using will let me combine wind and solar and it
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Tommy rochester <troche289@...>
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Re: Two voltage battery banks on one charger
There is a company in the UK that makes a generator starter when the battery voltage drops below 11.8v the gen set turns on and turns off at 12.8v or so. All automatic. I have one but never installed
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CaptainJohn49
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Re: Two voltage battery banks on one charger
With the solar charge them in series Peter.
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Bob Jennings <heatnh@...>
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Re: Relationship of voltage to capacity
Can't go by voltage unless the bank has been resting. A battery monitor like a Victron 700 is a better option.
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Bob Jennings <heatnh@...>
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Relationship of voltage to capacity
48v battery bank of 4s 12v AGM. When ¡°full¡± according to the charger the voltage is around 52.8, I have a battery capacity monitor that wants to be set to 48v, lead acid, and it wants a voltage
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Ryan Sweet
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Re: Two voltage battery banks on one charger
I assume your 48 Volt pack is made up of four 12volt batteries in series. Do you charge them in series i.e at 48 volts+ or do you charge each 12 volt battery separately? If separately do you connect
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Peter Zephyr <Pcbeckett@...>
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Re: Two voltage battery banks on one charger
FWIW, I have a separate 48 volt propulsion bank & 12 volt house bank. I charge both banks with 260 watts of 24 volt panels wired in series using a midnight kid solar controller. I wired the controller
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Bob Jennings <heatnh@...>
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Re: Two voltage battery banks on one charger
I like the mppt charger because they usually have adjustable voltage and amperage tsp can use for many battery types
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sw
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Re: Two voltage battery banks on one charger
DC-DC converters are simple: they produce the lower voltage from the higher voltage, and supply current up to their max rated power throughput. On my boat, I have no lower voltage batteries, so if the
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Damon Lane
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Re: Supplementary electric power for heavy old sailing boat
I just took a look in my engine room and I do think I could possibly mount the motor directly onto the transmission.? Orest, would you be willing to post a photo of your arrangement?? I'd be most
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Matthew Cook <matthewcook40@...>
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Re: Supplementary electric power for heavy old sailing boat
I was intending not to have to install any kind of clutch.? My thinking is that I could allow the diesel to drive the motor as a generator until the batteries were charged and then the motor would
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Matthew Cook <matthewcook40@...>
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Re: Supplementary electric power for heavy old sailing boat
That's an interesting idea Darryl but I don't think I'd be able to fit something like that in my case.
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Matthew Cook <matthewcook40@...>
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Re: Two voltage battery banks on one charger
I found a 72v to 24v converter on an ev automotive sight. It charges at 50 amps. I don't know much more than that about it. Is there anything else I should be aware of? [email protected]> wrote:
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Tommy rochester <troche289@...>
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Re: Two voltage battery banks on one charger
Just use the battery pack as the solar arrayJust like dc to dc
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sw
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Re: Two voltage battery banks on one charger
Well as far as another mppt controller, I was thinking they take higher voltage in and put out the voltage you need for the battery bank. I was going to feed it with the 72v bank so I would only need
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Tommy rochester <troche289@...>
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Re: Two voltage battery banks on one charger
Mppt?charger maybe cheaper
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sw
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Re: Two voltage battery banks on one charger
I would go with the DC-DC converter as the simpler option, assuming you can buy one that steps down that far: 72V to 12V or 24V. That's how mine is setup, though my motor only needs 48V. I'm guessing
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Damon Lane
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Re: Supplementary electric power for heavy old sailing boat
I have gone the double belt route after the one belt experiment kept slipping and burned out bearings from the tension. Now I use a goodyear synchronous (like in a supercharger) and have not burned
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orest iwaszko
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Two voltage battery banks on one charger
I purchased a sailboat that wad in the middle of a refit. The previous owner already removed the diesel and had purchased a the components to go electric. The motor is 72v and I've found that the
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Tommy rochester <troche289@...>
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Re: Supplementary electric power for heavy old sailing boat
Hi Matthew, I don't know if you have the space for this sort of arrangement, but back in the 1980s Briggs&Stratton had an interesting set-up in a hybrid electric car prototype. Here's an image from my
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Darryl McMahon
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