That’s a lot of work checking all those cells.... Not too bad if they are from a know source and all equal.... I believe he gets those from a know supplier.... not just random laptop batteries..... which would save him heaps of time .
lol naa not I I'm afraid, though he does live pretty close just a suburb over. and yes. he gets his supplied from a recycling contact, and yes they are all random, and has done for a few years now, there would be almost no possible way to do this sort of volume otherwise. but he did all the leg work and the effort to build such contacts up, so he's earned it.
a guy is selling a heap of 36V solar panels, can they be used with a 12 or 24V system or is it not worth the effort?
they can with any MPPT controller. as to being worth it, depends on your application. what were you thinking of doing?
36v prob really 30v panels Eg 60cell will be too low for 24v system.... unless you series two together Will just work on a full sunny day at full power.... but borderline On less than those days
Eg read here to understand my reply above https://www.victronenergy.com/blog/...ar-modules-to-the-new-mppt-charge-regulators/
Short version is.... 60 cell are 37ish volts not under load and around 29.8 volts under load.... 29.8v is not really enough to charge 24v batteries.... 24v batteries are around 28.8v and a bit above charging Eg think 12v system 13.6v to to 14.4v charging..... then double it (24v is 12v doubled)
And over last month.... you can see the voltages get up around the max those panels can put out by themselves you better to series them up in pairs.... and then get an mppt controller.... or look out for 72cell panels if your going PWM controller
Yeah you really need to be around 5-8 volts above the maximum charge voltage (including equilization if using LA) to get decent performance out of a panel even with an mppt (in fact most mppt's won't "turn on" until the panel voltage is +5v above the current battery voltage). I have roughly 80V feeding my 12V LFP's regulator (a victron) hence its always full by lunchtime. At times I've seen 30A going into the battery.
Shame that Battery Hookup place won't ship to Australia - David (I've left him heaps of encouraging comments on his films) produces top notch videos. Hes got the big daddy Victron charge controller, and a stack of LifePo4's amoungst other chemistries running his whole house. His videos are well worth a watch
most of the stuff he covers is either a ways off or questionably likely, but still, I though it interesting, and informative.
