I have a Nissan Aerovironment unit that I charge my LEAF with fine, but that makes arcing sounds and shuts off periodically with my brother’s Bolt. Any idea what’s going on here?
Sincerely, Bob Bath Note: any misspellings of the contents of this message are due to 53 y.o. vision, hyperactive spell check changing what I typed, or fat fingering— not cluelessness. > On Apr 23, 2019, at 12:00 PM, Ron Solberg via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Quoting Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org>: > > Having heard that the vintage Jacobs 1800 watt made more power than the 2800 > watt plant, I am considering putting up one of each. There is a lot of 10 mph > wind and I expect inertia might be a factor. I have two 48 ft towers next to > each other. I could see how each one did charging the L16 battery. If I get > it done I will try to share the results. I am excited about possibly powering > our Tesla with a combination of PV and wind. Thanks to you all for your > help...Ron > >> Mark Hanson via EV wrote: >>> Hi Ron Solberg etc >>> All small wind turbines like my Bergey XL-1 have boost converters on them >>> to change the varying voltage to a constant float voltage for the L16 >>> batteries you mentioned. 13.8v is maintained per 12v increment or for your >>> 48v system you would use a 55.2v boost regulator for float and 60V to >>> equalize monthly (with equalize button). I used a Micrel (Google data >>> sheet) MiC2171bu on a 24v wind turbine I had that took 6-24v in and >>> converted up to 30v out with a bypass low drop Schottky diode when >>> overspeeding. Look at SMA Windy Boy controller or Berger.com. >>> Have a renewable energy day, >> >> The modern wind generators I've seen used a PM motor. Some are DC (with a >> commutator), but most are AC. These will generate a voltage that varies with >> wind speed, so a controller of some kind is always needed. >> >> The old ones all used brushed DC wound-field generators. They worked just >> like the old car generators; there was an armature and commutator, and a >> wound field coil. The output was regulated by the field current. >> >> As speed increases, the field current was lowered to regulate the output >> voltage (and current). They worked just like the "regulator" in pre-1960's >> cars; a little box with two or three relays that would select >> off/medium/high field current. The relays were carefully adjusted to pull in >> at the desired voltage, and "chattered" on/off as a crude switchmode >> regulator. The inductance of the field winding served as the flywheel to >> even out the variations. This is exactly the setup we use today in a series >> motor controller, but with transistors doing the switching. >> >> -- >> Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. The wise avoid it. >> Geniuses remove it. -- Alan Perlis, "Epigrams on Programming" >> -- >> Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com[1] >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.orgPlease discuss EV drag racing >> at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://www.sunrise-ev.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190423/207369b3/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
