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the batteries wired up I was then desperate to
use them so the tidy approach was abandoned and I
lashed things together. In the picture to the
right you can see the battery and the new
inverter (Victron 750 watt pure sine wave). Just
out of shot is the Morningstar MPPT 60 controller
that I wired up to 4 x 90 watt Solara pannels. The system worked well, and
I saw over 25 amps going into the battery.
Another addition
to the system was the Rolls Hydro caps, you can
see them in the picture opposite, and in detail
below. These caps contain a catalyst that
recombines the hydrogen and oxygen that is given
off by the cells and converts it back into water
which dribbles back into the cells.
The Rolls Hydro
caps reduce the need for a battery box and
venting and also help reduce the amount of top
ups required.
I am still going
to install some venting around the batteries just
to be sure.
At the moment the
wiring around the battery is temporary, I will
update this page when the battery switch and fuse
is fitted together with a neat wiring job. You
can see that I have started to fix plywood to the
walls so that I can mount all the control
equipment in a tidy and understandable layout.
Back to Batteries Page 2
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 The cells all wired together, and
the new inverter..
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