T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] Multiple source charge controller?

Friday, July 26, 2013

Re: [Electric Boats] Multiple source charge controller?

Ok, but it at least allows you to pull from multiple devices simultaneously.

I would be surprised if anyone had a device that could mix and match multiple sources and get peak efficiency from each - though that would be great!

As mentioned, the micro-inverters sound like the closest thing to that - but they don't (yet) exist for DC (that we know of).

John

From: Kirk McLoren <kirkmcloren@yahoo.com>
To: "electricboats@yahoogroups.com" <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Multiple source charge controller?

simpler but doesn't extract maximum power from several devices with different criteria.

From: oak <oak_box@yahoo.com>
To: "electricboats@yahoogroups.com" <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Multiple source charge controller?

Wouldn't it work to run each power source (except for grid battery chargers) through a diode, and then the parallel of the diode outputs into a single charge controller??

From: Kirk McLoren <kirkmcloren@yahoo.com>
To: "electricboats@yahoogroups.com" <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Multiple source charge controller?

I suppose the proper way to do it is feed each source into a maximum power point tracker and sum the outputs of those into the battery pack. They all share the same battery algorithms so sharing should not be a problem. If the battery is in danger of overcharging the propulsion motor is a convenient load, unless conditions don't permit it.

From: John Scott <flyscott06@gmail.com>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 4:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Multiple source charge controller?

This is a great company. Lots of good info
http://www.mwands.com/ missouri wind and solar. They have the systems you are looking for. Good luck.scotty

On Jul 24, 2013 11:06 AM, "qgold77" <qgold.77@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello - an old lurker here, but have a quest I'm sure a wise person in this group can help with. I'm looking for device that will take inputs from multiple power sources such as wind/water/solar/shore power/on board generator etc and control the the charging of a couple of battery banks. Can anyone give me a lead?

Thanks - Nick