Genset, Battery, Inverter configuration

[nayakjagadish]

Hi All,

In my home there is no electric grid supply. Hence I have implemented the following configuration for electric usage

1- 150 AmpHr 12 inverter Battery - 2 #s
2- 24 Volt input 240 V AC output -- 1600VA Inverter
3- 600Watt Genset.

Setup/working:
1- 2 batteries r in series 24 V with inverter.
2- everyday genset recharges the battery till inverter shows "fully recharged"

The setup used to work well for last 18 months untill one of the batteries dies completely.

Question:
1- Is this a correct configuration ?

2- Can 600 Watt of solar panel replace the genset ?

3- What might be the reason of battery went dead ?

4- Battery company says, genset shuld nt be used for charging. Is it so?

Thanks in advance ....

Thanks

 

[Maine Sail]

Hi All,

In my home there is no electric grid supply. Hence I have implemented the following configuration for electric usage

1- 150 AmpHr 12 inverter Battery - 2 #s
2- 24 Volt input 240 V AC output -- 1600VA Inverter
3- 600Watt Genset.

Setup/working:
1- 2 batteries r in series 24 V with inverter.
2- everyday genset recharges the battery till inverter shows "fully recharged"

The setup used to work well for last 18 months untill one of the batteries dies completely.

Question:
1- Is this a correct configuration ?

2- Can 600 Watt of solar panel replace the genset ?

3- What might be the reason of battery went dead ?

4- Battery company says, genset shuld nt be used for charging. Is it so?

Thanks in advance ....

Thanks

We really need a LOT more information..

How many Ah's are you using/day

How is the genet charging the batteries? Is it a 240V gen feeding the inverter/charger or are you using a 24V alternator..

150Ah is awfully small for off grid living. My buddies hunting/fishing camp has over 1000Ah and is all LED or gas lighting and has an LP fridge... We still manage to burn through 150-200Ah + per day...

 

[nayakjagadish]

Thanks for your response ...

The batteries are recharged via the same inverter by the Genset. The inverter out put on battery side is 24 V DC.

In beginning i calculated, the total battery power 24 V X 150 AHr = 3600 Watt.

With target of using 30% of total 3600 Watt = 1080 Watt, I use the following equipement

25Watt CFL X 4 hrs = 100 Watt
15 Watt 2 no.s X 2 hrs = 60 watt
Television 75 Watt X 1 hr = 75 Watt (Account surge power)
Water filter 15 watt X .5 hr = 7.5 watt
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Total = 250 Watt

There should be some transmission losses in the wiring. No other equipment are used.
The above is meticulously followed everyday w/o any exception.

Initially I was skeptical to buy more batteries since I was not sure whether the genset can recharge those and I can arrange solar panels on time.

I will scale the Batteries 150Amp more, but again Whether Genset can recharge those.

Does solar panel need specific type of Batteries for it ? I am using Amaron 12V 150 AmpHr batteries.
This battery is very bulky compared to what I have seen in USA.