eugenee
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This weird thing started when I purchased 3000W inverter at Adventure Kings shop with 2 * 200Ah batteries and 4 * 250W panels.
My knowledge was very limited so I had to rely on the dude at the shop telling me his mate built his setup using what I'm buying. also gave me a tip that I need to buy 2 * 40A Charge Controllers. 1kW panels!
Sweet.
that's all I need.
I think it was about this time that I started buying things without much thinking.
Then I ran to a shop nearby, bought 1 * 40A charge controller cuz I wasn't confident enough about wiring.
then I got stuck cuz other wires, and terminals were not available anywhere +1hr drive away.
Since I didn't have any diagrams so I gave up after a few meaningless shopping trips.
Then I saw this PV Box on Youtube and thought it was amazing so I waste some more money on buying 2 * PV BOX. It came with a nice panel and circuit breaker!
I started watching Will's video seriously then I realised that I don't know where I'm at with my gears and I should have planned my system from the start.
It was too late to go back anyways so I just finished ordering things on Ebay.
I wasn't planning to use 3000W continuously but at purchase time I didn't know what I was doing/thinking.
I'll keep updating once the items arrive.
$ AUD
$1450 - 2 * 200Ah LifePO4 (Adventure Kings)
$780 - 4 * 250W with MPPT (Adventure Kings / not compatible with LifePO4)
$400 - 3000W Inverter (Adventure Kings)
$149 - 40A Solar Charge Controller (KickAss)
$239 - 40A Solar Charge Controller (Altronics)
$325 - 2 * 4 strings PV BOX 15A each string (Ebay)
$140+ - wires
$20 - Battery Switch (Ebay)
$100 - Battery Shunt/Monitor (Renogy)
$50 - Fuses (Ebay)
$150 - Tools (Ebay)
$340 - Lynx Distributor (Victron)
Total (so far) $4100~$4400
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