Hello everyone.
First post so please do not flame me.
Have been building my retirement home off grid, on an Island that is boat access only. I'm a GC.
We are now at a stage that I want to get power from my PV instead of the generator.
The build is nearing completion, it has been build on weekend and on vacation time, 7 years now......
Purchased 34 PV panels which are 320w and plan on using a 48v battery set up.
Panels will go on my sea can and also on three ground mounts.
Also have a creek that has lots of water for 9 months of the year. Purchased a micro hydro cross flow type which is 3phase.
This will be producing zero when creek is dry in the summer time but up to 2000w in the winter.
Dump load will be hot water immersion heaters. Have two storage tanks of 1000L each. Each tank has 6 inputs.
Because construction will still be happening/never ending want to power a table saw, compressor and a chop saw as well.
The big decision is which brand of inverter. Doing the math looks like a low frequency inverter is what I should go with.
If something goes down I want to be able to do it at my place instead of lugging unit out of the sea can, onto boat then onto the mainland.
Do I use 2 inverters for redundancy ? One dies I still have power ?
Any suggestions here from this community would be very helpful.
Local suppliers want to sell their gear and want to send people over $$$$$. I want to do most of it myself so if something goes wrong I will be able to solve the issue myselp
Attached a picture from the start of our build, 2014.
First post so please do not flame me.
Have been building my retirement home off grid, on an Island that is boat access only. I'm a GC.
We are now at a stage that I want to get power from my PV instead of the generator.
The build is nearing completion, it has been build on weekend and on vacation time, 7 years now......
Purchased 34 PV panels which are 320w and plan on using a 48v battery set up.
Panels will go on my sea can and also on three ground mounts.
Also have a creek that has lots of water for 9 months of the year. Purchased a micro hydro cross flow type which is 3phase.
This will be producing zero when creek is dry in the summer time but up to 2000w in the winter.
Dump load will be hot water immersion heaters. Have two storage tanks of 1000L each. Each tank has 6 inputs.
Because construction will still be happening/never ending want to power a table saw, compressor and a chop saw as well.
The big decision is which brand of inverter. Doing the math looks like a low frequency inverter is what I should go with.
If something goes down I want to be able to do it at my place instead of lugging unit out of the sea can, onto boat then onto the mainland.
Do I use 2 inverters for redundancy ? One dies I still have power ?
Any suggestions here from this community would be very helpful.
Local suppliers want to sell their gear and want to send people over $$$$$. I want to do most of it myself so if something goes wrong I will be able to solve the issue myselp
Attached a picture from the start of our build, 2014.