Post by Admin on Sept 15, 2018 14:28:47 GMT
Jun 30, 2018 21:59:02 GMT @rolltiderusty said:
Hi All,
I have two of the 400W Renogy starter kits hooked up. They are separate, currently. Each is connected in parallel to its own bank of nine 55Ah sealed batteries. Both battery banks have their own inverters. Yesterday was the first cloudy day and the batteries ran out of juice overnight on one bank. The Wanderer reported the battery bank as being low, so I turned off the inverter and let it charge. After a couple of hours, the Wanderer went from red to green for the battery bank. Now I am using it again. All seems fine, except I will likely run out of power after a cloudy day. Am I able to connect the output of two Wanderers to one battery bank? Would this allow for more charging to a single bank?
Thanks,
Rusty
You should be able to hook them together... What are you running off your system? Why so many small batteries? What kind of batteries are they?
What do you mean by out of juice? What was the voltage in the bank?
Jul 5, 2018 23:22:13 GMT @rolltiderusty said:
Thanks for the reply. The wildfires caused us to evacuate our home for a few days. The batteries are sealed. Not sure of the voltage, been too many days. By out of juice, I mean the inverter went from green and happy to red and beeping. Today is another cloudy day and I am having the same issue. I'm thinking I can charge the battery array faster with twice as many panels. I just want confirmation from someone that connecting the output of two wanderers is acceptable. Has anyone done this already, how did you make the connections?
Jul 6, 2018 22:22:27 GMT @rolltiderusty said:
Tony at Renogy technical support has informed me that connecting the output of two wanderers will not work.
Ok after reading about the Wanderer I see why they say that.... It is a very small CC and with the way it's set up it's more set up for a ground to frame set up....
Negative grounding controller with battery reversed, overloading, short-circuit and over charging /discharging protection ensures the broader off grid applications and safety. Especially can be used on a vehicle which has battery negative on the chassis
Why do you have so many small batteries???
I think you need a much better and larger CC and not so many tiny batteries... Larger batteries work much better...
I don't see why you can't hook each CC to the battery bank....One will over ride the other if one is charging more than the other.... It's not like your putting 8 panels to one CC... Just the Battery leads is all that your hooking up together... And I wouldn't hook the wires together just to the battery bank...
I still think you need fewer larger batteries...