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this video as an exact explanation of how I'm set up here, but roughly my turbines go to rectifiers, then to batteries, then to grid tie inverters.
I do not use any kind of battery or diversion control. If my turbines are cranking out 75v, that's what my batteries get. If the turbines aren't turbines aren't turning then the inverters suck them down to 20v (36v bank). The batteries are only there to help keep voltage under control, they take a tremendous beating, they are NOT used for storage, and I'm trying to sort out a different way of doing it mainly because my batteries, set up as a 36v assembly, work okay for all my turbines but don't work well for any of them.
I've been told of using capacitors but when I ask for details no one seems to know what capacitors specifically I should use...and that's not an area I know enough about to dive in and try to sort on my own.
I was told I could use resistors...I have actually been told that's essentially what I'm using the batteries as now...but it seems resistors will burn off a considerable amount of my wattage.
What I want is to find a way to arrange things so that I could each turbine to it's own inverter and let it operate at a voltage it likes to operate at. I'm using cheap ebay grid tie inverters and they really do seem to work okay for tracking voltage when there's some regulation in place, but if the turbine ever gets up above their intended voltage (60v) they shut down and the turbines start free wheeling.
Basically what I'm looking for now is alternatives. Capacitors and resistors are great, but which ones should I use for, say, a turbine that tends to operate between 20 and 70 vdc and has peaked at over 1000w in the past? And even now I have a, iSta Breeze Heli 2.0 which has burned way past 1000w at 20mph and that was with the drag of being connected to a 36v bank...it's going to peak somewhere between 2000 and 3000 watts...what should I try with that one?
Ideas and leads would be greatly appreciated!