Re: [Electric Boats] multiple charging sources

If you have a mppt charge controller on your solar panels, the solar array
can be higher voltage than the batteries. Otherwise you need to have
everything a bit higher than battery nominal (15 - 18 v for a "12v"
battery bank).

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:45:47 -0500, vjmtymo <vjmtymo@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Are you saying that the outputs from the wind genny and the solar panels
> can be different system voltages and the Xantrex will convert them to
> 48v for charging?
>
> Victor
>

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