sethbest
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Hi,
I'm working with a contractor to plan out a large solar installation on my roof. They do all the electrical and tie it into the meter. I would like to use a large battery bank like a Bluetti AC200 type system in the case of a long power outage to charge from my panels (I looked into some of the videos on DIY banks or home battery systems and really just don't have the time, though they look like fun projects).
The panels in the plan right now are SIL-380 BK, which are 380W outputs obviously. What's the simplest way to use them in a long-term outage to charge a battery bank like the Bluetti AC200? I know it's max input is 700W so in theory I could only hook up two panels. Is there a simple thing I could ask the solar installer to setup to make this possible (I've heard some people refer to this as an emergency switch)? If this is not plausible what is the safe way to wire these large rooftop panels in a way that they could be used both regularly and for emergency battery charging?
Thanks!
I'm working with a contractor to plan out a large solar installation on my roof. They do all the electrical and tie it into the meter. I would like to use a large battery bank like a Bluetti AC200 type system in the case of a long power outage to charge from my panels (I looked into some of the videos on DIY banks or home battery systems and really just don't have the time, though they look like fun projects).
The panels in the plan right now are SIL-380 BK, which are 380W outputs obviously. What's the simplest way to use them in a long-term outage to charge a battery bank like the Bluetti AC200? I know it's max input is 700W so in theory I could only hook up two panels. Is there a simple thing I could ask the solar installer to setup to make this possible (I've heard some people refer to this as an emergency switch)? If this is not plausible what is the safe way to wire these large rooftop panels in a way that they could be used both regularly and for emergency battery charging?
Thanks!