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> On Sep 12, 2020, at 9:44 AM, frenergy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dearest off-gridders, > OK, many of you micro-hydro fanatics on the west coast are stuck > inside with all the smoke, time to put on your tin foil thinking caps.... > > I brought this up some time back but got little (zero maybe) > feedback. I'm hoping there are some other micro-hydro folks out there that > have figured out how to marry a Harris pelton, to a L-ion battery for > charging. Outputs vary with rainfall/snow-melt from 3 amps to 28 amps (24V). > Over the years with LA batteries, I've simply used a Trace C40 PWM CC > between the battery and mondo load resistors (two configurations due to > varying hydro output). Of course sometimes the output and resistor load did > not match and I'd be sending 2,3, maybe 4 amps to the 1270 Ahr Battery which > at times was already floating. This system is also fed with about 2800 watts > of PV, ala FM80 CC. > > > This must not have hurt the battery too much as they are 17 years > old and still pretty happy. However, L-ion is not going to be happy with > this configuration and would require some way to provide a perfect match of > hydro output to dump load when it reaches its full charge to insure its not > over-charged (AKA destroyed). Will a Classic deal with this? Other ideas? > Experience is golden. > > Bill > > > Feather River Solar Electric > Bill Battagin, Owner > 4291 Nelson St. > Taylorsville, CA 95983 > 530.284.7849 > CA Lic 874049 > www.frenergy.net > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > 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: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
