jadel wrote:

What kind of auxilliary power source puts out 24VDC?
Just curious.


J. Del Col



Just the battery bank. I have a Trace DR1524 (1.5kW @ 24 V) inverter,
that charges the batteries when the power is on. And if the power goes
out the theory is that the inverter draws DC from the batteries and
converts it to AC at the nominal 110V. Of course if I hooked the DC
fans up to the battery bank directly, then I wouldn't have to mess with
the inverter, but my vents and furnace run on AC so I need the inverter
anyway.

The DR1524 is old technology, but sufficient to my purposes. Wouldn't
work for sensitive electronics, it doesn't put out clean enough AC power
for that. Would need a more expensive inverter for that. You can get
inverters that run off 48V too, at more expense.

Now this is mostly theory. My inverter came in today. I'm hoping to
hook that up next week.

Rob

--
Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a. See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
more orchids, obtain more credit
LittlefrogFarm is open - e-mail me for a list )