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All I know about the rv is that it is "solar ready".
I have been looking at this kit this morning.
you sure like to have too much power.
Like I stated, I don't know how much I NEED only what these companies local suggest.
which is why checking your battery level and charging off the truck or a generator for a couple days will give you a much better idea of how much power you actually need.
you are always going to be on the batteries at night and for a few hours during morning/evening. if you can keep the highest loads during 11am-2pm then you will be "working off the solar" the most and having plenty of time to recharge. more or less, it comes down to the batteries. size the battery bank to handle what you need, then work backwards to build the solar capacity that can recharge them reliably over a 2 or so day period
So that that's 2160 watts of panel in that kit. That means under test conditions after 1 hour, you'd have 2.16 KWh of energy produced. In reality you won't get 100% efficiency, so it'll be somewhat lower.
That's 1600ah at 48v AGM batteries? A 73KWh battery bank? That's got to be huge.
When you series batteries the Ah don't add, so that would be a 400Ah 48V battery bank, 19.2KWh. Still 1000 lbs of batteries though. I was picturing a battery bank 4x larger.
please expand on this. why do you need UL listing
batteries are the big issue, hence why the chevy volt battery bank rewired was suggested to me and why i suggest it to everybody. From a dollar to KWH point of view, it absolutely demolishes every other option available today. @16kwh
The volt battery can be a good option, though it seems like price is creeping up. It's not something I'd suggest to everybody though, big lithium batteries aren't trivial, there's a lot that can go wrong. Not saying you shouldn't do it, just probably shouldn't be a first or even third project.
The county building inspector mentioned the UL listing requirement. He is NOT the electrical inspector, but knows a lot. Plus it's what I'm reading online too...please expand on this. why do you need UL listing
got any good links I can look up for info on this? I loosely follow Will Prowse on YouTube and have an account on his forum DIY Solar Power Forum but don't really follow solar stuff that much online. I would be interested in playing with Lithium batteries.... I may even get another inverter/charger to run it...
huh, that's strange. seems like more of an issue if you are selling the property. for the purpose of inspection, unhook everything and just run it all off the generator for him
as for the battery, no i didn't find any "good" videos online, but i did find a few questionable ones and....damnit why can't i remember his name on here. he had a quality cast iron frying pan crack with his head, and he helped me out bigly understanding the solar stuff. I apologize for not remembering
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Old thread but I'm bumping it anyway
All this talk about solar, a buddy found some panels on marketplace for cheap, and they're local to both of us. Not sure if they're a good deal, or if they're old and beat? We were both thinking if they're a good buy of snagging some and setting then aside until we get around to installing them. Aside from what I've read here I don't know shit about solar power
In my case I never lose power, so it would just be something to reduce my monthly electric bill, assuming it's something I can do myself cheaply.
Anyways, here's the listing for the panels:
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Its called EL imaging, and its expensive to get a camera setup to do it. An I/V curve can be done with homebrew stuff on a sunny day and would be useful enough to see if they where they are in their life.
