[T3] Electrical questions

Keith Park topnotch at nycap.rr.com
Tue Aug 25 12:41:09 PDT 2015


12V each, the chemistryis a little different in these but yea, they are
390lbs a piece and beastly.

I run one 2kw inverter for most everything up  there an another 2.5kw brute
for the power tools etc.  1kw of solar keeps it all charged

Towed them both up there behind the Square!

Keith

Topnotch Restorations
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
71 Squareback  "Hothe"
65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
93 RX7  "Redstur"
87 Golf  "Winterat"
 

-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 2:21 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Electrical questions

On 25 Aug 2015 at 12:56, Keith Park wrote:

> well the numbers I use were derived from industrial batteries, a somewhat
> different animal.  I have 2 375ah forklift batteries that power my
off-grid
> camp, with those the charge controller (or charger) does an initial charge
> at
> full capacity till they reach 13.5v  then float charge them till they
reach
> 14.6v, but periodically they reccomend an equilization charge to break up
> any sulfation etc. for a few hours at 15v and equilize the cell voltages.

Those aren't just different animals, those are BEASTS!

375 A-Hr at how many volts?

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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