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  • Mike90250
    Moderator
    • May 2009
    • 16020

    #16
    Harbor freight has a small generator, you could get 2 of them, (assume 1 will break) and power a 3 stage charger and use that to "bulk" the battery. Then use 1 solar Panel to "finish off" the absorb and float part of the charge cycle. You could keep the generator run time down to likely less than 2 hours in the morning, and use solar the rest of the day.

    And you have to cobble up a mount, to attach and aim the solar panels with.
    Powerfab top of pole PV mount (2) | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
    || Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
    || VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

    solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
    gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister

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    • Sunking
      Solar Fanatic
      • Feb 2010
      • 23301

      #17
      Originally posted by Crab_Cake
      Thanks so much for this information, I really appreciate it. In your opinion what would my best bet be? .
      Until I get a firm number of how many watt hours per day you need the months I cannot answer.

      Based on a $750 budget I can tell you about all you can do is have a system that will generate roughly 200 to 400 watt hours per day. That is not much power. In 12 volt battery amp hour terms is 17 to 34 amp hours per day.
      MSEE, PE

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