You might also look at what Al Thomason has come up with in terms of alternator control on boats.
http://arduinoalternatorregulator.blogspot.com/search/label/Signal-k
Al has a small diesel genset onboard his 40ft Monk "Viking Star" and wanted more flexible alternator options including ability to control dual alternators, alternators of different voltages, battery voltages and field voltages. He's developed an Open Source Arduino-based design for it and has boards for sale if interested.
-Myles
From: electricboats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:electricboats@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 1:32 PM
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Current 48 VDC alternator/generator options
Thanks a lot Myles, But I am needing to build a genset to power what some might call a "floating Prius". According to the Eggheads at the controller plant, I only have 20 minutes of power at theoretical full power. The engineers at the Motor makers say I have 2-6 hours of batteries. And the battery distributer says I will have 8-14 hours of batteries. So to narrow it down, and if I combine what all the "intelligent folk" are telling me, I have a precise amount of 20 minutes to 14 hours of battery storage... So with this in mind, ... I am working on a small, SIMPLE, diesel genset that will feed my flux capacitor at about 60-65% of my Mr. Fusion... Confused yet???
Dan
From: 'Myles Twete' matwete@comcast.net [electricboats]
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 11:57 AM
Subject: RE: [Electric Boats] Re: Current 48 VDC alternator/generator options
As for chargers:
If you're using lead-acid, consider the Genius series of chargers.
I'm using 2 of their multi-bank chargers for my 14-battery pack on my 1920 Milburn electric car ( www.evalbum.com/348 ) --- the GEN3 (delivers 10amps to 3 batteries and manages the SOC of each) and a GEN4 unit.
Genius GEN3 chargers: https://no.co/gen3
I don't use these on my nom. 42v pack on my boat though especially since my pack is lithium these days: Enerdel 10p(2p(12s(2p))) with 17.5ah cells --- 700ah @ 31-48v
-Myles
Posted by: "Dan Hennis" <dhennis@centurytel.net>
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