I have some challenges designing a PV system for a remote village in Haiti. the loads are: refrigerator, lights, fans, cell phone chargers. I want to keep everything DC for a multitude of reasons.
things would be a little easier if I could go with 24 V battery instead of 12V. it would help with the wire size, fuse, disconnects.... most loads for this system can run 12 or 24, except we want to have some power for cellphone chargers and I don't know of any 24V cell chargers. these common 12V chargers are everywhere:
i had an idea, if I wire two of them together in series, i basically create a 24V cell phone charger. the only issue is that both of them have to be in use at the same time. or maybe just having both connected is good enough, and one in use at a time would work.
has anyone tried anything like this?
thanks
gary in vermont (heading to haiti in one month)
things would be a little easier if I could go with 24 V battery instead of 12V. it would help with the wire size, fuse, disconnects.... most loads for this system can run 12 or 24, except we want to have some power for cellphone chargers and I don't know of any 24V cell chargers. these common 12V chargers are everywhere:
i had an idea, if I wire two of them together in series, i basically create a 24V cell phone charger. the only issue is that both of them have to be in use at the same time. or maybe just having both connected is good enough, and one in use at a time would work.
has anyone tried anything like this?
thanks
gary in vermont (heading to haiti in one month)
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