Mark Newcomb wrote:
Here is the pertimnant part of my original question. If I had 2 wind
generators (for example) and wanted to use them to both charge the batteries
while sailing, would I have to "split" the house bank so that I was actually
using both generators at the same time. The answer I receieved (I think)
points to "yes, you would split the house batteries during charging, with
each generator charging a separate bank."
"Rick Cortese" wrote in message
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I don't think that is necessarily so. You should be asking this
question of the wind generator people, since they would understand how
their particular devices work. As I've said, I have all of my
charging sources feeding the house bank, and the only noticeable
affect is that regulators (there are three in the system) would
sometimes shut off and defer to the strongest source. This, however
has never been a problem worth solving, its only a curiosity, since I
really don't care about 2 Amps of solar power when a 100 Amp
alternator is running. With two identical wind generators, there
could be an issue if each had a regulator that would be affected by
the other. This issue might not exist, or it could be solved with a
dual source regulator (there are some on the market). Splitting the
house bank into two sidesteps the issue, but then you have two banks
at differing charge states, which is less than optimum. Since the
wind and solar systems are "set it and forget it," designing the
system so that you have to monitor charge and flip switches is not
desirable.