I currently have a small off-grid system in south Louisiana set up at a cabin I use a couple weekends a month year round and moreso during hunting seasons.
I'm new to the solar world and in the very early learning stages so let me apologize now for my ignorance.
What I'm hoping to accomplish with my system is to provide enough energy to power a mini-fridge/freezer, TV/DirecTv reciever, fan, phone charger, 1 or 2 lights. The fridge would obviously need power daily of course.
My current setup is:
2 x Kyocera KD140SX-UFBS Panels
2 x Vmaxslr155 AGM Deep Cycle batteries (155ah each) connected in a 24v bank
I made the mistake of buying a Charge controller/Inverter box from out of the country and want to get a better quality charge controller and inverter.
Here are a couple of questions I have, but please feel free to offer any advice or suggestions you see fit as I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what all to ask, haha
1. Should I install more panels/batteries to accommodate my needs?
2. Should I have 1 inverter just big enough to power the fridge that can be left on 24/7 and a separate inverter to turn on as needed for TV and other items.
3. Recommendations on inverters
4. Recommendations on charge controller
5. I would like to leave a battery charger connected to my battery bank so when we have the generator running the bank will be charged if needed, but don't want to risk damaging the batteries...recommendations on battery chargers
6. Any other equipment I should consider...I do not currently have any breakers or master fuse installed.
Thanks in advance for your time and any guidance or advice you may have!
I'm new to the solar world and in the very early learning stages so let me apologize now for my ignorance.
What I'm hoping to accomplish with my system is to provide enough energy to power a mini-fridge/freezer, TV/DirecTv reciever, fan, phone charger, 1 or 2 lights. The fridge would obviously need power daily of course.
My current setup is:
2 x Kyocera KD140SX-UFBS Panels
2 x Vmaxslr155 AGM Deep Cycle batteries (155ah each) connected in a 24v bank
I made the mistake of buying a Charge controller/Inverter box from out of the country and want to get a better quality charge controller and inverter.
Here are a couple of questions I have, but please feel free to offer any advice or suggestions you see fit as I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what all to ask, haha
1. Should I install more panels/batteries to accommodate my needs?
2. Should I have 1 inverter just big enough to power the fridge that can be left on 24/7 and a separate inverter to turn on as needed for TV and other items.
3. Recommendations on inverters
4. Recommendations on charge controller
5. I would like to leave a battery charger connected to my battery bank so when we have the generator running the bank will be charged if needed, but don't want to risk damaging the batteries...recommendations on battery chargers
6. Any other equipment I should consider...I do not currently have any breakers or master fuse installed.
Thanks in advance for your time and any guidance or advice you may have!
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