Hello everyone!
I am new here and have been learing A LOT about building my own off the grid solar system. I thought I was all good to go until I came across 12v or 24v. I am now hearing 24v may be cheaper and more efficient? What confused me there is now you cant just get a regular inverter for regular household devices? what would you use to convert the 24v to run the 12v devices? could a charge controller do that along with a 12v inverter? SunKing really seems to know a lot around here, its like he made solar panel talk or something, but he said in a thread I read dont go more than 1000W with 12v inverter? What I really am trying to run off this solar grid is i think at MOST 1000W. I am confused on calculating My 100W Egnater Vengeance Guitar tube amp head with 4x12 speaker cab. I heard tube amp output is using more much more than 100W like its labeled as? I am thinking of getting a Killowatt meter to get accurate readings of what im plugging in. Basicallly 1 - 100w tube amp head, and 1 120w tube amp head. and a computer (heard up to 250W power consumed?) and a ceiling fan with light for maybe MAX 5 hours a day if that. I was orginally going to do 4 - 6V batteries wired in 12v. Coming across the 12v vs 24v idea got me re-thinking and wondering how that would even convert through?
Sorry for the long rant and THANK YOU SO MUCH ahead of time for any responses!
-HelloSean
I am new here and have been learing A LOT about building my own off the grid solar system. I thought I was all good to go until I came across 12v or 24v. I am now hearing 24v may be cheaper and more efficient? What confused me there is now you cant just get a regular inverter for regular household devices? what would you use to convert the 24v to run the 12v devices? could a charge controller do that along with a 12v inverter? SunKing really seems to know a lot around here, its like he made solar panel talk or something, but he said in a thread I read dont go more than 1000W with 12v inverter? What I really am trying to run off this solar grid is i think at MOST 1000W. I am confused on calculating My 100W Egnater Vengeance Guitar tube amp head with 4x12 speaker cab. I heard tube amp output is using more much more than 100W like its labeled as? I am thinking of getting a Killowatt meter to get accurate readings of what im plugging in. Basicallly 1 - 100w tube amp head, and 1 120w tube amp head. and a computer (heard up to 250W power consumed?) and a ceiling fan with light for maybe MAX 5 hours a day if that. I was orginally going to do 4 - 6V batteries wired in 12v. Coming across the 12v vs 24v idea got me re-thinking and wondering how that would even convert through?
Sorry for the long rant and THANK YOU SO MUCH ahead of time for any responses!
-HelloSean
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