For use with a battery bank (four 6 volts) wouldn't an unit with more amperage output be required?
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No I do not believe so - I use mine on my boat with 4 - 12 volt batteries and it works great -- 6 volt batteries should require less amperage. So it should be more than sufficient. Bill G
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No, the idea for this one is a booster. The output is variable, but I don't think there's much overlap between its acceptable input voltage and its output. From my unit, it certainly couldn't go as low as a 5 v DC output.
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You should not use more than 80% of the rated capacity which would be 16 total amps continuous. I am not an electrician.
2003954
Actually, if you run 2 battery banks @12 volts, you would essentially be combining the two banks into 1. The terminals are tied together so positive/negative terminals on top and bottom are both the same terminal internally. You definitely need to use both terminals along with very large wire in order to provide the high amperage draw from the batteries. I hope this helps!
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What four wires? I have a six battery bank connected in paralel (positive with positive, negative with negative) and in the same way to thepower inverter. do the same with the charge controller in the other extrem of the battery bank
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I think it would work just fine for the amount of power it would draw. Although you stated that it is a 12 volt system so you could run it directly from a battery unless you wanted to use an AC to Dc adapter.
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First, thanks to Kevin for telling us that the adapter is a 12volt adapter (from the label). I just want to add that my battery pack - as I suspected - outputs 9 volts; the six AA batteries are indeed in series. Therefore, I suspect anything from 9-12 volts should work. Also worth noting is that when my batteries died the other day, I just rotated them and am getting some more use out of them; I expect to have a power source fabricated by the time I need to replace the batteries.
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This would put out too much voltage. It produces around 18v and most small devices require 5 to 6 volts. An additional regulator would be needed.
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Glad to help! A good way to view the 400 Amp battery bank is simply as a fuel supply. At 400 Amps you should be receiving about 25 Amps back into your system per hour. To use this as a measuring stick, you would then want to be using devices that would be consuming less than 25 Amps per hour. If your devices would be consuming more than 25 Amps per hour, you would want a battery bank with more capacity.Regards,Steve, for Explore Electric
1007491
This device produces 12 volts of DC electricity. If you need 12 volts of DC and do not exceed the amp rating of the unit, it should work.
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The unit works only via a DC input - no normal facility for a battery. But if a battery is essential, a technician could certainly adapt a heavy duty battery and attach a chord which would power the unit. The unit is first rate, incidentally, and performs just as advertised.
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Yes, I bought it originally because of my battery bank is also 24 Volt. This is ok. But I cant actually recommend this device. I bought it not only for inverter-function but also for charging and bypassing when generator comes into game. The last two, charging and bypassing, did never work out. I don't know if I got it already defect by bad luck or if it is just low quality.
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Sorry but unless you have a serious Battery and Inverter setup. No. Dont get me wrong it is a good kit. I have two of them. but most Refrig and freezers need alot more amps than the kit provides. But it cold be used to keep a Battery charged and a bigger inverter could work. Check out the web folks are using these kits to make solar generators with good results.
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Yes, but...If you have room for two batteries, it's more efficient to use two six-volt batteries in series rather than your idea if using two twelve volt batteries in parallel. In a parallel installation, the two batteries, even if matched in capacity and age, usually have slightly different charges and the lesser charged battery sucks current out of the other one. So the battery bank tend to self discharge. Two six volt golf cart batteries are your best bet.
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These units were designed for use on a single battery and not "6" connected in a series or parallel. You can check with the manufacture about this issue but my guess is it will not work with 6 batteries.
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Yes, this charger should be able to charge and maintain 4 of almost any size battery. If they are all discharged it may take quite some time to bring them to 100% as it will only run 1.1 amp per line when 4 batteries are connected.
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This is why I hooked my 520 watts of panels in series so you halve the amperage. I can add another 2 panels in the future and still keep it under 30 amps. Remember too that the charge controller can charge a normal 12v battery bank, that's what mine is. I recommend making a 24v panel setup.