So my generator is producing 50 amps at 240v which is my generators peak 12000 watts but it’s charging at 52v so I’m getting 2600 watts at the battery. Is the rest lost? Would it still power other items while charging at 2600 watts? Did I get to big of a generator or is that loss expected? The way people described it is it’s more efficient to dump the energy into a battery instead of running off the generator but i didn’t realize it would only be putting in 2600 watts instead of the constant rating of 9500 watts. Sorry kinda new to all this.The Charger will throttle GenSet input relative to what it is doing. My own Inverter/Charger is programmed to take 120V/30A (from the L5:30 port) and uses 120V/20-22A and charge my bank @ 24V~ 80A until Endamps are approached which it then flips to CV with decreasing amperage. My system ALSO handles VAC Passthrough while charging which has to be accounted for. Luckily the Samlex Algorithms work a treat to handle surges etc on the house AC during charging.
It's not lost. It's simply not loading the generator up that much. This will consume less fuel though the generator is definitely very oversized if that's all you're using it for.So my generator is producing 50 amps at 240v which is my generators peak 12000 watts but it’s charging at 52v so I’m getting 2600 watts at the battery. Is the rest lost? Would it still power other items while charging at 2600 watts? Did I get to big of a generator or is that loss expected? The way people described it is it’s more efficient to dump the energy into a battery instead of running off the generator but i didn’t realize it would only be putting in 2600 watts instead of the constant rating of 9500 watts. Sorry kinda new to all this.
I don’t know how it all works but it is charging at the batteries voltage (54) so that’s my limitation if it was charging at 240v which is what the generator will produce it would be more now as far as the inverter it will charge up to 100 amps on the ac side and 180 amps combine solar and ac but my generator won’t produce thatSounds like you figured it out.
Settings then?
Seems odd that you can't get higher though if you have the 12kw unit. Obviously 12kw inverter doesn't mean 12kw of charging but based on your chart you should be getting much more than that.
That's not how it works.I don’t know how it all works but it is charging at the batteries voltage (54) so that’s my limitation if it was charging at 240v which is what the generator will produce it would be more now as far as the inverter it will charge up to 100 amps on the ac side and 180 amps combine solar and ac but my generator won’t produce that
Nope no other devices I’ll keep playing with it till I get the most I can out of it. Here is the generator capabilitiesThat's not how it works.
It should charge at up to 4800w according to the chart you posted.
4800w @ 54v is ~89 amps battery side.
On the generator side 4800w @ 240v is 20 amps.
If you account for a bit of efficiency loss you might see slightly more needed from the generator, but likely less than 25 amps.
Are you running other 240 volt devices at the same time which might be pulling from the generator?
Nope everything is cold to the touchMan that's a lot of power. Just make sure your wiring isn't getting warm.