Hooking up the inverter
First and foremost, the solar panels must be connected to a charge controller ( morningstar is a good charge controller,but there are others like VDC electronics) the charge controller takes the power generated by the panel ( FROM THE TWO WIRES) and allows that power to be controlled to charge your batteries during the day time. at night that same controller prevents the batteries to back charge into the panel thus causing the battery to charge down much to quickly thru the panels, (known as the blocking diode).
Now the inverter is connected to the same out out terminals (on the BATTERY) AS THE CHARGE CONTROLLER. (YOU MUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE POLARITY). THE INVERTER TAKES THAT 12vdc FROM THE BATTERY AND CONVERTS IT TO AN ac VOLTAGE OF 120 VOLTS to which you can connect an appliance. There is alot more to it than this simple explanation. You must understand that there is no infinite amount of energy from the battery, and as you use up the power you will need to rechrge. hence the solar panels. there is a way to size a sytem. go to the this sight http://www.altestore.com/howto/The-B...ectricity/a19/ there are other sights that can help you.
First and foremost, the solar panels must be connected to a charge controller ( morningstar is a good charge controller,but there are others like VDC electronics) the charge controller takes the power generated by the panel ( FROM THE TWO WIRES) and allows that power to be controlled to charge your batteries during the day time. at night that same controller prevents the batteries to back charge into the panel thus causing the battery to charge down much to quickly thru the panels, (known as the blocking diode).
Now the inverter is connected to the same out out terminals (on the BATTERY) AS THE CHARGE CONTROLLER. (YOU MUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE POLARITY). THE INVERTER TAKES THAT 12vdc FROM THE BATTERY AND CONVERTS IT TO AN ac VOLTAGE OF 120 VOLTS to which you can connect an appliance. There is alot more to it than this simple explanation. You must understand that there is no infinite amount of energy from the battery, and as you use up the power you will need to rechrge. hence the solar panels. there is a way to size a sytem. go to the this sight http://www.altestore.com/howto/The-B...ectricity/a19/ there are other sights that can help you.
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