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6000 xp charge rate

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I have a 10 ga 120v electric water heater on a 120v 20 amp circuit on my inverter service panel. I haven't tried it yet.Its for an emergency. When I start to suck a 2000 watt 120v load off the 6000XP along with another 200 wants of misc....will I see the charge rate go much higher if its a sunny day..?? cause it never really charges more than 1 kw in the normal usage of 100-200 watts.and usually its much less than that? I have over 4kw panels of available on a sunny day...
what do you think? I wouldn't turn it on unless it was daylight and sunny for sure...I would shut off the breaker after 4 pm.
 
I have a 10 ga 120v electric water heater on a 120v 20 amp circuit on my inverter service panel. I haven't tried it yet.Its for an emergency. When I start to suck a 2000 watt 120v load off the 6000XP along with another 200 wants of misc....will I see the charge rate go much higher if its a sunny day..?? cause it never really charges more than 1 kw in the normal usage of 100-200 watts.and usually its much less than that? I have over 4kw panels of available on a sunny day...
what do you think? I wouldn't turn it on unless it was daylight and sunny for sure...I would shut off the breaker after 4 pm.
I'm not sure what you are asking. Are you having a charging issue or are you asking can the inverter support a 2000 watt resistive load?
 
I have a 10 ga 120v electric water heater on a 120v 20 amp circuit on my inverter service panel. I haven't tried it yet.Its for an emergency. When I start to suck a 2000 watt 120v load off the 6000XP along with another 200 wants of misc....will I see the charge rate go much higher if its a sunny day..?? cause it never really charges more than 1 kw in the normal usage of 100-200 watts.and usually its much less than that? I have over 4kw panels of available on a sunny day...
what do you think? I wouldn't turn it on unless it was daylight and sunny for sure...I would shut off the breaker after 4 pm.
depending on your loction, cloud density and panel tilt. You can see anything from 0 watts all the way up to 110% of rated watts from your solar panels.
 
I'm not sure what you are asking. Are you having a charging issue or are you asking can the inverter support a 2000 watt resistive load?
?? If the load is pulling about 2kw will I see about 2kw of charging? sunny day..
 
?? If the load is pulling about 2kw will I see about 2kw of charging? sunny day..
Let's say you have 6KW of panels, it's a bright, sunny day, near noon, your panels are aligned toward the sun (due south in the northern hemisphere), are not shaded, and the tilt is optimal for the time of year and your latitude. Then let's assume your home needs about 2KW to power its current electrical needs (whatever you have turned and consuming electricity). That leaves about 4KW available to charge your batteries. You'll lose a little bit of that power to the inverter's need to power itself, and a little bit to conversion losses, so you'll probably have somewhere in the area of about 3500-3700 watts actually available.

Now, that initial 6KW will be lower when solar conditions are not ideal, while everything else will remain about the same. So, your energy available for recharging will be less. And if your batteries are full, the available energy just won't be used.

Does that help you understand it better?
 
I understand it a long time ago... I was asking about the specific performance of the 6000. Solved.
 

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