Typo... should have said 3600 watt-hours for 4 batteries.

bp
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On 6/13/2016 5:40 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote:

Gotcha.

That makes perfect sense.

*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince
*Sent:* Monday, June 13, 2016 5:56 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Peukert Number

The rest of the story is about power. In this case, the best way to think of it is in watt-hours.

One 75ah, 12v battery is 900 watt-hours.

Two 75ah, 12v batteries is 1800 watt-hours

Three 75ah, 12v batteries is 2700 watt-hours

Four 75ah, 12v batteries is 3600 watt-hours

Now if you connect them in series, you will have one 48v battery (in concept), with 75ah capacity. It's still 4800 watt-hours.

                              ^^^^

If you connect them in parallel, you will have one 12v battery with 300ah capacity. It's still 4800 watt-hours.

^^^^

bp
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On 6/13/2016 3:27 PM, George Skorup wrote:

    Does not compute. If he's running four 75ah batteries in series to
    get a 48VDC battery, then he gets 75Ah.

    On 6/13/2016 5:24 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:

        Oh you're complicating the question...I think.

The capacity from one 75ah is simply quadrupled in your case. You have 300ah. When you add another (identical) battery
        you're adding capacity/runtime linearly.


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        On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Sterling Jacobson
        <sterl...@avative.net <mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote:

            Yeah, the Alpha will calculate this, but I need to know
            how to calculate Peukerts Number.

Or if I’m just running a simple series of four 12v for 48 volts is 1.1 just the default I should use?

            Do I add up all the four 75ah ratings per battery and use
            that as the rated battery capacity number at 300ah?

            *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
            <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
            *Sent:* Monday, June 13, 2016 4:20 PM
            *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
            *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Peukert Number

            Peukert's formula, T = C / In (or C = T * In), where C is
            theoretical capacity (in amp-hours, equal to actual
            capacity at one amp), I is current (in amps), T is time
            (in hours), and n is the Peukert number for the battery.

            http://www.csgnetwork.com/batterylifecalc.html

            This?


            Josh Luthman
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            Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343>
            1100 Wayne St
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            Troy, OH 45373

            On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Sterling Jacobson
            <sterl...@avative.net <mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote:

                Been reviewing my site capacity/UPS/Batteries.

                Our Alpha's have a Peukert Number to help identify and
                tweak capacity in remaining amp hours.

                Can someone give me the short of this calculation?

                That is, if I have four 12v batteries run in series
                that are 75AH each?


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