Hi jim As you have 4 battereis in series, you should use balancing devices between them. The kilovaukt are very susceptible to getting out of balance between batteries.
I had to work with a customer to fix his kilovault battereis. Numerous failures which was traced back to broken balancers. Victron make good ones. Jay > On Dec 30, 2025, at 9:39 PM, Jim Gowdy via RE-wrenches > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Does anyone have any experience with the Kilovault 2400 HLX 12v batteries. I > have a customer that wants to hook up a generator to his system and go over > programming on an outback system. I looked up this battery company and they > don't have a website and their phone number didn't work so I assume the > company is out of business. I found a manual and the specs state that the > bulk charge time is 2 minutes per battery I assume. I'm still a rookie and > learning the proper charging parameters for different kinds of batteries so > any help would be appreciated. He hasn't given me much info, but apparently > there are...... > -8 batteries on a 48v system. I assume the batteries are 2 strings of 4 > batteries. > > -Outback FXR 30/48 inverter > > -Outback FM Charge Controller. He didn't say what size, but the assumption > is 80a > > -MATE 3 controller > > -Solar....not known at the moment > > -Gasoline powered 120v output portable generator.....KW is unknown at the > moment. *I don't like this, but it's what the customer bought. > > > -- > Jim with Gowdy Electric > Cambria, Ca 93428 > business 805 927 2630 > cell 805 975 5279 > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: http://www.members.re-wrenches.org
