I have 3 Li Time 24 volt 100 AH Batteries in my solar system. They are decent for the price. Out of all the Lower priced Lipo4 Batteries Li Time seam to be one of the better buys
I am a novice. I'm looking at getting a couple of cheaper batteries to add to my delta pro in case of power outages. Do they really take two days to charge? So, these are NOT something that I could discharge and then charge up in a few hours with a gas generator?
@NakeanWickliff Hi, I think your setup would certainly work, and allow some off-time for the generator while using the batteries continuously around the clock during a power outage. if we look at this by numbers. Two of these batteries in parallel is 200 amp-hours. Meaning they can supply theoretically 200 amps (about 2,400 watts) for 1 hour. Or 100 amps for 2 hours - depends on how much power your appliances are consuming. If you just run a few lights, 200 amp-hours of battery would last a very long time without any charging. If the gas generator puts out 200 amps at 12-14 volts, it would take 1 hour to charge them from empty. But that's extremely high output and very unlikely. A more reasonable scenario is 20 amps charge rate - which would take about 10 hours from empty. A 40 amp charge rate would take about 5 hours. (just multiply the numbers) I think 5-10 hours is a reasonable expectation depending on the generator. I hope this helps!
I have 3 Li Time 24 volt 100 AH Batteries in my solar system. They are decent for the price. Out of all the Lower priced Lipo4 Batteries Li Time seam to be one of the better buys
@hegefarms4260 Nice... they work well. Mine are running air conditioner and other stuff in the shop, hope they last a really long time
I am a novice. I'm looking at getting a couple of cheaper batteries to add to my delta pro in case of power outages. Do they really take two days to charge? So, these are NOT something that I could discharge and then charge up in a few hours with a gas generator?
@NakeanWickliff Hi, I think your setup would certainly work, and allow some off-time for the generator while using the batteries continuously around the clock during a power outage.
if we look at this by numbers. Two of these batteries in parallel is 200 amp-hours. Meaning they can supply theoretically 200 amps (about 2,400 watts) for 1 hour. Or 100 amps for 2 hours - depends on how much power your appliances are consuming. If you just run a few lights, 200 amp-hours of battery would last a very long time without any charging.
If the gas generator puts out 200 amps at 12-14 volts, it would take 1 hour to charge them from empty. But that's extremely high output and very unlikely.
A more reasonable scenario is 20 amps charge rate - which would take about 10 hours from empty. A 40 amp charge rate would take about 5 hours. (just multiply the numbers) I think 5-10 hours is a reasonable expectation depending on the generator. I hope this helps!