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A lot of this makes sense to me and I appreciate you explaining it all. So, two additional questions I guess: first, if this was your system and you wanted to optimize what was there while spending as little as possible, what would you do? Could I add two 295 watt panels, for example, and use...

I apologize if this is somewhere else on the forum, but I've done searches and came up empty, so here it goes: I am doing a separate 24v setup at my cabin with 4 GC batteries that will be used to run a refrigerator only. I am thinking of getting a Giandel 24v 2,000 watt inverter for the setup...

The calculator is a little confusing, but it shows that I would have full batteries 86% of the time and empty batteries 1% of the time. That should be sufficient for me as we won't be using it much, if at all, in the winter as it's not very accessible due to snow. And even if I do use it in the...

Wow, lots of great information here. Let me respond to a bunch of this: What route would you go in my situation? The primary reason I am going this route is because of not being able to charge six batteries equally, and I've also read that I don't want to add new batteries to old, so I can't...

As I mentioned before, isn't adding new batteries to older batteries considered a bad idea? I do need to get more details on the well pump, like I mentioned above. Outside of the well pump and any power an inverter uses, I am projecting our solar usage to be just under 2,000Wh. This is a pretty...

Correct. Regarding the pump, I'm not sure on the starting wattage yet, but I've seen that 1/2 HP pumps can have starting wattages up to around 3,150, which should still easily work with that inverter. I just wasn't sure if there would be any other reason I would want to consider a higher...

I just went to connect a new electric line to my electrical panel that is powered by my 5048 and immediately I got a fault on the 5048 with the code being Inverter Short Circuit Protection. I pulled that breaker from the panel and tried to turn the 5048 off to restart it, but it wouldn’t turn...

I am looking at purchasing a remote cabin in Colorado that currently has a solar setup with the cabin. The current setup includes two panels, one that is 80 watts and one that is 100 watts. There are also six GC2 Interstate Batteries. There are two different inverters, one that is 400 watts and...

Thanks for all of the great information! So, you had mentioned this earlier. As a follow up to that, if I am only using 20% of the 8,832 watts, as you recommend, that's 1,766 watts. If our location provides between 5.5 and 6.0 kWh/m2/Day, wouldn't that mean I'd need roughly 320 watts of solar...

Thanks for all of the responses! I should have prefaced this that this is a separate setup from the rest of the cabin, which will be on a larger 48v system. I don't think that system is quite large enough to run the fridge, and I'd also like to be able to keep the fridge on while turning...

The system was not used much over the last few years. Probably less than a couple days a month. The cabin is pretty rustic and only used for some lighting and charging a few items in it's current state. We might try to expand on that, so it's good to know this would be an option. We could...

Sorry, forgot to ask this in the last post, but are you saying 300 watts of panels should give me 1,000 watts a day? So, the 180 watts of panels that are currently in place would get me roughly 600 watts a day?

Alright, well this obviously throws a wrench in my plans then as I thought I'd be good to go. What would you guys suggest for an inverter that will power things with no problem? Obviously not looking to break the bank here, but it sounds like it's going to cost more than I initially thought.

I appreciate all of the input. I've spoken with each of those companies I listed about what I'm trying to do, and they insisted it would work. The initial Giandel I listed will not work. I'll be honest, the reason I'm shying away from the higher priced inverters, outside of the price, is I am...

Wanted to see what everyone thought about this setup for an off-grid cabin we have: (8) Costco golf cart batteries (4) Trina 300 watt Mono 60 Cell Solar Panels, 2 in series, 2 in parallel - specs here: Trina 300 watt Victron Energy SmartSolar MPPT 100v 50 amp Charge Controller Giandel 24v Pure...

I purchased an off-grid cabin last summer that has a small solar setup on it. I am looking at expanding the cabin a bit and also adding a well, so I am trying to optimize the solar setup the best I can while using as much of what I currently have as possible to avoid extra expenses. The...

Sorry, just to clarify: are you referring to the MN3024DIY with this statement? You would recommend getting that along with 600 or 700 watts of new panels if I wanted to go the cheap route? I could then utilize my old panels as well? I know you asked, and it looks like the current system has a...

I've been doing some digging on the Magnum, Outback, Schneider, and SMA and obviously there is a big jump in price. Would looking at something like the Growatt 6,000w, the Rich Solar 6,500w, or the Midnite DIY 5048 be a terrible idea just to keep costs down a bit?

The pump is 120v and starting wattage is 5,200 watts. So with a 3,000 watt inverter that has a 6,000 watt surge rating, I think I should be fine, right?