Thanks for the observation. I forgot it will rectify to the peak voltage.
Kirk Herander VT Solar, LLC Proven PV provider since 1991 <x-msg://519/www.vermontsolarnow.com> www.vermontsolarnow.com dba Vermont Solar Engineering NABCEPTM Inaugural Certificant VT RE Incentive Program Partner 802.863.1202 From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of jay peltz Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 8:51 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Programmable Battery Charger Hi Kirk, If you use a 200vdc midnight CC you'll have no issues. When you rectify 120vac its up around 166vdc ( uses the peak vac which is around 170vac.) For a 150vdc max controller ( midnite 150) or a 144vdc ( outback FM) then a buck transformer or standard transformer is the trick to reduce the AC and hence the DC for these lower voltage units. jay peltz power On Dec 15, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Kirk Herander wrote: This has been discussed on this list in years past. It is possible to use an outback charge controller as a battery charger. You need to put the 120 AC into a bridge rectifier, then feed the 120 DC into the controller's PV input. So you'll have an 80 amp battery charger. Kirk Herander VT Solar, LLC Proven PV provider since 1991 www.vermontsolarnow.com <x-msg://519/www.vermontsolarnow.com> dba Vermont Solar Engineering NABCEPTM Inaugural Certificant VT RE Incentive Program Partner 802.863.1202 From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dan Tittmann Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 8:18 PM To: i...@windsine.org; RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Programmable Battery Charger You can manually adjust Iotas with tweaking the potentiomiters while monitoring it with a god volt meter. But no time adjustment. Daniel Daniel Tittmann CTO Greenwired www.greenwired.com dan...@greenwired.com 707-923-2001 (office) 707-206-5088 (Cell) On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Windsine Inc. <winds...@gmail.com> wrote: Check out Argus Technologies. RoyR On Dec 15, 2014 4:01 PM, "Larry" <la...@starlightsolar.com> wrote: Wrenches, Does anyone know of a 120/12 volt battery charger that can be programmed for absorb and float voltage and time in absorb mode? I have been needing this product for many years but I can only find it in inverters with built in chargers from Magnum, Outback, and Xantrex. -- Thank you, Larry Crutcher Starlight Solar Power Systems _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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