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I’m trying to put together a solar panel system, and I’m wondering whete to put various equipment.
I have a long narrow house. Th roof I want to put the panels on, faces south with a 12/12 pitch. It has a plain 41 x 17 standing seam metal roof. It is at the opposite end of the house from the electric meter and main fuse box. About 150 ft total building length. There is an insulated storage loft under this roof. It might not always be sed just for storage, but there is room there for whatever equipment in necessary. Do I put any necessary wiring through the roof, or run it around the end of the roof, and down into the loft? I understand inverters can be quite noisy.
The circuit breaker panel for that section in the the basement two floors below. Unfortunately the wiring from that panel to the next section is I believe, only 30 amps 240 volts. I’ve meant to up grade this, but the next section is built of a slab, and doesn’t have an easy wiring path. I’ve meant to drive a conduit onder the slab, but it’s never happened.
The main house, where the meter and main circuit breaker panel are located in the rock walled cellar. The house is probably earliy 1800’s, and the basement is cramped and damp.
so where should I put various equipment? What needs to be in the house basement, near the meter end maine circuit breaker panel? Does anything?
should I use a main string inverter, or microinverters? Should each panel have it’s own microinverter? There are some microinverter s that can handle8 a couple of panels in series or parallel, or have up to four panel interfaces. Are the stats for a microinverter per nyerface or total? The panels are used REN 340 Watt panels, and I have room for 30 of them. Cost is a big issue, so I will have to use used or chinese equipment where possible. I’m looking at a Datouboss 12kw hybrid inverter, but I waner
why is special solar panel wire used instead of outdoor/direct burial NMC/romex?
I have a long narrow house. Th roof I want to put the panels on, faces south with a 12/12 pitch. It has a plain 41 x 17 standing seam metal roof. It is at the opposite end of the house from the electric meter and main fuse box. About 150 ft total building length. There is an insulated storage loft under this roof. It might not always be sed just for storage, but there is room there for whatever equipment in necessary. Do I put any necessary wiring through the roof, or run it around the end of the roof, and down into the loft? I understand inverters can be quite noisy.
The circuit breaker panel for that section in the the basement two floors below. Unfortunately the wiring from that panel to the next section is I believe, only 30 amps 240 volts. I’ve meant to up grade this, but the next section is built of a slab, and doesn’t have an easy wiring path. I’ve meant to drive a conduit onder the slab, but it’s never happened.
The main house, where the meter and main circuit breaker panel are located in the rock walled cellar. The house is probably earliy 1800’s, and the basement is cramped and damp.
so where should I put various equipment? What needs to be in the house basement, near the meter end maine circuit breaker panel? Does anything?
should I use a main string inverter, or microinverters? Should each panel have it’s own microinverter? There are some microinverter s that can handle8 a couple of panels in series or parallel, or have up to four panel interfaces. Are the stats for a microinverter per nyerface or total? The panels are used REN 340 Watt panels, and I have room for 30 of them. Cost is a big issue, so I will have to use used or chinese equipment where possible. I’m looking at a Datouboss 12kw hybrid inverter, but I waner
why is special solar panel wire used instead of outdoor/direct burial NMC/romex?