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Question about a hybrid control module

BioEvil

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I have a wind turbine three phase 800 watt then I have a hybrid control module that does wind and solar and that controls 600 watt with a booster of a 500 watt coil from the control module to the battery I'm thinking about using a 50 amp fuse I was wondering if that is correct 12 volt system to going to use a quick disconnect for the wind turbine and I haven't quite yet figured out what solar panels I'm going to use to get this is just a start phase
 
I am not picturing what you describe. Could you provide a diagram and make/models of the components.
 
My controller is a wind solar hybrid 12/24v 600w mppt with a 500w booster/coil


So I'm going to be running it as a 12-volt from the control module to the battery I was thinking about using a 50 amp fuse
 

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That is an interesting controller. I had not seen one that would do both solar and wind at the same time.

The big green 'coil' is a very high wattage resistor for use as a dump load once the batteries are fully charged. Without more info on the charger (preferably a manual) I can't tell you much about how to use it.
 
Yeah I'm going yeah I'm going to have to find the manual I seem to lost it and I can't even find the pictures I took of the manual either yay for sync organization
 
Ok I want to went to the website I got it from I got a couple of pictures and you're right it is a load
 

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The diagram shows how to wire it.

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Will you be using the DC loads out? If so make sure that the controller has over-current protection or you add appropriate fuses at the output of the controller.

You said you have an 800W wind turbine and a 600 Watt controller..... I wonder what will happen when the turbine is generating more power than the controller is rated for?

If the controller has over-current protect on the battery output, you only need a fuse at the battery. However, without knowing the combined wattage of the solar and wind, I can't say how large the fuse should be. For just the 800W turbine, you need at *least* a 800/12= 67Amp fuse. I would bump that up to at least 75 amp.... If you add solar it will need to be larger.

If the controller does not have over-current protect on the battery output, you need to *also* put a fuse at the controller.

Finally, what kind of battery do you have? The charge voltages are higher than I would like for LiFePO4.
 
I plan on putting fuses pretty much everywhere on this unit for one of those just in cases

Definitely between the controller and battery (100a?) I know this unit can handle 800 w solar this controller was supposed to be able to handle 800 watts wind as well but I failed to realize it when I got it in for to look closer and and now it's too late to return it for the better one now they have ones that handle over 1, 200w and 1, 500w

the battery however is just for now going to be a single car battery to get me in the right direction before I start expanding it

my future plans for the battery cells I plan on buying Tesla batteries and eventually upgrading the control module so it can handle the battery packs I plan to buy

which is the whole house battery banks times 10 but for now I plan on low scale right now and just running odds and ends Right now not so much DC power I will be converting it with inverter
 
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Hello, I’m interested in finding a wind/solar controller. How has that one been holding up for you?

thanks
 
Since my last post a couple things come up but I haven't yet hooked it all up yet I work a part-time job Don't make a lot of money so I got to do piece mail it and I'm still getting a lot of the stuff together but as soon as I do I will post if it's good or not
 
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