Hi-
I'm new here and despite years of being around it, I am just stupid with the details of solar energy. I run a small off-grid field station in Northwest Mexico. I inherited a system that has 200 watts of solarex panels, a Trace c12 charge controller, a tri-metric, and a prowatt 1500 inverter. The batteries have always been an issue. I think we started with 4 6v in series and parallel. They usually last about 3 seasons. We have to shut everything down for 6 months during the summer is the reason why. We bought 4 12v here in mexico last year (4th set of batteries for the system), and I could find absolutely zero info on amp hours or anything (no there aren't any reputable dealers here). I am thinking of getting some good batteries by going up to Tucson. My question is What should I get to get he most power out of our 200 watts? I need to be spoken down to here, I'm really slow. I just need to know what I need and how to wire them. I don't do well with hypotheticals.
At night we run about 4-5 lights (all AC) mostly LED. only at night. in the day we charge tools, laptops, phones etc.
Thanks for your help!
I'm new here and despite years of being around it, I am just stupid with the details of solar energy. I run a small off-grid field station in Northwest Mexico. I inherited a system that has 200 watts of solarex panels, a Trace c12 charge controller, a tri-metric, and a prowatt 1500 inverter. The batteries have always been an issue. I think we started with 4 6v in series and parallel. They usually last about 3 seasons. We have to shut everything down for 6 months during the summer is the reason why. We bought 4 12v here in mexico last year (4th set of batteries for the system), and I could find absolutely zero info on amp hours or anything (no there aren't any reputable dealers here). I am thinking of getting some good batteries by going up to Tucson. My question is What should I get to get he most power out of our 200 watts? I need to be spoken down to here, I'm really slow. I just need to know what I need and how to wire them. I don't do well with hypotheticals.
At night we run about 4-5 lights (all AC) mostly LED. only at night. in the day we charge tools, laptops, phones etc.
Thanks for your help!
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