Very new to all things solar, but doing my best to get educated. Since my retirement I try to learn new things. Since I returned home to Florida after military and corporate careers, I’ve decided to start with an emergency system to augment my generator WHEN (not IF!) the next hurricane hits...
Hi Bolo, all great points, and the very reason I’m building a backup system. My wife questioned the expense since we have a 7.5kw dual fuel generator, and I reminded her that after Sally 2 years ago all the gas stations within 5 miles of us had no power to pump or run electronic cash registers...
I layed out my 2724 system components on the hardie board backing I’m using, and following the manual, it appears that the breakers/fuses I need are:
-120A DC breaker between Battery and Inverter Battery-Input
-40A AC breaker between AC source and Inverter AC-In terminals
-25A DC breaker between...