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The diesel generator is an off the shelf Gillette 6500 for mobile applications. It's got it's own 12v battery and not wired into the 24v system except into the Inverters.
The saga continues.
Everything is up and running, 5x5. Left the diesel generator as backup power overnight for a test, and the return fuel valve blew off and hosed the engine compartment with diesel, until the unit drained the tank. That's what I get for not checking all the connections. Other...
Jackpot.
The $50 24v 7a charger did the trick, with just 30 minutes on the charge. It probably would have worked with just a jolt...
Batteries showing 55% charge, after an unknown but probably LONG period of disuse.
Now I'll run through each energy source and learn how it interacts with the...
Kayak1 wins the prize of the day...
Talked to battery tech support yesterday. Basically, the BMS (large lithiums all have built in BMS for the most part) will put itself to sleep after a period of time (he thought 1 year) of no charge or discharge.
This is not in any manual on the batteries...
UPDATE.
First, thanks for the suggestions. Lacking the wiring diagram, I've been hand over hand through the entire system.
All roads lead to the Outback charge controller. It's looking for 10.3 v to activate. While I get 24v on the meter right at the big disconnect fitting, once I plug it in to...
ZeroBaseEnergy.com is down. Their Twitter and FB have not been updated since 2018. I'm wondering if they were another flash in the pan grift?
Is there a way to search for manuals on military equipment?
There is a big red Emergency stop button, but it's reset.
I'm stumped. Batteries have 24.6 v at the big plug disconnect. I plugged shore power in (120v) and nothing. No lights, no inverter lighting up as energized, etc. Definitely missing something somewhere.
The most obvious is with the...
Even if I part it out, there is way more used market value that what I paid. The genset new is $5k, batteries look like they are $4k each, and there are two, etc.
This unit looks like it was never used or deployed.
I have a sneaking suspicion that there is some plug or switch somewhere that...
Hello good men.
I bought this lovely Zero Base Energy Light Tower Trailer, National Stock Number 6210-DS-LIG-HTSE, at auction yesterday. I purchased it for it's components, the trailer, and 2 24v LiFePo4 monster batteries. The Kohler 6500w generator and large inverters were bonus. I may keep it...
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