Search results

I HAD ALL THE PINE TREES REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. AS SUMMER NEARS, THE SUN WILL BE ABOVE MOST OF THE TREES AND MY SOLAR OUTPUT WILL INCREASE

The power factor on the AC output of my 3000 watt lf invertor varies every few seconds from about .10 to. 98. This causes the indicated output wattage of the inverter to vary widely. I checked the metet on grid power and got a steady .98. Is there something I can do about this?

Pictures attached for hard lessons for first solar build. My solar panels produced 3 kwh yesterday

After watching Will's YouTube solar posts for a few months I decided to build my own and I learned the following: 1) Will recommended a all in one for simplicity. Because of high idle power draws, I decided to go with separate solar controller, inverter/charger and a transfer switch. The...

Snooper this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

Snoobler, can you point me to a charger that can do what you say?

Thanks for the input. To only charge when necessary, I am thinking about a relay on the inverter output that would turn the charger on when the inverter shuts down. Comments?

My inverter does not have a charger built into it. I don't understand your comment about a generator powering a 120v ac to dc charger. There is no generator in this system.

I build this above solar system. Question: with this system the inverter runs until the batteries reach the cut off voltage (about 21v), if there are cloudy days there is no charging for the batteries. If grid power fails and the batteries are low there is no emergency power. How can I add...

I am lucky because I get my electricity from from an electrical co-OP which has no peak hours and at 9 cents per kwhr. I am doing a solar system for outages which because of all the trees, outages come at times and I have a cpap machine I need to power durning outages for it and convenience for...

Thanks for your help. I think my best way to do this is to turn off the inverter charger and let the two solar controllers do all the battery charging. I will route the inverter output to a automatic transfer switch which when the battery power is low the ATS would switch the load to the...

I wish I had got a all in one system. It would have been much simpler. My inverter/charger is a Ampinut model FT 24v3000 sine wave 24v dc 110v ac with charger. I got this inverter/charger because the idle power draw is much less than the all in one system in my price range.

My inverter is connected to batteries, 110v grid input and ac output.

The inverter/charger manual does not address this. I want the solar power to take preference to charging the batteries and have the utility power charge when solar cannot. I think I will hook both to batteries and see how it works? Any advise?

Do I charge batteries from both the inverter/charger and the solar controller? How do I program the charge voltages on both machines?

You are right the model is FT243000w. I had the owner's manual. I assumed that I need to be in the battery mode so when the battery voltage is above the minimum voltage, the load would come from the battery through the inverter to the 110v load. When the battery voltage goes below the minimum...

Installed new system: 6 100w solar panels (to expand by 1000w later), 2 Epever tracer 40 amp w/mp50, Ampint 3000w inverter/charger model FV-243000w, 8 fortune 100a series connected batteries for 24v. My problem is I cannot get the inverter set up and the manufacturer does not answer emails and...

I have a 600w solar array, a ATS , 2 40 AMP SOLAR controllers, 3000W INVERTER and a 2400w fortune battery bank @ 24v. Is there any order I should start activating?

I am in process to build the above system with the following equipment: 600 watt of solar panels to start Fortune battery pack 24v 2400 watt ATS ATS-11KW ( 5.5KW @ 110V) same as in blueprint 2 x 40 amp charge controller. Same as in blueprint Inverter 3000w 24vdc 110v ac pure sine wave WITH...

I am constrained on how many solar panels I can install. I don't want them on my roof so I am installing ground level array. My plan is to add 400 more watts for a total of 1000watts. Do I not need two solar controllers?

I was not clear on my battery bank. I have 8 fortune cells, each is 3.2v 100ah so hooked up in series results in a total of 25.6v at 100ah.

I have 2 SCC's because the output of one is 20 amps ac and I want 40amps to tie into my home for emergency power to critical items.

I have not wired the 2 SCC's yet. What would you recommend?

My voc is 22.5 v x 6 = 159v. I will consider 3 in series and 2 strings in parallel. Why would my equipment be better with this setup?

I have 2 solar controllers for future expansion plans.

I have 6 100w solar panels wired for 24v. My battery pack is 8 fortune 100a 24v. automatic transfer switch , two tracer bn- 40 amp solar controllers and a pure sine wave 3000w inverter- charger 24v to 110v. My first question is which device should I use to charge the battery pack? My second...

Thanks, that's exactly the information I needed in a way I could understand

I have 6 100w pv wired for 24v. This goes to a solar controller, 3000w inverter and ATS and 800w of lifepo4 of batteries at 24v. What size breakers and where do I need breakers?

I have 600w of 24v pv with a solar controller, 3000w inverter and a ats. What breakers do I need and where?

Suggestion for all in one solar controller 24 volt mmp and low idle watt draw. I have 6 100 watt solar panels. if the grid goes down I would like to run a refrigerator (11A) and freezer, tv and a few lights in my home.

I want for the grid be disconnected automatically when grid goes down. otherwise I want solar to flow into house wiring to outset amount of grid power used. how do I do this.

How do I design a solar system that will automatically not backfeed grid when grid power goes down but will let solar feed house wiring.

The wiring diagram shows individual lines to each appliance. is there a way to tie into the house wiring to feed any desired load? I plan to purchase a 24v input and 120v output 3.5kv all in one controller.