On 10/20/2010 12:16 PM, jay peltz wrote:
Hi Jeff,
Its not the voltage but amps, the apollo is only 80amps, and the old
MX's you can push to 70 so no real advantage there.
j
I think that what he means is that by switching to a 48V battery you can
have (add)
twice as much array power rating than you can get from a 24V battery bank,
at a given battery output current. 1500 Watt max array for a 60 Amp
controller and
24 Volts or 3000 Watts for a 60 Amp controller and 48 Volts.
Or, 4 times the array size if you compare to a 12V battery system by
going to 48 Volts.
boB
On Oct 20, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Jeff Oldham wrote:
I think you run a very high risk of smoking the controllers. So
rather than waste the money, gear and potential fire I would suggest
using either a Apollo HV-80 (200Voc) or the brand new
Schneider/Xantrex 600Voc controller - the new holy grail of
controllers! Then rewire the array accordingly.
Good luck!
-jeff o
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