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r/OffGridPower•
Xnyx

Need a recommendation for 24 volt charger that will run off a 3500 watt gasoline generator.

Arrived at the off grid house today after working 2 weeks in the city, over a foot of snow on my panels and my 8 12 volt AGM 110 amp/hr battery bank was low and my samlex inverter in error condition due to low voltage. Voltage was 24.3 volts so not likely detrimental to the batteries.

I have never been away so long and never have had to deal with low battery like this - over cast sky for days, snow on the panels etc etc… outback said we only made about 600 watts of power today. (Snow was cleared yesterday)

I have had a noco genius 7200 something or other new in box for years, powered up the gent and plucked er all in… 24 hours later I’m only 50% charged and just read the manual, its only like 3.5 amps ! Yikes.. think I’d like something in the range of 60 amps, something that will run off a honda 3500 watt inverter generator.

Is there such a beast ?

Posted Nov 16, 2021, 1:24 AM UTC

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wildexplorer•

What you're looking for is a wheeled battery charger that a big rig shop would use. 60 and 40 amp chargr, mechanical timer.

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in_the_woods380•

What you want is an ac charger like samlex has. Not on wheels but actually made for deep cycle batteries. Samlex model SEC-2440UL is there 40 amp 24volt charger or Iota engineering makes one for about half the price. But I believe you have to buy an iq controller to use the full range of functions to properly charge your bank. I would go with the samlex.

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