Paralleling Power Supply Units Made Easy ???
I am considering paralleling a couple of 20a variable adjustable psu's for 40a charging. According to what I have read on the world wide inter-web, it can be done quite easily, provided the following ...
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BFL13 wrote:Wow, 154 amps! That's some serious charge current capability.
Now, instead of dragging out all those Vectors, I use a 100amper PowerMax (runs at 104a) installed by the batteries, the 40a VEC, and Solar (up to 15a but say it is at 10a for this recharge at 10am start of "allowed" gen hours at our usual campground), so that way I can get
104 + 40.4 + 10 = 154.4 amps. 154.4/458 = 34% charging rate which tapers the amps fairly soon, so mostly I just go with the solar and the PowerMax and not bother dragging out the VEC. Getting lazy! :)
I know very little about solar. Curious, how much solar real estate (square in/ft) does it take to output 10-15 amps?
