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hi,

I'm setting up my first off-grid battery bank and wind turbine, for my back up generator I'm going to use my 4kw coleman, the problem I'm having is that I don't have money to buy a high amp AC-DC charge controller, and I don't have money to buy the gas to use a 5-6amp trickle controller. so I'm wondering if it is possible to rectify and then regulate the AC from the generator, and hook that into the same charging circuit that the wind turbine works off of. is this a viable approach?

thanks
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