We own rural land in Montana at 5,100'. No power and most likely never will be in our lifetime. Just drilled the well. 136' deep with 6" steel casing. Well guy is planning on a 240v Grundfos SQ series that has soft start. Not sure of pump specs at this time. We are breaking ground on a garage next week. It will have a small living quarters.
I'm pretty good with home electrical on the grid. Have installed breakers, outlets, sub panels, etc. I'm clueless on Solar design though.
Until we retire this garage will be sitting unoccupied most of the time. I assume I will ramp down the charge controller when I am not there so the batteries don't run dry.
Looking for advice on a DIY system on a budget. Hopefully CG2 batteries from Costco, small electrical panel, transfer switch and inverter that will run a 240v well pump.
We will not have a holding tank for water. Just a normal pressure tank. I would like to avoid buying a 240v generator as I currently have a 3000w Yamaha generator (120v) that is super quiet and our travel trailer has a 4000w Onan built in. Rather than dump 4k on a 240v Honda Generator I would rather spend about 2k on a good solar system.
I plan to install everything myself. Panels will be facing south with good strong sun.
Obviously this would all be pretty straightforward but for the 240v well pump.
Thanks for any advice.
I'm pretty good with home electrical on the grid. Have installed breakers, outlets, sub panels, etc. I'm clueless on Solar design though.
Until we retire this garage will be sitting unoccupied most of the time. I assume I will ramp down the charge controller when I am not there so the batteries don't run dry.
Looking for advice on a DIY system on a budget. Hopefully CG2 batteries from Costco, small electrical panel, transfer switch and inverter that will run a 240v well pump.
We will not have a holding tank for water. Just a normal pressure tank. I would like to avoid buying a 240v generator as I currently have a 3000w Yamaha generator (120v) that is super quiet and our travel trailer has a 4000w Onan built in. Rather than dump 4k on a 240v Honda Generator I would rather spend about 2k on a good solar system.
I plan to install everything myself. Panels will be facing south with good strong sun.
Obviously this would all be pretty straightforward but for the 240v well pump.
Thanks for any advice.
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