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Thanks! I'm new to this too and it's good to find out that other people have thought of this and have solutions. Sol-Ark seems like a good company and they have good reviews so I'll keep them in mind. The switch is clever as well.

I'm in the US and would like to use solar even if the grid goes down while using a grid-tied system. I'd like to get the cost savings of feeding the grid while the grid is up, but if the grid goes down I want to be able to use the solar to charge my batteries. I'm not concerned about a failover...

I'd like to keep it under 20k but I know that's stretching it. My envelope math is looking more like 22-25k. I could go over if I save a little more. I just learned about building the 3.2v 280ah blue cells so I need to look into that and see if building them would be a big savings. I'd rather...

Thanks very much! I need to look into assembling the 3.2v 280ah cells. I just learned about those. I like bulding things and I definitely like saving money so I'm going to have to do a deep dive into them on Saturday. As for location, I'd try to fit as many as possible on top of the cabin. I...

The largest individual item is a microwave at 1470 watts AC, but would only run 30 minutes a day. The mini-split Air Conditioner would run at 1060 watts AC for 10 hours a day in the summer, making it by far my largest consumer.

Thanks! For batteries, the same calculator suggested 34447 watt-hours (718 amp-hours @ 48V), LiFePO4. My envelope math was similar. As far as the all-in-one, I'm totally flexible at this point since I have no equipment and am just planning. If I can do something better and/or less expensive but...

Thanks! That helped. I just picked Victron as an example. I don't have any equipment yet and am just planning. I just know Victron has a good reputation but they're pricey. Pricey is ok because I want to avoid "cheap" items, but of course I'd like to save as much money as possible since this...

I'm planning on powering a cabin off-grid. None of this exists yet (not even the cabin or the land for the cabin) but I don't want to buy anything until I am sure of all details.

120VAC, for US - thanks!

I thought the Quattro is an MPPT charger combined with an inverter. Is that right? Also, I don't expect to ever draw more than 4500 watts from an inverter at any given moment (and that much would be rare, but still possible). I should have mentioned that in my first post.

Hi robby. The conversions of parallel vs series always get me. I need to really read up on that. So you're saying the Quattro 48/10000 charger inverter can handle all 24 panels if I connect them the way you described? Also to clarify: as far as watt usage at any moment, I don't expect it to...

Hi smoothJoey - there will be no mains power or generator. It's 100% solar.

Hi - I'm trying to plan an off-grid system and have run into a problem with selecting an inverter/charger. The system needs to handle 22 kWh per day (most days won't need that, but just being safe). I plan on using 48v for everything, with LiFePO4 batteries. Based on that usage, this site...