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"FOREVER BEGINNING"
At present moment, these four, 160, watt panels are hooked up in series pairs then parallel to produce approximately 42 volts which is fed into 150' of #8 gauge copper wire to charge a new, 2400 watt Bluetti.
With about five hours of direct full sun per day, it takes about one and a third sunny days to fully charge the Bluetti.
The Bluetti is connected via it's 12 vdc port to a portable freezer that draws between 35 and 55 watts per hour and can run the freezer for about two and a half days when there is minimum solar gain.
The plan is to add two more 100 watt panels in the series parallel arrangement, taking care not to exceed the Bluetti's published 60 Volts DC input specs.
The additional panels are intended to increase cloudy day solar performance as the Bluetti's MPPT input is limited to 500 watts so exceeding that wattage will not make the Bluetti change any faster.
This rock pictured in the foreground has been the only addition to the main solar farm in the past few weeks, but more panels and Daniel Boone style off griddle oak racking will be coming.
PS: What's with the vintage mountain bike you may be asking? It's just a reminder to those of us who have been blessed with immense brains that we need to get regular excercise if we are to fully maintain and utilize our massive brains as well as die as healthy as possible some day.
Regards, OG
With about five hours of direct full sun per day, it takes about one and a third sunny days to fully charge the Bluetti.
The Bluetti is connected via it's 12 vdc port to a portable freezer that draws between 35 and 55 watts per hour and can run the freezer for about two and a half days when there is minimum solar gain.
The plan is to add two more 100 watt panels in the series parallel arrangement, taking care not to exceed the Bluetti's published 60 Volts DC input specs.
The additional panels are intended to increase cloudy day solar performance as the Bluetti's MPPT input is limited to 500 watts so exceeding that wattage will not make the Bluetti change any faster.
This rock pictured in the foreground has been the only addition to the main solar farm in the past few weeks, but more panels and Daniel Boone style off griddle oak racking will be coming.
PS: What's with the vintage mountain bike you may be asking? It's just a reminder to those of us who have been blessed with immense brains that we need to get regular excercise if we are to fully maintain and utilize our massive brains as well as die as healthy as possible some day.
Regards, OG
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