I have installed a wind turbine on my property. It has a 3KW generator that outputs 240V to charge a bank of 20 x 12V batteries connected in series.
There are two problems with this set-up:
1) When one of the batteries in the bank fails the whole system comes to a standstill
2) The inverter has recently failed and I cant get a replacement
What I would like to do is to reconfigure the system at 12V by connecting the batteries in parallel. My question is how do I transform the voltage coming out of the turbine generator down to say 14V to charge the bank of batteries?
There are three wires (and ground) coming from the generator, so do I need three unity transformers connected in parallel to obtain a single phase 240VAC output? Perhaps then a regular charger can be connected to charge the batteries?
Im only guessing; please put me on the right track! Thanks for any suggestions.
Vielle568
There are two problems with this set-up:
1) When one of the batteries in the bank fails the whole system comes to a standstill
2) The inverter has recently failed and I cant get a replacement
What I would like to do is to reconfigure the system at 12V by connecting the batteries in parallel. My question is how do I transform the voltage coming out of the turbine generator down to say 14V to charge the bank of batteries?
There are three wires (and ground) coming from the generator, so do I need three unity transformers connected in parallel to obtain a single phase 240VAC output? Perhaps then a regular charger can be connected to charge the batteries?
Im only guessing; please put me on the right track! Thanks for any suggestions.
Vielle568