Thursday, May 12, 2016

l.e.d,s and wind mills

hi everyone, I was talking to a guy with a vary large l.e.d system for his property , it was wired directly to a battery system and a battery charger. he recently installed a wind mill and most of the l.e.d,s are now burnt. most l.e.d systems cannot be wired directly to a wind system because the voltages seen by the l.e.d. system will be the dc charge voltage , this is most often way higher than the battery voltage. a battery charge voltage at the battery might be say 13.9 or so but the in coming voltage to the battery can be as high as 60 volts , the l.e.d. system wired direct will see the 60 volts. these systems need a driver to regulate the voltage and amperage for the system when a wind mill is used. the charger system he was using will adjust the voltage to about 13.9-14.2 volts and never have caused a problem until the wind mill started to charge and the lights when out. if your using any l.e.d,s in your system make sure there on a driver circuit rated for the size of system your using to be problem free. most other components of a wind system like inverters are made to take full voltage and amperage and the unit will deal with any needed changes to the supply power as needed, the l.e.d,s will not and require a driver to do this adjustment to protect the systems as required. this is the largest l.e.d. system iv ever seen , it draws 23.5 amps continues and light most all of his property. food for thought. thanks for reading.

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