Battery wiring

[Justme]

Would any one like to comment on this set up

 

 

& the wiring is

 

 

I Charge & draw from both ends of the bank.

 

A/ Wind in 500W

B/ Inverter out 1000W

C/ Solar in 110W

D/ Caravan Supply Out 180W

 

 

These are max values & individually fused. It evens out the load across the bank & allows me to make multiple attachments without having to over stack off the terminals... weight was an issue.

 

Now to me that looks mad, but is it? He says its been working ok for 8 months. I would be worried if more than one charging source or load was opperational at the same time confusing the controllers.

 

 

I have of course pointed him to the battery interlink page on the smartgauge site.

 

Justme

Edited June 30, 2009 by Justme

[1066]

All I can see is a total short circuit across all the batteries.

[churchward]

Now to me that looks mad, but is it? He says its been working ok for 8 months. I would be worried if more than one charging source or load was opperational at the same time confusing the controllers.

It does look mad to me but I guess since it has been working for 8 months it can't have a short circuit as suggested above.

 

It does look like there will be a major imbalance in which battery is supplying the most and least of the load as described on Gibbo's site.

[nb Innisfree]

looks 'reasonably workable' to me so long as a shunt for an ammeter/battery monitor isn't fitted.

[Albion]

Would any one like to comment on this set up

 

 

& the wiring is

 

 

 

 

Now to me that looks mad, but is it? He says its been working ok for 8 months. I would be worried if more than one charging source or load was opperational at the same time confusing the controllers.

 

 

I have of course pointed him to the battery interlink page on the smartgauge site.

 

Justme

 

I would think that, if truly wired according to your diagram, it would provide good but short-term electrical heating in winter.

Roger

[nb Innisfree]

I would think that, if truly wired according to your diagram, it would provide good but short-term electrical heating in winter.

Roger

 

I think (hope) that pos and neg are seperated at A B C and D

[Albion]

I think (hope) that pos and neg are seperated at A B C and D

 

Who knows? I'm just going by the diagram as shown.

Roger

[bottle]

As per the original post:

 

A/ Wind in 500W

B/ Inverter out 1000W

C/ Solar in 110W

D/ Caravan Supply Out 180W

 

So two chargers and two loads

[Guest]

I take itthat two pin sockets or similar are representd by A,B,C,D? Obviously not terminals connecting red and black togehter?

[Justme]

Obviously A B C & D are bits of equipment & not terminals.

[bottle]

Yes

 

A = Wind generator

 

B = Inverter

 

C = Solar power

 

D = Caravan supply

 

Edit: Justme. Glad I am not the only one that read the first post

Edited June 30, 2009 by bottle

[smileypete]

Would any one like to comment on this set up

 

...

 

Now to me that looks mad, but is it? He says its been working ok for 8 months. I would be worried if more than one charging source or load was opperational at the same time confusing the controllers.

I'd compare the SGs of the batteries if possible.

 

Even if they're miles apart, it'll still work OK... but for how long?

 

cheers,

Pete.

[DHutch]

Using the same symbols for the devices, how about this....

 

 

You could use the two end terminals as the bus-bar buy placing four wires on in each. But certainly thats about what you could be aiming for i think.

 

 

Daniel

[ChrisPy]

all the negatives should go to the common earth stud, not to the negative terminals of the loads or the supplies.

[Justme]

What about this then?

[ChrisPy]

macrame

[nb Innisfree]

What about this then?

 

Looks like a Lunar Module