Recent content by dwford36

Does the 2424LV-HS solve the 30v MPPT issue, or do I not want PWM? I am not married to any of these individual components (other than the panels). What I was interested in was a clean, minimal wire set up, so I liked the idea of an all in one charger/controller/inverter

Here is the system I am thinking of putting together. Am I doing this properly? I already have the panels, but haven't bought anything else. This will be on my shed for power in the back yard, with the ability to run power to the house in an outage for some limited power. 3 370w solar panels...

This. Your local building department should have some info for you

I ended up buying the 3 Silfab 370w panels. They were brand new, still shrink wrapped to the pallet they were shipped on. $450 total. So $.38/watt. For now they are in my basement while I research and gather up everything else I need

I want to assume enough battery capacity to run these things whenever needed, so I'm not in a "it's a cloudy day, I guess I'll wait in the laundry" type of situation. I'd probably spring for lithium, just so I'm not needing to monitor the charge level on a regular battery.

40" and I'm in my neighbor's yard, lol. And over my fire pit on the other side. I am space challenge on my house roof, yard, and shed roof. I'd love a full scale set up, but unless I create some monstrosity to hold all the panels, it just isn't happening

My thought was that either the washing machine or dishwasher only runs for about an hour per cycle, then sits dormant, so a small system should be able to run that, no? I wouldn't want it to actually take days to recharge the batteries, I'm just saying it might be days between uses of these type...

Assuming I mounted these vertically, these panels to exceed the vertical dimension of my shed by a few inches, and I could fit 4 wide without overhang.

My idea was to run the dishwasher and washing machine off solar, maybe also the microwave. These appliances run for a limited amount of time per cycle, and only a few times a week, leaving time to recharge the batteries in-between. But would like to be able to run the fridge and freezer off the...

I do have a physical constraint with the size of the roof on my shed, so I am trying to maximize the output for the square feet I have to work with. These panels's dimensions would allow me to add a 4th panel which would fit on my shed's roof, but the person selling these has 3, so I'd have to...

I want to build an off grid system with batteries for emergency use, but possibly to take certain circuits out of my home's panel and run them off solar exclusively. So I will need to find the proper solar controller, batteries and inverter. I figure I will start with a smaller system on the...

I've got another option: 3 Silfab SLG370m panels for $500 - $.42/watt. New in box. Can I string together an odd number of panels? Module Power (Pmax): 370 Wp Maximum Power Voltage (Vpmax): 39.60 Volts Maximum Power Current (Ipmax): 9.35 Amps Open Circuit Voltage (Voc): 48.20 Volts...

The ones I am looking at are about $80 a piece. Also near me are some Trina 250 for $100 each, so yeah I'd say prices vary by area.

8 years old and they all work

I am considering buying some of these panels used for less than $100 each. What do you think?