Hi,
So, let me start by saying that I need to be totally OFF-GRID, I'm building this thing in the Caribbean (pic) and there's no grid I can connect to. Local "experts" will charge you half the price of the components as installation costs and will either sell you a useless 12v, 2 car batteries system or the full 15 Kw thing with Internet monitoring, no matter there's not even Internet on my tiny portion of the island.
And here I am just about to pull the trigger on these (without any previous experience on electricity):
I plan on building a 48 volts system, house needs will be really small around 2.5 Kw per day and no more than 800 Watts at the same time, however I plan on getting one 12,000 BTU's pure DC @48Vs Air Conditioner from these guys: http://www.hotspotenergy.com/ . As you can see there's no generator, that I might get later if really needed.
So am I building a bomb? Is there anything you see that doesn't make any sense?
I chose the 1500W inverter mainly because it is sealed and being 800 ft to beach creates a very salty environment also the 3000W one was too expensive, same thing with the Classic I plan on running it sealed. Last but not least I worry about my batteries degrading due to ambient temperature so I'll try my best to keep them safe and cool. Lastly the panels should be receiving 4.5 hours of Sun.
Thanks for you advice and see you in Holbox, Mexico
So, let me start by saying that I need to be totally OFF-GRID, I'm building this thing in the Caribbean (pic) and there's no grid I can connect to. Local "experts" will charge you half the price of the components as installation costs and will either sell you a useless 12v, 2 car batteries system or the full 15 Kw thing with Internet monitoring, no matter there's not even Internet on my tiny portion of the island.
And here I am just about to pull the trigger on these (without any previous experience on electricity):
Panels | 9 | Rene Sola or some other similar brand @250 W |
Inverter - Charger | 1 | Outback GFX1548 48V 1500W |
Charge Controller | 1 | MIDNITE CLASSIC 150 MPPT |
Batteries | 8 | Surrette S-480 6V, 480Ah |
Panel | 1 | Midnite Solar E-Panel MNE125AL-PLUS Outback |
Combiner | 1 | MIDNITE MNPV3 |
So am I building a bomb? Is there anything you see that doesn't make any sense?
I chose the 1500W inverter mainly because it is sealed and being 800 ft to beach creates a very salty environment also the 3000W one was too expensive, same thing with the Classic I plan on running it sealed. Last but not least I worry about my batteries degrading due to ambient temperature so I'll try my best to keep them safe and cool. Lastly the panels should be receiving 4.5 hours of Sun.
Thanks for you advice and see you in Holbox, Mexico
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