My battery, solar and wind generator setup

Got some emails about this. So here it is. Hope it helps. Comments welcome.


10 Trojan T-105 225AH Batteries
2 Home Built Charge Controllers
1 ProWatt 2500 Inverter (5000 surge)
1 Black & Decker 750 Inverter (1500 surge)
2 Home Built Horizontal Wind Generators
1 Home Built 70ish Watt Solar Panel
Other crap and a mess

Also selling Custom Fab Wind Turbines, Charge Controllers, Charge Controller diagram, blades and more at www.jl-energy.com

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[ProtocolsMaster]

Two charge controllers onto a battery bank? wouldn't that damage the batteries

[hooptejoe]

@ProtocolsMaster Ya its ok. I think the rule is, you can charge up to 10% of total amp hours

[ProtocolsMaster]

Hi Caveman. so can you plug in two inverters to a battery bank? I have a 240 watt solar panel with a 920AH bank of battery. My 1500 watt inverter is running everything in my house and im planning to buy a portable electrical stove which i would need another 2000 watt inverter to run the 1500 watt stove, so is it doable to hook an additional inverter to the battery??? Thanks

[hooptejoe]

@ProtocolsMaster Yes, you can. Same with charge controllers.

[riottaba]

Are you married? I think most women would go plain apeshit if all that stuff appeared in their home.....

[hooptejoe]

@riottaba lol, ya married. She doesnt care. Its a little cleaner now.

[Tukayoo1]

Very cool, very cool. I just got my own place that came with some solar stuff, but its on the fritz so i have been looking into how to expand/replace/create my own system at very low cost. unfortunately can make batteries so that will have to be bought. thanks and keep up the good work.

[joecoool100]

Hey I like your vid....but you need to build some work benches!

[web1bastler]

@hooptejoe

u can charge lead acid batts with 0.46C (thats not coloumb)

[AussieHomestead]

Did you consider going for 24 volt system?

[kg4bga]

At the end of the video you showed a wind gen you took down. Why did you take that one down? Did it not work well?

[learndaybyday]

Nice setup. I have added to my solar panel feed a pedal generator called the Pedal-A-Watt in case the sun isn't shining.

[alderaforall]

I'm having visions of some crazy guy lurking in the shadows on trash day. Oddly, I secretly envy him.

[Kevakazii]

if i have 2 standard 12volt batterys connect to a wind turbine to be charged does this mean the charge controller has to be set to 24v? Also do i have to disconnect the batteries from the wind turbine in order to use their power or can i connect the power invertor up in such a way where i can use and charge at the same time. Any help would be greatly rexcieved. By the way im new to all this.

[Engineer245]

Do you encapsulate the solar cells with the fancy encapsulating gell? I have a couple solar panels that In use but the cost is too high. I am researching how to build my own panels. Thanks for the video!