Re: Battery Boxes...What One Company Designed

[Marc F Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17 Sep 2005 22:35:17 GMT, ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani) wrote in message
<1331584@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>In article <hctoi1tmk224c95nbo2nos0t3m56rkf0rt@xxxxxxx>,
MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Marc F Hult) writes:
>| On 17 Sep 2005 19:18:03 GMT, ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani) wrote in message
>| <1331582@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>|
>| >In article <u5hoi1h9m2oklvuv7gjancbi4rdlp8anbg@xxxxxxx>,
>| MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Marc F Hult) writes:
>| >
>| >[big snip]
>| >| Together they provide nominal 60 amps at 28vdc and 20 amps 14vdc =~2000
>| >|watts.
>| >|
>| >| A Baldor natural gas 28vdc genset has been purchased (not yet installed)
to
>| >| kick in during power outages that has additional capacity for additional
>| >|28vdc
>| >| and 120VAC UPS needs. Controller is a Bouchette A120
>| >|
>| >| http://www.bouchette.com/Products/A120C.htm
>| >|
>| >| The choice of 28vdc was driven in large part because this the highest
nominal
>| >| voltage that meets the requirements of the under-30-volt sections of the
>| >| National Electrical code (NEC).
>| >
>| >What NEC circuit class does your 28V wiring fall under?
>|
>| Depends on which circuit *after* the UL-listed class 2 supply you ask about.
>
>What serves as the class 2 supply?
>
>				Dan Lanciani
>				ddl@danlan.*com


Inteli-Power PD9180 and PD9160 (now Progressive Dynamics) as I wrote in my
previous post. See

http://www.progressivedyn.com/power_converters.html

I'll try to post some pictures to my web site in the next few days.

On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:32:56 GMT, Marc F Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message  <u5hoi1h9m2oklvuv7gjancbi4rdlp8anbg@xxxxxxx>:

>
>The 'lower' (0-14vdc) bank of batteries is recharged and powered by a
>UL-listed 80 amp Inteli-power (one "l") charger/supply
>
>http://www.progressivedyn.com/Products.php?ProductID=76
>
>The 'upper bank' (14-28vdc) is recharged and powered by an 60 amp
>Inteli-power charger/supply.


>Internet
> |
>Home Automation Control System
> |
>Genset controller
> |
> +-----------------+
> |                 |
> |                 |
>28vdc NG Genset -->| Switch over------+
>                                      |
>                                      |
>AC line --+--60amp charger/converter -+-- 14vdc batteries ---o 28vdc
>          |                   |       |        |
>          |                   +-------+--------+
>          |                           |
>          +--80amp charger/converter -+-- 14vdc batteries ---o 14vdc
>                              |       |        |
>                              +-------+--------+-------------o vdc 'grnd'
Marc
Marc_F_Hult
www.ECOntrol.org