Tycon Power RPST2424-100-280 User Manual
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in normal use. Note: Never store batteries for any length of time in a
discharged state or it will kill the battery.
6. SOLAR PANEL TILT: There is a solar panel tilt calculator at the
Tyconpower website
We recommend using a fixed tilt and setting to
optimize for winter sun. The panel should face South if you are in the
Northern Hemisphere and face North if you are in the Southern Hemi-
sphere. Some typical winter tilt angles are as follows:
7. BATTERY OVERDISCHARGE: We highly recommend hooking all
equipment loads to the controller voltage output. This output will discon-
nect the load if the battery voltage drops below 11V and this will protect
the battery from over-discharge. If batteries get completely discharged
because the equipment was connected directly to the battery, you will
reduce the battery life and you will most likely need to supercharge
them with a good quality 10A automotive battery charger. Once they
are back to a normal operating range, the integrated charge controller
will maintain the charge.
8. WIND TURBINE: A wind turbine can be added to this system at any
time. Wind Turbines are good sources of power, often in times when
the sun isn’t shining, like on stormy days. We like to think of a wind tur-
bine as uptime insurance. Tycon Power Systems offers small wind tur-
bines perfectly suited to augment the RemotePro systems. The TPW-
400DT-12/24 is a 400W 12/24V wind turbine. To add a wind turbine, it
mounts to the top of a 41mm inside diameter pole. The wind turbine will
connect directly to the batteries in parallel with the solar controller.
9. POE SWITCH: Tycon Power offers a universal voltage 5 port and 8
port POE switch if more than one device needs to be powered from the
battery system. The TP-SSW5-NC, TP-SW5G-NC and TP-SW8-NC
offer the unique feature that the voltage supplied to the switch is the
POE voltage sent to the devices. So 24VDC in and you get 24VDC
POE to the devices. The operating voltage is 12V to 56VDC. The
switches mount to the DIN rail for a clean install.
Tycons TP-SW5G-24 accepts 12-36VDC input and provides four
802.3af compatible POE ports and one uplink port.
10. OTHER ACCESSORIES: Tycon also offers a variety of voltage
conversion products. Just visit
for more info.
Place
Optimum Winter Tilt
Houston / Cairo
56 deg
Albuquerque / Tokyo
60.5 deg
Denver / Madrid
65 deg
Minneapolis / Milano
69.5 deg
Winnipeg / Prague
74 deg