Thanks! It didn't do that the first time. But I think it works now. So, if I'm correct it says that I need a minimum of 1831 inverter size, 12 Volt battery with minimum of 3554 watt hours/296 amp hours, minimum solar cell wattage of 533. But that's before I add in any kind of A/C for the summer. It does include my heater.
That looks to be the best bet. Is that an electric heater? If so, that's half your wattage and a massive chunk of your amp hours right there. Have you looked at the diesel heaters?
holy shot!
The AIO unit is already a battery charger you can plug into your generator or shore power, so the charger seems kinda redundant.
Since you're going the rackmount direction on your batteries it really makes no difference which voltage you go with as long as it'll talk to your AIO... so yeah, win!You say that as though I know what you're talking about! So, what other options are there? The only other term I've heard is "server" or "server rack" and I don't know the implications of those either.
You can do whatever you want with your battery.
Yes. Think of "Server Rack" or "Rack Mount" as more of a form factor, like AA or D batteries. No matter who makes the battery, if I say "Grab a couple of Double-A batteries" you know what I'm talking about. Same idea with what we call "Rackmount". They're all designed to be the same width and shape.
Yeah, what I found on that link was stuff about racks. I didn't even realize that I was asking about a rack-mount battery. I'm not getting/building a rack if I can avoid it. My goal is to take up as little space as I have to. My trailer is only 7X14.
Yup. That's the information I need. I just remembered in one of Will's videos he said something about being sure to orientate the battery correctly so that the cells weren't putting weight on the ones below them. So that was my concern along with a rack taking up so much area.Yes. Think of "Server Rack" or "Rack Mount" as more of a form factor, like AA or D batteries. No matter who makes the battery, if I say "Grab a couple of Double-A batteries" you know what I'm talking about. Same idea with what we call "Rackmount". They're all designed to be the same width and shape.
The reason I call them a win is because, like you guessed, they can be stacked on end, stacked on top of each other, hung from the ceiling with bungie cord, whatever. It's a really convenient form factor that's easy to plan for. Compared to standard car battery style batteries which are all different physical sizes and really don't stack well without making shelves. I mean, just try to picture in your head a pile of car batteries stacked and wired in a pile.
They replied quicker than I expected and here is what they said:Ziggy said:
So, since you guys already know how little I know, I'm hoping you'll be as patient and informationally generous as you have already been. 2s6p? I'm guessing that's 6 panels which sounds like a bunch for my needs @455W each. 2s? 2 series so then run those in parallel hence the need for the combiner box? Or is the combiner box needed because their panels won't work in series?Signature Solar said:
2S6P is 12 (2 x 6) panels. Take two panels and connect them in series. Take 2 more and connect them in series. Do this a total of 6 times. You now have 6 pairs of panels where each pair is in series. Then using the combiner box you connect the 6 strings in parallel.
Yeah, there's no way I can get a dozen panels up there. 4, maybe 6 if I get creative. But why would they say that when I gave them my trailer dimensions??? Hard to find good help, I suppose.
Panels can go in series as long as the combined Voc, adjusted for the coldest temperature you will ever encounter, does not exceed the solar charge controller's max PV input voltage. You might get 6 in series but you might need a very large and expensive charge controller.
