We are looking at going full solar for the house. Our grid bills show us at about 700kwh per month but there is an electric stove and electric water heater in that mix. We would go with Propane for those so I guess we can drop about 40% off 700-that number.
I'd like to get an idea of what is a reasonable system since money is tight and we are prepared to lighten up on our misuse of the solar-power. By misuse I mean leaving stuff running that should be turned off, like lights etc. It is easy to be cavalier when there is an infinite supply.
I do not yet know and understand all that is required for a minimal system, but expansion is an issue I need ti understand first. If we were to put in something that will satisfy say 10kwh per day and it is too hard to live within that, how do we add in more?
Can I parallel up the outlets of the inverters (from same manufacturer) or would we have to run separate 110v outputs to groups of circuits in the house?
As in, the initial system runs 110v to the top 6 breakers in the house, a second add-in system runs 110v to the next 6 breakers.
I'd like to get an idea of what is a reasonable system since money is tight and we are prepared to lighten up on our misuse of the solar-power. By misuse I mean leaving stuff running that should be turned off, like lights etc. It is easy to be cavalier when there is an infinite supply.
I do not yet know and understand all that is required for a minimal system, but expansion is an issue I need ti understand first. If we were to put in something that will satisfy say 10kwh per day and it is too hard to live within that, how do we add in more?
Can I parallel up the outlets of the inverters (from same manufacturer) or would we have to run separate 110v outputs to groups of circuits in the house?
As in, the initial system runs 110v to the top 6 breakers in the house, a second add-in system runs 110v to the next 6 breakers.
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