Hi mike, Install a tristar between the wind machine and the batteries like normal. Just set the absorb volts way high. That way it will never get to absorb and hence not regulate.
I use this technique with hydro often, but with MPPT. Jay Peltz power. > On Feb 15, 2018, at 6:58 AM, Mike Kocsmiersky <mi...@spiritsolar.net> wrote: > > I am going to be working with a group of high school students this summer who > have very limited prior solar experience. We will be installing a small off > grid PV system (1.9kW) and small wind turbine generator (400W to 1kW). I > plan on using three Morningstar Trimetric controllers, one to control charge > of the PV array to the battery bank, a second as a load control relay, and a > third as a dump control. I can connect all the Morningstar controllers > together on an RS485 bus and connect to the solar charge controller via an > Ethernet link to the local area network. The Morningstar controllers will be > monitored via a classroom computer, and they will be able to give me Ahrs in > from the solar array, Ahrs to the load, Ahrs to the dump load, but not the > Ahrs in from the wind turbine generator. My question is, how can I add > monitoring of the wind turbine Ahrs that goes to the battery? I will need > something that can get to the local area network. Wifi or direct broadcast > may be difficult because I have to go through the electronics cabinet and two > brick walls. > > The only thing I can think of is to add a Tri or Penta Metric from Bogart > Engineering, which would duplicate the info the Morningstar controllers would > give me, but could add the Wind Turbine Generator as well, but perhaps there > is a better way. > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > Mike Kocsmiersky > Spirit Solar > 413 734-1456 (cell) > > _ >
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