Just playing with the idea of having two battery banks for some non-essential DC lighting (LED) on my back porch and for passing through rooms in the house.
My idea was to have two 3 or 6 volt battery banks. To keep the batteries fresher:
1) Each bank would be charged as close to full as possible, then discharged.
2) After Bank A was discharged and Bank B was as full as possible, the full bank would be switched into the main circuit while the wind turbine charged the second bank.
Just a general thought, I'm looking for any ideas for switch topologies with minimal current draw. With the low wind levels around here, a mechanical switch sounds like a good bet, but I know little or nothing about electrically manipulating permanent mechanical switches.
Maybe this'll take my mind off of politics for a while :guinness:
My idea was to have two 3 or 6 volt battery banks. To keep the batteries fresher:
1) Each bank would be charged as close to full as possible, then discharged.
2) After Bank A was discharged and Bank B was as full as possible, the full bank would be switched into the main circuit while the wind turbine charged the second bank.
Just a general thought, I'm looking for any ideas for switch topologies with minimal current draw. With the low wind levels around here, a mechanical switch sounds like a good bet, but I know little or nothing about electrically manipulating permanent mechanical switches.
Maybe this'll take my mind off of politics for a while :guinness: