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Giant 72v MPPT available?

Murdomeek

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Through some industry hookups, I have managed to source 40x 72v 50ah electric motorcycle lithium ion batteries at a bargain price.

I plan on using these for an off-grid solar array for my cabin. I know this is a lot of energy storage for off grid, but I plan on babying the system by not letting them drain past 50% so they'll last a lifetime. And last through the dark winter season without needing a generator to top up the battery.

I will swap the proprietary BMS's with generic 100a common port bms with bluetooth feature and hook all the batteries up in parallel.

I have trouble finding much options for 72v mppt (84v on max charge). All the options I have found are ~60a max. I'd rather not have 10 small mppt's, but would rather a singular big mppt that can do 600a. And I'm ok with paying the premium.

Any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Thank you :)
 
I was curious to see if they had manufactured mppts at that voltage.

 
The only ones that are slighty more powerful I can find are from alibaba:




 
I'd rather not have 10 small mppt's, but would rather a singular big mppt that can do 600a. And I'm ok with paying the premium.
I think you actually would be better off with a few smaller ones versus one big one.

600A at such a niche charging voltage is going to be absurdly expensive.
 
Thanks for the feedback. I'll try to see how easy it is to split the packs into 36v.
And I'll also look into paralleling multiple mppt's.
 
If you can post pictures of how they’re wired / packaged people can probably help.

48V is another possibility, you need to calculate how many leftovers you have left
 
You might get more help if you explain the system design goals / concepts driving the 600A requirement. That likely is giving folks some major cognitive dissonance
 
I can barely get over 500 amps with eight 120 amp growatts. I tried to find units at 72v that were 150+ amps but could not.
 
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