I thank the fellows who helped with the last configuration.
But apparently all of my friends are thinking about solar, and another friend spent 2 hours talking to me about it yesterday.
OK, currently he has nothing. He was going to spend $3500 just to install a 500 gallon propane tank to run a generator, and I thought that was nuts and it would go a good way toward a solar setup. He's looking at 13kW of panels, with the possibility of upgrading to 20kW. He wants it to be grid-tie producing power & paying for itself normally, and adding batteries so it'll work in a grid-down situation. Again, local here in Central Texas and the grid-down ice storm from February woke him up.
I've got him lined up with some great solar panels. $0.283 per watt! Looking for guidance first on the inverter/charger. I've only worked with smaller units, up to 12kW. I don't know if it's better to go with stacking units, or a single larger system. Or, get one system that is 'smarter' (AC coupled), like the Outback Skybox, and find a less expensive UL1741SA compliant that can operate as a slave to the Skybox? Or consider a bigger Growatt system? I'm all ears and open to reasonable suggestions.
Once I pick an inverter, THEN we can get into battery discussions (yes, I know, it changes by the day... hence why I'll save the battery discussion for later)
But apparently all of my friends are thinking about solar, and another friend spent 2 hours talking to me about it yesterday.
OK, currently he has nothing. He was going to spend $3500 just to install a 500 gallon propane tank to run a generator, and I thought that was nuts and it would go a good way toward a solar setup. He's looking at 13kW of panels, with the possibility of upgrading to 20kW. He wants it to be grid-tie producing power & paying for itself normally, and adding batteries so it'll work in a grid-down situation. Again, local here in Central Texas and the grid-down ice storm from February woke him up.
I've got him lined up with some great solar panels. $0.283 per watt! Looking for guidance first on the inverter/charger. I've only worked with smaller units, up to 12kW. I don't know if it's better to go with stacking units, or a single larger system. Or, get one system that is 'smarter' (AC coupled), like the Outback Skybox, and find a less expensive UL1741SA compliant that can operate as a slave to the Skybox? Or consider a bigger Growatt system? I'm all ears and open to reasonable suggestions.
Once I pick an inverter, THEN we can get into battery discussions (yes, I know, it changes by the day... hence why I'll save the battery discussion for later)