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Morning,
Can I charge a 24v battery with this panel?
Sorry sent before realizing was not rotated.
Cheers Mike
Morning,
Can I charge a 24v battery with this panel?
Sorry sent before realizing was not rotated.
Cheers Mike
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On a cold day - yes. But you may have trouble trying to Equalize the battery with it. A 24V FLA battery needs 30 - 32V for EQ. That's very close to the max the panel can produce.
That panel would work for sure with a cheap PWM controller and give you about 8 amps
With a really good MPPT controller, that will work down to 30V, you may get 9 amps output. (to do their power shifting, MPPT controllers need about 1.5 x peak battery voltage to work)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
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Excellent. Just using some older battery's from another system and only need to run a few garden lights.
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Just out of curiosity can I run a small 600w inverter with 4 x 20w out of the load terminals?Comment
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Sure you can run a 600w inverter, but remember, you have to be able to recharge in 48 hours, what the inverter consumed. That may mean more panels. And the inverter will consume a not-insignificant amount of powerPowerfab 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-ListerComment
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OK I understand now. To use 1800 watts AC on my inverter, I need to pull 2100 watts from the battery at a little over 10% loss. So that would be DC loads plus 10 to 15% loss, plus a certain amount of amps per hour to run my inverter. On the 2000 watt inverter I mentioned, it pulls 12 watts per hour or 288 watts a day just to be turned on.
So may fix your flickering problem, but now you’d need a bigger battery and more panels than before.Comment
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