brandnewb
Going for serious. starting as newb
So in a stroke of bad decisions I bought 8 x 415Wp panels to start my off grid home adventure.
Only to realize I know not enough to hook those up to my 16 x raw cell Lifepo4 battery array in series making it a 48V array.
I have an mppt solar charger though but this is what threw me off guard.
Turns our that if one has limited knowledge and just buys what ever seems cheap then one will end up with components that can't be used ;( Or so it seems.
The goal is to hook up the 8 panels to charge the battery array. I do also have a knock off Daly 16s BMS to go with it if that helps.
But I am willing to see those purchases as a casualty of war and just go for a 3 phase inverter that can happily use those 8 panels now, but my other 44 panels (275Wp) eventually need to be moved from on grid to this off grid system.
Any advice one might have on how to proceed as to quickly DIY a low cost way of not letting the battery cells and panels just sit and do nothing would be of immense help.
Only to realize I know not enough to hook those up to my 16 x raw cell Lifepo4 battery array in series making it a 48V array.
I have an mppt solar charger though but this is what threw me off guard.
Turns our that if one has limited knowledge and just buys what ever seems cheap then one will end up with components that can't be used ;( Or so it seems.
The goal is to hook up the 8 panels to charge the battery array. I do also have a knock off Daly 16s BMS to go with it if that helps.
But I am willing to see those purchases as a casualty of war and just go for a 3 phase inverter that can happily use those 8 panels now, but my other 44 panels (275Wp) eventually need to be moved from on grid to this off grid system.
Any advice one might have on how to proceed as to quickly DIY a low cost way of not letting the battery cells and panels just sit and do nothing would be of immense help.