I have been wanting to get the triple output version of this charger for a long time now but with me being disabled and unable to work it's going to take me a long time to save up enough money to buy this charger because I live on a very fixed income. I really need to get it to charge my batteries with my generator on cloudy days. Thank you and God bless you and America 🇺🇸
Yes, I charge my batteries with the on-board Predator 3500 generator on the trailer. I will be adding solar soon so I won't use the generator as often to charge batteries, but it works very well. With the generator on eco mode, it is quiet and will run a long time on a single tank of fuel.
@@royberger1558 I use a gas powered generator, my Honda 1000 works well with this charger. It can take some time to get a full charge if my 300 ah battery bank is low.
Do you know if it is possible to use the charger as a backup in a solar setup? I want to charge a battery primarily from a Victron MPPT and if the SOC get below a certain threshold the charger would kick in. Maybe in a VE.Smart network.
great looking board.I`m looking at a similar setup. do you have to earth any of these products. Is the casings made of metal and if faults develops how is the shock protection dealt with? I run an ac wire to my shed. but would like to have a charged batt for when i im not using the ac wire. Thx for any help :)
Doing some research on building a solar generator as part of my hurricane preparation here in South Louisiana. This will be used in conjunction with my (very nice) gas generator to supply power to essentials. I want the unit to be able to charge batteries via solar and a wall socket. I’m building your standard hand truck unit with at least two Redodo 24v 100ah batteries. Can I have a solar charge controller and this unit in the same setup? Obviously I wouldn’t be using them at the same time, but being able to charge from both solar panels and a wall socket would be really convenient. Any advice would be appreciated.
Yes you can have this in the same system as a charge controller and in fact can use them at the same time. The BMS in your batteries will prevent an overcharge situation. In fact, if you use Victron charge controllers, you can network everything together and they will work together to charge and maintain your batteries.
@@KempOutside thanks for the reply. I’ve been looking at some other videos as well, and I got even more confused, so hearing back from you is great. Since it’s all going to be Victron stuff on my system, will I need an automatic transfer switch or is that something I can take care of by simply turning the unit on and off?
@@gabrielglouw3589 You won't need a transfer switch. I guess you could handle this a number of ways. I'm not exactly sure how your system would function but here is what I would do. I would connect everything together on the network and see what it does. If the solar array can keep the batteries charged and it isn't drawing current from the charger, I'd leave it plugged in all the time and let the network manage the components (I think this is how Victron intends the system to work). But if the solar array can't keep up and you are constantly drawing power from the wall outlet, you could in theory just unplug the charger whenever you don't want it on. This would of course mean draining the batteries. Does that help?
@@KempOutside yes. The idea is to have the hand truck solar generator as a backup for the gas generator. It would run the fridge, freezer and one or two other minor appliances during the day when I’m at work and I’d run the generator at night for bigger stuff like window AC, microwave etc. I’m thinking that what the solar panels can’t handle during the day I could supplement with the generator at night. I plan on having two 24v 100ah batteries to start with. I figure that could run a fridge, a freezer and a couple of small things during the day with solar panels.
How does the charger know you have doubled the amp hour capacity of your batteries? Each battery has it's own bms which informs the charger of how full it is, so how are you sure you're filling each battery equally and you don't have one degrading faster than the other?
I have been wanting to get the triple output version of this charger for a long time now but with me being disabled and unable to work it's going to take me a long time to save up enough money to buy this charger because I live on a very fixed income. I really need to get it to charge my batteries with my generator on cloudy days. Thank you and God bless you and America 🇺🇸
god bless the system that cannot provide enough for disabled people
Do you use an inverter-generator to run the charger or a regular-generator when shore-power isn't available? Thanks.
Yes, I charge my batteries with the on-board Predator 3500 generator on the trailer. I will be adding solar soon so I won't use the generator as often to charge batteries, but it works very well. With the generator on eco mode, it is quiet and will run a long time on a single tank of fuel.
I have one of these also - I;m very happy with it - great charger.
Glad to hear you like it. I love mine!
Do you use an inverter-generator to run the charger or a regular-generator when shore-power isn't available? Thanks.
@@royberger1558 I use a gas powered generator, my Honda 1000 works well with this charger. It can take some time to get a full charge if my 300 ah battery bank is low.
Do you know if it is possible to use the charger as a backup in a solar setup? I want to charge a battery primarily from a Victron MPPT and if the SOC get below a certain threshold the charger would kick in. Maybe in a VE.Smart network.
Yes, you can have one of these in the same system as a solar charge controller. And it will network with other Victron components.
it is reccomended to get the pheonix charger
great looking board.I`m looking at a similar setup. do you have to earth any of these products. Is the casings made of metal and if faults develops how is the shock protection dealt with? I run an ac wire to my shed. but would like to have a charged batt for when i im not using the ac wire. Thx for any help :)
I tried to answer your question on my other video but I will reiterate that in a permanent install, ground everything you can. Thanks for watching!
it is generally earthed from the plug if it has the earth such as type 6 or the uk type
Doing some research on building a solar generator as part of my hurricane preparation here in South Louisiana. This will be used in conjunction with my (very nice) gas generator to supply power to essentials. I want the unit to be able to charge batteries via solar and a wall socket. I’m building your standard hand truck unit with at least two Redodo 24v 100ah batteries. Can I have a solar charge controller and this unit in the same setup? Obviously I wouldn’t be using them at the same time, but being able to charge from both solar panels and a wall socket would be really convenient. Any advice would be appreciated.
Yes you can have this in the same system as a charge controller and in fact can use them at the same time. The BMS in your batteries will prevent an overcharge situation. In fact, if you use Victron charge controllers, you can network everything together and they will work together to charge and maintain your batteries.
@@KempOutside thanks for the reply. I’ve been looking at some other videos as well, and I got even more confused, so hearing back from you is great. Since it’s all going to be Victron stuff on my system, will I need an automatic transfer switch or is that something I can take care of by simply turning the unit on and off?
@@gabrielglouw3589 You won't need a transfer switch. I guess you could handle this a number of ways. I'm not exactly sure how your system would function but here is what I would do. I would connect everything together on the network and see what it does. If the solar array can keep the batteries charged and it isn't drawing current from the charger, I'd leave it plugged in all the time and let the network manage the components (I think this is how Victron intends the system to work). But if the solar array can't keep up and you are constantly drawing power from the wall outlet, you could in theory just unplug the charger whenever you don't want it on. This would of course mean draining the batteries. Does that help?
@@KempOutside yes. The idea is to have the hand truck solar generator as a backup for the gas generator. It would run the fridge, freezer and one or two other minor appliances during the day when I’m at work and I’d run the generator at night for bigger stuff like window AC, microwave etc. I’m thinking that what the solar panels can’t handle during the day I could supplement with the generator at night. I plan on having two 24v 100ah batteries to start with. I figure that could run a fridge, a freezer and a couple of small things during the day with solar panels.
How does the charger know you have doubled the amp hour capacity of your batteries? Each battery has it's own bms which informs the charger of how full it is, so how are you sure you're filling each battery equally and you don't have one degrading faster than the other?
Will it turn on by itself at low voltage if battery?
If plugged in it will always monitor the batteries and charge appropriately.
Can you start and stop the charger from the app?
I don’t think so. if the unit has power it is charging.
Where do your batteries float at? How many volts and what are your charging parameters?
the manafacturers spec should be used
Big bucks
Quality cost money 💰
They aren't cheap, but they are good!
I finally got this charger and posted my first video on TH-cam about upgrading it, please check it out and tell me what you think