Barcelona as switchable wind -> battery charge controller?

Started by Mr. Underfoot, March 19, 2020, 08:19:32 PM

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Mr. Underfoot

My situation: have Proven/Kingspan/Whoever-bought-them-now 6kW wind turbine with rectifier box feeding WindyBoy grid-tied inverter.  Also have 1.5kw of PV feeding 48VDC AGM battery bank thru Midnite Classic, which feeds a Schneider (before it became Conext) inverter for must-have house loads. 

What I think I'd like to do: rig up a switch/contactor to manually select feeding the Windy Boy or the Barcelona to supplementally feed the battery bank (or get some use out of the genny when the grid goes down).  Barcelona specs appear to make this feasible.  Recommendations/Show Stoppers?

-- Mr. Underfoot

simonjeans

Hi, I also have a Proven 6kW and a windy boy. I want to add storage batteries,
Did you find a solution so the turbine could charge the batteries.
thanks Simon

boB


I hope that we eventually add wind tracking to these new HV input charger controllers.

It won't happen in the first versions though like the Classic does.

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Mr. Underfoot

Hey, I'm back - still looking for a status on Wind application for the Barcelona/HawksBay.  Anything to share?

boB


Wind is on our list for future features but could be a year away.

We would also have to make a 600 V  Clipper.  Our present 300V Clipper would need some modifications.

boB
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