To start I'm skilled in electricity and wiring but a relative newbie to solar power setups. I have a small one in my wife's shed for a light and a webcam but it's a cheapie amazon deal with a marine battery I had kicking around.
Here is what I have and my guiding principles for what I want to do. The system is for my barn and workshop, not a living quarters.
The barn is in the middle of a 12 acre field on the SC shore so unrelenting sunshine is available all the time in any direction I want.
I only want to power a few things and there is zero need for any backup power or generator.
I want the system to be a good quality one but it doesn't need to be plated in gold, I also don't mind if I need to scale upwards in batteries or panels if necessary. I prefer to decrease my needs than increase batteries and panels.
There will be no connection to the utility, it will be 100% off grid (I know this is obvious by the forum section but I wanted to put it in there anyways)
Here is what want to power:
200 watts of lights
500 watts of audio / TV
Refrigerator - 120v / 15A / 1800W - this is optional and can be left off
very very occasional use, one or the other but never both at the same time;
Compressor – 220v / 15A / 3300W
OR
Saw – 120v / 13A / 1600W
If a system can support a 220volt 30amp welder then wonderful, otherwise i'll leave that off.
What would you build to run this? Any suggestions are welcome!
Here is what I have and my guiding principles for what I want to do. The system is for my barn and workshop, not a living quarters.
The barn is in the middle of a 12 acre field on the SC shore so unrelenting sunshine is available all the time in any direction I want.
I only want to power a few things and there is zero need for any backup power or generator.
I want the system to be a good quality one but it doesn't need to be plated in gold, I also don't mind if I need to scale upwards in batteries or panels if necessary. I prefer to decrease my needs than increase batteries and panels.
There will be no connection to the utility, it will be 100% off grid (I know this is obvious by the forum section but I wanted to put it in there anyways)
Here is what want to power:
200 watts of lights
500 watts of audio / TV
Refrigerator - 120v / 15A / 1800W - this is optional and can be left off
very very occasional use, one or the other but never both at the same time;
Compressor – 220v / 15A / 3300W
OR
Saw – 120v / 13A / 1600W
If a system can support a 220volt 30amp welder then wonderful, otherwise i'll leave that off.
What would you build to run this? Any suggestions are welcome!
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