How it works | System Components

Battery Charger

What is it?
A battery charger is a device that uses 240 volt AC (or standard house-hold power) from either the utility grid — or in a remote renewable energy system a fuel generator — and uses this electricity to charge a bank of lower voltage DC deep-cycle batteries. This is usefully when your battery bank has discharged to a level that is harmfully to their life-span. By using the battery charger as a back-up to charge your batteries, you can maintain your full capacity of power even during extended days of cloudy weather when your solar panels can not charge your batteries by themselves.

How will it be installed?
The battery charger is usually mounted to the wall or on a shelf in a dust-free and weather-proof location (such as a shed or other dedicated room) near to the battery enclosure.

How long do they last?
There are many types of battery chargers. Lifetimes will vary with use.

More info..:
The battery chargers used in a professionally designed renewable energy system are very different to an inexpensive 'garage charger' bought at an automotive store. Smaller chargers are built to slowly charge your batteries over a long period such as 24 or 48 hours. Our battery chargers are built to handel high capacity charging at a very high amp rate so that the charging time is fast and your time running the back-up generator is kept to a minimum.