I also recently purchased a Variac. They are really nice for dialing in
voltage, especially when testing old AC equipment. Line voltage here is
almost 125 vac these days, while old tube equipment was designed for 110
vac. Its also a great way to slow down power tools for better
control. So
Put one or two of the lightbulbs on a Rheostat and uses for fine control
I got lucky and found an old ohmite load bank real reasonable
Big and bulky you don't want to carry it far !
Bob ellison
> On Aug 7, 2017, at 9:51 AM, Dan Fink wrote:
>
> Thanks to everyone for their input, it really cla
Thanks to everyone for their input, it really clarified how to get the data
Trojan is looking for. I am going to go with what we have in stock as a
"Trojan Approved" load tester is out of my price range, and the reasonably
priced auto parts store ones hit you 100+ amps plus as they are trying to
te
I have used a load resistor on a voltage controlled relay VCS from solar
converters and a USB data logger. I only used the relay because I didn't want
to kill the battery or sit watching. USB voltage loggers are good things to own
anyway.
Hugh
On 6 August 2017 17:18:51 BST, Steve Higgins wrot
Since Surrette was mentioned, even if you used the house loads and
monitored the load current on the batteries with a DC current clamp... That
would work for us... there is a webinar on the procedure on our YouTube
channel.
On Aug 6, 2017 5:40 PM, "Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar"
wrote:
> This is
This is a bare bones but easy method. I am not sure Trojan would approve.
You need a working bank and an inverter. A variac is used to set the AC
voltage on an electric heater. A clamp-on DC ammeter is used to set the
variac for the exact specified DC current (25A).
A descent Variac is not that exp
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