Hello All,
I'm sorry to ask a question that has probably been asked a million times but I don't have the ability to browse / search freely. I live in St Thomas, USVI and the hurricanes have left us w/o power or internet. I can use my phone but it's spotty. I have had the opportunity to make it to Atlanta to get supplies for work so I took advantage of it and bought my own while there.
I have purchased:
6 - 6v210ah batteries
3 - 325watt monocrystalline panels
2000 watt inverter 24v
Mppt 30a charge controller
2000 watt 12v inverter (by mistake, but it may work out.)
Small Mppt 20a controller
My plan:
1 - 24v system using four 6v210ah batteries wired series parallel using two 325w panels. That would give me a 24v system with 420 amp hours, correct? How should I wire the panels into the charge controller?
My plan for the other two 6v210ah batteries is to wire series and have a small solar 12v system using the third 325watt panel. So I would have a 12v210ah system, correct?
Is there a better way to take advantage of the equipment that I have? It absolutely sucks to be without power and my guess is that we will be without for 4 - 6 months. My wife and I are not greedy, we have one good led ryobi work light that will light the whole house, we need to charge our phone batteries and dewalt/ridgid drill batteries for other led flashlights, the biggest draw will be a small 12vdc pump to draw water from the cistern for a supa cold shower. The last thing, maybe once a week to run the clothes washer and dryer which is propane.
I'm open to any suggestions. I'll attach a photo of the tag from the bottom of the panel and can provide links to the other gear purchased for this project.
Thank You all for your time! 1506308313526698189483.jpg
I'm sorry to ask a question that has probably been asked a million times but I don't have the ability to browse / search freely. I live in St Thomas, USVI and the hurricanes have left us w/o power or internet. I can use my phone but it's spotty. I have had the opportunity to make it to Atlanta to get supplies for work so I took advantage of it and bought my own while there.
I have purchased:
6 - 6v210ah batteries
3 - 325watt monocrystalline panels
2000 watt inverter 24v
Mppt 30a charge controller
2000 watt 12v inverter (by mistake, but it may work out.)
Small Mppt 20a controller
My plan:
1 - 24v system using four 6v210ah batteries wired series parallel using two 325w panels. That would give me a 24v system with 420 amp hours, correct? How should I wire the panels into the charge controller?
My plan for the other two 6v210ah batteries is to wire series and have a small solar 12v system using the third 325watt panel. So I would have a 12v210ah system, correct?
Is there a better way to take advantage of the equipment that I have? It absolutely sucks to be without power and my guess is that we will be without for 4 - 6 months. My wife and I are not greedy, we have one good led ryobi work light that will light the whole house, we need to charge our phone batteries and dewalt/ridgid drill batteries for other led flashlights, the biggest draw will be a small 12vdc pump to draw water from the cistern for a supa cold shower. The last thing, maybe once a week to run the clothes washer and dryer which is propane.
I'm open to any suggestions. I'll attach a photo of the tag from the bottom of the panel and can provide links to the other gear purchased for this project.
Thank You all for your time! 1506308313526698189483.jpg
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