Bwicked007 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Wondering if Sean Buckner has designed a wind charge controller yet & better yet one with dump load functionality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Genetry Solar Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Bwicked007 said: Wondering if Sean Buckner has designed a wind charge controller yet & better yet one with dump load functionality? Buckner does not design anything. He is a U.S. sales/warranty center for the Chinese-designed MakeSkyBlue product line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwicked007 Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 25 minutes ago, Sid Genetry Solar said: Buckner does not design anything. He is a U.S. sales/warranty center for the Chinese-designed MakeSkyBlue product line. Ohh okay I thought he designed that thing. Hmm Sid, are you able to design one for me maybe? When ever you have free time not anytime soon probably, I know you got a lot going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwicked007 Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 Or maybe I’ll shell out some money for a mid nite classic 150 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Genetry Solar Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 6 hours ago, Bwicked007 said: Or maybe I’ll shell out some money for a mid nite classic 150 Probably your best bet would be to go for a tried-and-true like the Midnite systems. I really don't want to get into designing a new MPPT product from the ground up...I'm hoping against hope that there'll be some cost-effective Chinese MPPT that I can recommend. Unfortunately, I have yet to find one...Epever Tracer is very close, if only they'd speed up their voltage regulator... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickson Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Or maybe I’ll shell out some money for a mid nite classic 150 The price is equal to a GS inverrter or I can get 7 MSB controllers 60 amps . I use 2 MSB 60 amp to charge lithium ion battery at 16s 66 volts and now only use the 67 volt e-bike charger at night . I think the MSB controller is the best for the price . Thank you for the information . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwicked007 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 2 hours ago, dickson said: Or maybe I’ll shell out some money for a mid nite classic 150 The price is equal to a GS inverrter or I can get 7 MSB controllers 60 amps . I use 2 MSB 60 amp to charge lithium ion battery at 16s 66 volts and now only use the 67 volt e-bike charger at night . I think the MSB controller is the best for the price . Thank you for the information . Yea I do understand that but MSB don’t have a wind charge controller. Mid nite works on all systems & has a built in power curve table for the TSR for wind. & also has aux to trigger a relay for dump loads. I’m already down to buy a GS inverter when time comes just getting all my ducks in a row first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwicked007 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 & currently I have one mid nite 250 for one array & msb on another array. My WIND production i was sending power straight to the batteries(but that was when I had agm now I have lithium ion) with a mechanical relay & controller dumping over voltage in batteries. I don’t wanna hook that up to my new lithium ion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Genetry Solar Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Bwicked007 said: I’m already down to buy a GS inverter when time comes just getting all my ducks in a row first. Hopefully we'll have Rev. C out by then (it's all waiting on me to get stuff solidified and then ordered)...and it's a feature I'm considering: dump load control output. It could either be the little genstart relays (think: anything connected to a CPU can be used for almost anything!), OR even using the main "AC Input" relays. Think using the AC Input terminals as a dump load OUTPUT...inverter can turn them on or off as needed. Not to mention on Rev. C switching between 120v out or 240v out (think water heater / car charger) to adjust the dump load a bit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickson Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I don’t wanna hook that up to my new lithium ion I try hooking up straight to the lithium ion battery one time and it is too dangerous to overcharge and have to hook lithium ion battery to a charge controller no matter what the cost . Overcharge lithium ion to 400 degree F and have thermal runaway and fire . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwicked007 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 6 hours ago, Sid Genetry Solar said: Hopefully we'll have Rev. C out by then (it's all waiting on me to get stuff solidified and then ordered)...and it's a feature I'm considering: dump load control output. It could either be the little genstart relays (think: anything connected to a CPU can be used for almost anything!), OR even using the main "AC Input" relays. Think using the AC Input terminals as a dump load OUTPUT...inverter can turn them on or off as needed. Not to mention on Rev. C switching between 120v out or 240v out (think water heater / car charger) to adjust the dump load a bit. Yes that would be neat. I & many others would totally love that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Genetry Solar Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 I wanted to chime in here. MSB does in fact make a Wind Turbine charger. Buckner has one or two of these but from what I can tell they are not all that great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwicked007 Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 10/3/2021 at 7:09 AM, Sean Genetry Solar said: I wanted to chime in here. MSB does in fact make a Wind Turbine charger. Buckner has one or two of these but from what I can tell they are not all that great. Hi Sean, do you have a link for them? I don’t see them on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterman Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 10/2/2021 at 10:47 AM, Bwicked007 said: & currently I have one mid nite 250 for one array & msb on another array. My WIND production i was sending power straight to the batteries(but that was when I had agm now I have lithium ion) with a mechanical relay & controller dumping over voltage in batteries. I don’t wanna hook that up to my new lithium ion. It isn't that hard to make your own. Provided you can work with 12Volts to operate it. A cheap regulator module, a cheap 12Volt relay, and a more expensive final relay. I would assume your turbine is putting out 3 phase power. And then be rectified and charge controlled now. With the module hooked to the batteries, the cheap relay hooked to the module, and then the more expensive relay hooked to the cheap one, when the Voltage would climb, the module would provide power to the cheap relay and it would cause the more expensive one to operate. That relay would either open one leg of the 3 phase or short one leg of the 3 phase. Or to connect one leg to a dump load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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