batteries, a shocking charge

hi everyone, the batteries seem to be ether under thought or over complicated from my experience . these are my thought on batteries from my system and helping others. first and foremost the batteries job is to absorb the incoming charge and smooth voltage pulses, all of the generator in the system must connect to the battery first. anything leaving the battery can then be taken from there { it is a good practice to have leads to a bus bar type system to take any power from } DO NOT take power directly from the generators, the load applied can stall and or burn the generator and will vary voltage to much to be usefull. on my system I also have a fuse on the in coming positive of each generator rated to 10% higher than my test output, or your generator rating { just added safety }. each gen will be on its own disconnect, this is code in most all areas and just safer. I also have 3 300amp breakers, one to each bus system { I have 2 3400 amp hour batteries and a 2100 ahr battery } these might not be needed but also are rated 20% over the draw from each bus. my dump load power is taken before the bus breakers and operate from the dump controller system. my dump and my drawing systems are separate on each bank. this might not be nec but I think is safer. for most it dosnt need to be this complicated, power from the gen through a disconnect to the battery and then to your controller is all that is needed, always fuse or breaker your systems as needed for safety. I also find a proportional battery to output problem more times than not. having to much battery and not enough charge means that the batteries will take for ever to charge up or never see full charge, bolth are no good, if your system is small then you can { in most cases } only get away with a smaller battery bank { 200-500ahr } if your system is larger you need a larger bank, you will need to check how long it takes for your gen to charge the system without any use and again while in use. if you can charge your system in one overnight storm with use this is a good point, as long as your dump are not maxing out. if so you need a larger battery bank, if not you might have a bank to large already and will have trouble reaching full charge and damage the batteries. in my system at the beginning I thought the having it set up for 14.4 volts of battery , this would be better and give me more power available , NOT the case, it took a lot longer to charge and almost never got to full charge. I removed one cell to get the voltage to 12.85v and the batteries would charge almost twice as fast and would use the dump controller in a small storm, a BIG change for a voltage change of only 1.55 volts at the battery. the charge output of the gen can be a huge factor on the smaller systems and to much battery is a KILLER. one should take time to test the charge time of the assembled and working system , and adjust the battery size as needed, your system will work much better and charge much faster. a vary good system in my opinion will when in use , will dump in a storm most all the time BUT only at about 20-30% of dump capacity , if your dump system feeds water heaters, I think there should be a change over temp switch to dry or air type heaters to avoid to high of water temp and the dangers that go with it, this works good for me, I also know when bolth of my 60 gallon water tanks are up to temp. the dump systems can be almost anything you need if you put your mind to it. a buddy has one running a dc block heater in his car most of the winter. if your using the smaller car batteries, you know they dont  last that long, a year maybe. the doubled up 6volt batteries work way better and would be deep cycle, most all are. the ahr rating will be over double and discharge rating is 10 time better, but we all use what we can afford . check out  { xtrapowerbatteries.com } good prices on recon forklift batteries }  all the power to you. thanks for reading