At 06:05 PM 6/28/2011, Kim Brennan wrote: >My Westy (Syncro) already has an external jack for a wind turbine. I >have to alter the wiring slightly to add a switch, so that if >Turbine powered I go (more less) direct to the battery (turbine is >designed to charge batteries directly and is self limiting) but if >Panel powered, I go through a Solar battery charge controller (I >have a "rinky dink" 21 amp one, which should be plenty for the single panel.) I wouldn't be surprised if you could run the turbine right into the controller and not worry about switching (I also wouldn't be surprised if you could not...). What's "rinky dink" about using a twenty amp controller for a ten amp panel? You could run two, nu? Yours, David |
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