Combining wind and solar generators to one battery storage

cool! thanks, I'll watch them.

 

Each turbine needs it's OWN controller , due to braking !!
Sloth
And No worries , I started years ago , dad didn't scold me , I blew all the fuses in 1960 ,, cold dinner that night !!
Sloth

 

thanks for not laughing, and thank you for the clarification. I'll see if I can find the book. It's funny how it should make sense, but it is still a little confusing.

I like the beer idea, I understand that one! And no offense taken. My ignorance of this stuff is pretty obvious. I took BT Post's suggestion and ordered a copy of "The Amateur's Radio Handbook" off ebay. I'll check and see if I can find a copy of "Delmar's" Thanks for the suggestions.

 

Copy that picture I posted , you WILL ALWAYS need it .
P=Power in watts , I is current as in Amps ,E is electromotive force as Volts ,
And R is resistance as in Ohms . With only two factors you can figure out all loads and powers .

Sloth.

 

Every single component of my system is independently wired through individual switches (on-off-on) so that at any time I can test individual batteries or solar panels or the windmill, for individual amperage and voltage or their combined amperage and voltage.
even an on-grid battery charger and a small engine/alternator, and a 6500-watt diesel generator.
Because higher voltage travels better than low voltage, getting power from the shop trailer where the main bank is to the house I use an inverter on a 100' extension cord to a battery charger at the house servicing those batteries that feed the house wiring 12-volt lighting and such. the shop has its own charge controller on the solar, and every other charging component have their own.
The battery charger at the house is also the charge controller for that bank.

 

do you want to hear something funny? I dont even know what RF stands for!

thanks for the explanation! ~ I thought it was some sort of an ancient Aztec symbol!

 

I'm going to have to read your post a couple more times because I'm sure there are a lot more good ideas in there, but right now I'm stoked about the on/off switches on everything! You would laugh at me the way I am unhooking the wind generator from the battery every time I want to check its output. Thinking of just flipping a switch is blowing my mind! THANK YOU!

 

Yep! I can leave that for later. I first want to experience that momentary pleasure of feeling like a genius when I actually get my combination solar/wind system working!

 

That picture is a Aztec symbol of the math required to figure the basic numbers.
Then we have a word of voltage drop , power droop etc.
Its not that hard at-all , I got it and was kicked out of 3 public schools as a kid.
One is the P quarter of the 360* Aztec symbol, I E is amps times voltage , So my table saw is 220Vac and uses 6 amps it says on the motor ! 220 times 6 = 1320 watts of POWER !!
See how the Aztec symbol of math works ??
Sloth

 

Not Yet! But I'm not giving up! I was kicked out of 4 public schools, but I kept trying till I passed the 5th!!!

 

I get your sloth picture... I can relate!

 

I toured the new (coal fired) Montpellier power plant in 1959, (I was eight years old). We were each given one of those coins. I remember being an apprentice and finally knowing what those letters meant.(1975). It is amazing how powerful those equations are. Montpellier plant closed about three years ago now.

 

If it took you 26 years to figure it out, I should be posting again on this forum sometime around the year 2047!

 

I just didn't have a reason to pursue it till then.