corporal_Canada
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hello, i am a snobby french Canadian that moved to the Philippines a few months ago...please forgive my engrish
with all this sun... i thought id tap into it... instead of paying 3$ a day to a coal power plant to keep me from sweating more water than our niagara falls (AC)... i found a ahem... 1000 watt solar panel ... it sais 18V.. 100ah....... obviously i will test that with my.. you guessed it.. Chinese multimeter....... simple.. i check volts... then amps.. and i get watts through alien math.... i want to power a 500 watt desktop pc.. an oversized led monitor... a 680watt AC. (condura... a Philippine brand name).. i calculated the AC alone is 16,320 watts total for 24 hour use.....the pc sais 500 watt power supply unit but its a low power pc (amd) so it wont use 500 watts and im quite religious about turning it off when not in use.... and eventually i intend to get a small washing machine and a low power fridge (called REF here)... i found a huge 12v battery that claims 600ah... if im not mistaken.. that is 7200 watts.... so to make sure nothing shuts off i was thinking 3 of those and maybe 4 x000 watt solar panels and i SHOULD be golden... or am i missing something.. i want to link all 3 batteries in series and stay at 12V.. my chinese inverter sais 1000 watts and claims sine wave but i can always upgrade that... to something with a digital readout.....i am also aware of the power surge the AC pulls when the compressor or condensor turns on.. can reach between 700-1000 watts... so.. i know i need a breaker...... maybe 20 amp fuse for the AC alone.... i need ring terminals... ?? gauge cable to link all the 3 batteries.. awg something....i just remember pos to pos on all batteries and neg to neg... and all solar panels (and inverter) to positive of battery #1... and all neg everything to neg of battery #3....... if im missing anything or im misinformed .. i am here to be corrected and learn...
PS forgive the poor punctuation... im Quebecer.. not perfect, but as close as it gets
also please tell me what gauge wire i need to link all 3 batteries... and keep in mind, philippines uses 220V
with all this sun... i thought id tap into it... instead of paying 3$ a day to a coal power plant to keep me from sweating more water than our niagara falls (AC)... i found a ahem... 1000 watt solar panel ... it sais 18V.. 100ah....... obviously i will test that with my.. you guessed it.. Chinese multimeter....... simple.. i check volts... then amps.. and i get watts through alien math.... i want to power a 500 watt desktop pc.. an oversized led monitor... a 680watt AC. (condura... a Philippine brand name).. i calculated the AC alone is 16,320 watts total for 24 hour use.....the pc sais 500 watt power supply unit but its a low power pc (amd) so it wont use 500 watts and im quite religious about turning it off when not in use.... and eventually i intend to get a small washing machine and a low power fridge (called REF here)... i found a huge 12v battery that claims 600ah... if im not mistaken.. that is 7200 watts.... so to make sure nothing shuts off i was thinking 3 of those and maybe 4 x000 watt solar panels and i SHOULD be golden... or am i missing something.. i want to link all 3 batteries in series and stay at 12V.. my chinese inverter sais 1000 watts and claims sine wave but i can always upgrade that... to something with a digital readout.....i am also aware of the power surge the AC pulls when the compressor or condensor turns on.. can reach between 700-1000 watts... so.. i know i need a breaker...... maybe 20 amp fuse for the AC alone.... i need ring terminals... ?? gauge cable to link all the 3 batteries.. awg something....i just remember pos to pos on all batteries and neg to neg... and all solar panels (and inverter) to positive of battery #1... and all neg everything to neg of battery #3....... if im missing anything or im misinformed .. i am here to be corrected and learn...
PS forgive the poor punctuation... im Quebecer.. not perfect, but as close as it gets
also please tell me what gauge wire i need to link all 3 batteries... and keep in mind, philippines uses 220V