I have found many threads on mini splits running on solar used for cooling, how about for heating in worst case scenario oregon cloudy winter weather?
I have pioneer 12kbtu 115v 20 seer 10 hspf mini split, not yet installed., (low ambient unit, supposed to work in lower outdoor temps)
Current solar setup: Completely off grid
Growatt 3000es 48v
10kw amperetime lipo4 (4x 12v200ah)
10x 440w solarever panels
Room to heat is only 18x16x9ft, not yet insulated (house built in 1870) but will do what I can.
Location: Coos Bay, Oregon
Just guessing here, I expect I'm going to need to at least double my batteries and perhaps double my solar panels to get close to pulling this off because solar input here is greatly reduced in heavily cloudy winter weather much of the time. Most of the year it's above 45f here, so it's not extreme cold and for the worst days I can heat with propane, but I'm trying to get off of the skyrocketing costs of propane as much as possible.
Does anyone here have any experience on heating with a mini split like this in my poor weather conditions, to confirm if this is even going to work or if I'm just headed for failure?
I have pioneer 12kbtu 115v 20 seer 10 hspf mini split, not yet installed., (low ambient unit, supposed to work in lower outdoor temps)
Current solar setup: Completely off grid
Growatt 3000es 48v
10kw amperetime lipo4 (4x 12v200ah)
10x 440w solarever panels
Room to heat is only 18x16x9ft, not yet insulated (house built in 1870) but will do what I can.
Location: Coos Bay, Oregon
Just guessing here, I expect I'm going to need to at least double my batteries and perhaps double my solar panels to get close to pulling this off because solar input here is greatly reduced in heavily cloudy winter weather much of the time. Most of the year it's above 45f here, so it's not extreme cold and for the worst days I can heat with propane, but I'm trying to get off of the skyrocketing costs of propane as much as possible.
Does anyone here have any experience on heating with a mini split like this in my poor weather conditions, to confirm if this is even going to work or if I'm just headed for failure?
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