Meanwell is here!!
Ordered a Meanwell SP-200-15 from Jameco on Thursday, it arrived Saturday, looking all shiney and new. Here is the link to the listing on Jameco: http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Pr...
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US Battery still comes up here:
http://pdf.wholesalesolar.com/battery-folder/charging_instruction_2011_2.pdf
Despite all that, I did find this summer that with long sunny days back to back and shallow cycles 85-99 whatever, the 6s did get back to baseline SG with charging only in the 14s. But this is different from recovering from 50-90s.
The Eco-Worthy was set to 14.8 (inverter alarms/quits at 15v) for Vabs and as soon as the 6v batts got there, early afternoon, the controller dropped to Float at 14.4 its highest float setting (or I would have made float 14.8 to give some time at the Vabs)
Getting to baseline SG now depended on it being sunny for the rest of the day and for the Trimetric to show "over" AH into the positive AHs and keep going till about 10AH or more over. (reset to zero at sundown) If the 14.4 doesn't last long enough (clouds come in) to get the AHs that much positive, the batts will not get to baseline.
OK so that takes shallow cycles and a co-operative weatherman. This same regime does not work with the 12v T-1275s, which are more like the Screwy 31, needing more charging even with shallow cycles.
My T-1275s are sort of beat up so can't say what nice new ones would be like. (It means my Eco-Worthy settings ranges are not right for the T-1275s so I have to by-pass the controller and go panel direct to get their voltages into the 15s on Float---so I had trouble with the T-1275s banked with the 6s. The 6s were bubbling away losing water while the T-1275s were not up to speed yet late in the day.
Got tired of watering the 6s, decided to give them a rest, and am now operating solely on the two T-1275s, which are doing great with the occasional run up into the 15s as mentioned.
With even one 50-90, the SG on the 6s gets into the red and is moreso after several 50-90s in a row. Now you have to do some serious work to get the SG back up to baseline including the finish and equalize into the 15s. However this is so easy with the 6s and a VEC1093DBD, it is no big deal. It was pure agony with my 27DCs though--never again! Yes to 6s! :)
So it is way different between deep and shallow cycles, battery type, and whatever the weatherman decides you are entitled to that day.
http://pdf.wholesalesolar.com/battery-folder/charging_instruction_2011_2.pdf
Despite all that, I did find this summer that with long sunny days back to back and shallow cycles 85-99 whatever, the 6s did get back to baseline SG with charging only in the 14s. But this is different from recovering from 50-90s.
The Eco-Worthy was set to 14.8 (inverter alarms/quits at 15v) for Vabs and as soon as the 6v batts got there, early afternoon, the controller dropped to Float at 14.4 its highest float setting (or I would have made float 14.8 to give some time at the Vabs)
Getting to baseline SG now depended on it being sunny for the rest of the day and for the Trimetric to show "over" AH into the positive AHs and keep going till about 10AH or more over. (reset to zero at sundown) If the 14.4 doesn't last long enough (clouds come in) to get the AHs that much positive, the batts will not get to baseline.
OK so that takes shallow cycles and a co-operative weatherman. This same regime does not work with the 12v T-1275s, which are more like the Screwy 31, needing more charging even with shallow cycles.
My T-1275s are sort of beat up so can't say what nice new ones would be like. (It means my Eco-Worthy settings ranges are not right for the T-1275s so I have to by-pass the controller and go panel direct to get their voltages into the 15s on Float---so I had trouble with the T-1275s banked with the 6s. The 6s were bubbling away losing water while the T-1275s were not up to speed yet late in the day.
Got tired of watering the 6s, decided to give them a rest, and am now operating solely on the two T-1275s, which are doing great with the occasional run up into the 15s as mentioned.
With even one 50-90, the SG on the 6s gets into the red and is moreso after several 50-90s in a row. Now you have to do some serious work to get the SG back up to baseline including the finish and equalize into the 15s. However this is so easy with the 6s and a VEC1093DBD, it is no big deal. It was pure agony with my 27DCs though--never again! Yes to 6s! :)
So it is way different between deep and shallow cycles, battery type, and whatever the weatherman decides you are entitled to that day.
