cohunter14
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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 one that is 2,000 watts (which I believe the current owner uses to power a toaster or any other item needing more juice). Based on our location, we are somewhere between 5.5 and 6.0 kWh/m2/Day.
I am totally new to all of this and have been doing a bunch of reading, but I just want to make sure I'm understanding everything correct. My questions are:
1) Is this a decent setup?
2) Am I right in thinking the biggest limitation to this current setup is the panels? If I added panels, I should be able to better utilize the batteries, correct?
3) Based on my reading, I am thinking these current solar panels should produce roughly 1,000 watt hours/day. Is that correct?
4) Also based on my reading, I am thinking these batteries should hold roughly 4,200 watt hours, on average. Is that correct?
If my assumptions are correct (I'm not surprised if they aren't!), would it be correct in thinking that although the batteries hold roughly 4,200 watt hours, I wouldn't want to use more than 50% of that in a given day, or roughly 2,000 watt hours? And, again, if my assumptions are correct, would that mean I need to double the solar panel wattage to maximize the system?
I apologize if I am way off with all of this. As I said, I am not only new to this, but I am trying to learn based off of a system I am looking to buy and not one I am building, so just trying to wrap my arms around everything. Thanks, in advance, for any help!
I am totally new to all of this and have been doing a bunch of reading, but I just want to make sure I'm understanding everything correct. My questions are:
1) Is this a decent setup?
2) Am I right in thinking the biggest limitation to this current setup is the panels? If I added panels, I should be able to better utilize the batteries, correct?
3) Based on my reading, I am thinking these current solar panels should produce roughly 1,000 watt hours/day. Is that correct?
4) Also based on my reading, I am thinking these batteries should hold roughly 4,200 watt hours, on average. Is that correct?
If my assumptions are correct (I'm not surprised if they aren't!), would it be correct in thinking that although the batteries hold roughly 4,200 watt hours, I wouldn't want to use more than 50% of that in a given day, or roughly 2,000 watt hours? And, again, if my assumptions are correct, would that mean I need to double the solar panel wattage to maximize the system?
I apologize if I am way off with all of this. As I said, I am not only new to this, but I am trying to learn based off of a system I am looking to buy and not one I am building, so just trying to wrap my arms around everything. Thanks, in advance, for any help!