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Haven't checked your numbers - factors I would look at include:

* Genset delay (from grid loss to genset synchronised)

* Recommended discharge depth for the battery chemistry

* How often this happens (if not often maybe you can squeeze more from battery)

* Total weight, ease of replacement

* Nominal load or load profile during outage

190 AH x4 implies about an 18 minute run time based on full load on the Quatro array (15,000 watts). That should be more than enough time to start a generator, and you could even wait a while before starting the generator. The down side in waiting is battery recharge time.

Check to make sure the current drawn from the batteries does not exceed their rating.

Hi Ehsab. The real issue here will be how much power you have those Quattros delivering when your power fails. Too much V-sag could trip them before your genny winds up.

You could look to the batt maker's specs for a guide, and this can be pretty 'soggy' stuff. Let's say the spec is 0.1C recommended max discharge rate - so your 190Ah batts will be capable of 190 x 0.1 x 48 = 912W. A lot more than that might be too much. Time will be involved to some degree, and hopefully your genny isn't a laggard there..

You could wind your Quattro's trip points as low as they go, and let's say your genny takes 30sec to come onstream. A wild guess, but maybe you could make it with a load up to 3000W??

Hi @Eshab, for this purpose you want batteries made for UPS systems, as they are designed to handle high discharge loads, the batteries you linked to aren't.

UPS batteries will have 5 minute discharge rates, and up, while the powersafe batteries you linked to have the shortest rating at 30 minutes.

Hi again,

So after some consideration i chose the PowerSafe SBS XC batteries instead.

Still two 48V strings of 190Ah (total 380Ah). According to the datasheet it should be able to handle 6000 DoD of 20% and 1500 DoD of 60%.

Anyone who sees any problems with this setup?

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