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Hi all,
Getting my hand on the Leading Edge LE-600 wind turbine I would like to connect it to my BMS.
This is a 3 phase wind turbine, so needs a rectifier to a standard DC which I can easily find. But then, I cannot find a dedicated wind controller or easy way to connect to my system.
Anyone a suggestion? MPPT controller like Victron? Dedicated wind charge controller? Brand or model? Any help is very welcome. Cheers
You will want to find a dedicated regulator for wind turbines. The problem with using something like an MPPT is they go open-circuit once the battery is full. This is fine on a solar panel, but with a wind turbine it will let your turbine freewheel and potentially overspeed. For a wind turbine you need either a diversion regulator (which will dump excess energy into a diversion load) or a dedicated wind controller that will simply short out the turbine, causing it to stall out and stop generating any significant power.
Thanks for your reply,
The Leading Edge website shows a setup with charge controller with load dumper in the same time, but I’m not sure I can connect it directly to BMS Distributor bar? Any opinions? This set up looks like more for classic lead acid batteries but not for lithium ones.
Looking at the website, dose this help? you have this?
You can do this..
and buy Charge Controller
Hope this helps.
My question was: can this system work with Lithium batteries as I have to connect directly to the BMS Distributor bar. In this case the wind turbine charges directly into the busbar and the excess of the current is taken away by charge controller, transforming t into heat via resistance.
