Spritey64
New Member
Hello All:
New guy here & recent transplant from OH to FL. We had an 'self-pieced' system of one-panel in OH that I brought down with me (to charge a few sump pump batteries in an outage). The FL house we purchased had 11 solar panels already installed when we purchased it. Any excess electricity goes to the grid and a tiny offset to our ele bill. The system consists of:
LG 320NIK-AS (320W panel) x11
Enphase IQ7+ MicroInverter x11
Enphase Combiner Box (some sort of controller / mini-circuit breakers)
Feeds through a large, manual cut off switch to a dual pole 20AMP (40AMP total) breaker in the house electrical panel.
In the event of a severe grid down / hurricane tytpe scenario (we lived through 3 last year) -- I'd love to be able to charge a few batteries (deep cycle) with the roof panels. I own a Renogy LI 40AMP MPPT Solar Chg Ctr:
www.renogy.com
In the hurricane scenario I referred to -- with ALL house breakers off (esp the main) -- could I disconnect the dual pole 20AMP breaker (aka Solar Breaker) and attach my Renogy Controller or would I 'release the smoke'? Any other suggestions to accomplish this? Batteries would power a 1500W Pure Sine Wave Inverter (12V DC to 110V ) to a NOCO Battery Charger. Some of that is likely duplicated with the house equipment.
The installer that the builder picked is out of business. Most solar companies won't talk to me as they didn't install this. Catch 22. I did talk to one and they suggested my system is 'mickey mouse' and can't run the house (OK, likely more a marketing gimick) but suggested ~ $14k in batteries to attach to our existing equipment (I could add a whole house generator for that $$).
I have a very limited backgound on this. Happy to provide any additional info the best of my (limited) ability. Thanks for any comments or suggestions.
George Z
Spritey64
Brdenton, FL
New guy here & recent transplant from OH to FL. We had an 'self-pieced' system of one-panel in OH that I brought down with me (to charge a few sump pump batteries in an outage). The FL house we purchased had 11 solar panels already installed when we purchased it. Any excess electricity goes to the grid and a tiny offset to our ele bill. The system consists of:
LG 320NIK-AS (320W panel) x11
Enphase IQ7+ MicroInverter x11
Enphase Combiner Box (some sort of controller / mini-circuit breakers)
Feeds through a large, manual cut off switch to a dual pole 20AMP (40AMP total) breaker in the house electrical panel.
In the event of a severe grid down / hurricane tytpe scenario (we lived through 3 last year) -- I'd love to be able to charge a few batteries (deep cycle) with the roof panels. I own a Renogy LI 40AMP MPPT Solar Chg Ctr:
Rover Li 40 Amp MPPT Solar Charge Controller
Buy Renogy's Rover 40 Amp MPPT Solar Charge Controller. Pair it with our BT-1 the BT app through bluetooth and you can monitor and adjust your solar system directly from your phone. Our Rover also comes covered in a die-cast aluminum exterior. This allows for safe heat dissipation along with...
www.renogy.com
In the hurricane scenario I referred to -- with ALL house breakers off (esp the main) -- could I disconnect the dual pole 20AMP breaker (aka Solar Breaker) and attach my Renogy Controller or would I 'release the smoke'? Any other suggestions to accomplish this? Batteries would power a 1500W Pure Sine Wave Inverter (12V DC to 110V ) to a NOCO Battery Charger. Some of that is likely duplicated with the house equipment.
The installer that the builder picked is out of business. Most solar companies won't talk to me as they didn't install this. Catch 22. I did talk to one and they suggested my system is 'mickey mouse' and can't run the house (OK, likely more a marketing gimick) but suggested ~ $14k in batteries to attach to our existing equipment (I could add a whole house generator for that $$).
I have a very limited backgound on this. Happy to provide any additional info the best of my (limited) ability. Thanks for any comments or suggestions.
George Z
Spritey64
Brdenton, FL
