now my batteries are at 50%, im giving them 15.6v and the current is a trickle
5 cloudy days in a row
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I feel your pain brother, my record is 14 days. It takes a lot out of you to deal with it. Even with the right equipment and set up ratios, you still end up dealing with Mother Nature doing her thing that has no rules. -
Extended cloud cover will put a dent into anyone's plan relying on the sun to charge their battery system.
This is one reason some of us recommend 5 days of capacity to be built into the system and having a generator & charger to keep that system from going too low.Comment
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Ah, so by jacking up my array from 500 cloudy watts, to 1,000 cloudy watts, I just double my 5Kw array to 10Kw ?? Sweet. But no-go. I can buy a lot of off-road diesel for that price.Powerfab top of pole PV mount (2) | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
|| Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
|| VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A
solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-ListerComment
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Oh wait isn't that what our FEDS want to do concerning climate change?Comment
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It would be great if I had the space for ground mount and didn't mind looking at them. I could turn my available space into a solar farm perhaps, but then there would be no yard and no way to get in and out of the property.Comment
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