Hi Everyone....
Im Pete from the SW of the UK and my son and i are setting up an off grid solar system. Actually only bought the batteries so far and still puzzling over what Inverter/charge controller/panels to buy. We also want to add a generator of some sort as i think there will be many cloudy days thru the winter months.
The batteries we have may be a little or even a lot over the top but weve bought them now so we will use them and hopefully the capacity will be to our advantage in the end??
They are 12x 2v Sonnenschein OP2V 1500 A600 cells. Each cell has C10 capacity rate of 1643 Ah @ 20c.
The home we are supplying is a 40 ft shipping container converted and so the load would be no more than 10 or 12 KWh per day.
My son would be living there most of the time but it could be locked up and unused for 2 or 3 months at a time.
Would it be best to use the batteries in a 12v or a 24v configuration?
Any suggestions on a system design that i could follow would be great as i have tried to educate myself about inverters and charge controllers but there are so many variables i need experienced help to make the best choices....
Off course our appliances here in the UK run on 240v so that would make the math a little different.
Many thanks in advance....
Im Pete from the SW of the UK and my son and i are setting up an off grid solar system. Actually only bought the batteries so far and still puzzling over what Inverter/charge controller/panels to buy. We also want to add a generator of some sort as i think there will be many cloudy days thru the winter months.
The batteries we have may be a little or even a lot over the top but weve bought them now so we will use them and hopefully the capacity will be to our advantage in the end??
They are 12x 2v Sonnenschein OP2V 1500 A600 cells. Each cell has C10 capacity rate of 1643 Ah @ 20c.
The home we are supplying is a 40 ft shipping container converted and so the load would be no more than 10 or 12 KWh per day.
My son would be living there most of the time but it could be locked up and unused for 2 or 3 months at a time.
Would it be best to use the batteries in a 12v or a 24v configuration?
Any suggestions on a system design that i could follow would be great as i have tried to educate myself about inverters and charge controllers but there are so many variables i need experienced help to make the best choices....
Off course our appliances here in the UK run on 240v so that would make the math a little different.
Many thanks in advance....
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