6 panels 7a ea. 26v 48 volt bat bank 3 on 1 24v 3 on other

Posted by Christopher Owens on March 26, 2008, 11:43:42 PM

6 panels 7a ea. 26v 48 volt bat bank 3 on 1 24v 3 on other
here my question: i have setup right now 2 sw4048 8 werker 31mdc batteries ,2 parallel going into a series (cross tied) to make 48 volts and currently 6 evergreen es 190w 3 strings of 2 each panel puts out 24-26v@7-7.5a (really)and are fed to the batteries through a c40 controller....

heres what i want to do to maximize amps:run 3 panels in parallel to one 24v side of the 48 v bank and the other 3 in parallel to the other side 24 x 24 =48 if i use 2 charge controllers that would put 21a to each 24v side instead of 21 to the whole bank,would i need to put a diode in between the 2 sides
is this possible at all
keep in mind that im talking if all conditions were near perfect
 

Posted by James Cormican on March 27, 2008, 09:48:50 AM

Re: 6 panels 7a ea. 26v 48 volt bat bank 3 on 1 24v 3 on other (Reply #1)
i would not recommend doing that;  it may not work out so well. with two es190 in series, and three  pairs in parallel, you have 36v nominal feeding a 48v system.  you are probably getting poor performacnce, and it will be worse in summer as heat drives down your voltage.

i would not recommend doing that to the battery bank.  you are asking for problems by creating the possibility for unequal resistances in your bank where your batteries are going to self discharge to each other.

if i had your system, I would run two strings of three modules in series and run them to an appropriate mppt controller such as an mx60, xw mppt 60, flexmax 80.  they would be able to down convert from the 54v nominal you are bringing in to the 48v nominal of your battery bank.

cheers,

james
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