home power system

 Hi

I'm pulling together a system with wind and hydro and had some basic
questions.

I have a "stream engine", a windmill, a xantrex c60, an inverter and
some batteries.

From what I gather, I hook the generators to the batteries.
Connecting all positives and all negatives (series?)

Then I connect the c60 to the batteries with a dump load to prevent
overcharging (diversion mode).

Then I connect the inverter to the batteries and get AC.

It seems something is missing, like a charge controller for each
generator maybe?  Or do the batteries just "control" things for me?

And I'm wondering if the Sentinal Backup Power Source Standby Power
Supply -- 4.8 kW, Model# 2400WC found in nothern tools is worth the
money versus just getting the parts.

Thanks
Jamie

  8e7c91c7ce26@e4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:


The owners manual for the c60 describes what you need to do:
download here
http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/72/p/docs/pt/3/product.asp

generators --> c60 --> batteries --> inverter
                        |--> diversion

 Wrong. You cannot connect a diversion load after the inverter. If a
breaker pops, something blows or the C60 decides the batteries have
enough charge the wind turbine will run wild, ruin itself, the C60 and
possibly the batteries.

I doubt the C60 can handle a windmill input. I think Xantrex has
retracted some of their stupidity on this one. Most charger inputs
cannot handle the few hundred volts of input.

 

Microsoft OE probably doesn't use a fixed font.  Maybe you should get a
better news reader.  I put the diversion from the c60 before the
inverter.

In any case RTFM --

 ooops. sorry. My bad. I thought the diversion load was last inline.
**SIGH** text mediums. Time to switch to HTML here.

Fuck off with the OE bullshit. It uses any font/style  I choose.

...and it does threading correctly, unlike Forte crap that causes so
many Usenet fights due to threading errors.

Best of luck.