chicagoted
New Member
Hi all -
I bought ten refurbished poly 210 watt panels from a local solar manufacturer (Hitec Solar in Michigan City IN) for an astoundingly low $40/ea and I'd like to put a couple of them on my garage roof to load offset my usage. I bought an ebay Grid Tie Inverter but it stopped working after a couple days, and it complained about DC voltage being too low with a single panel and too high with two in series despite being rated for this class of panels.
The panels I bought are Suntech STP210-18/Ub-1 with the following specs:
Imp 7.95A
Isc 8.33A
Vmp 26.4V
Voc 33.6V
Can anyone recommend an inexpensive grid-tie inverter in the 600 - 800 watt range that will work with these panels?
I have two on my RV roof that are working great with an Amazon MPPT controller to keep the batteries charged and going to put another 3 up for an off-grid chicken coop monitoring & control system.
Thanks!
I bought ten refurbished poly 210 watt panels from a local solar manufacturer (Hitec Solar in Michigan City IN) for an astoundingly low $40/ea and I'd like to put a couple of them on my garage roof to load offset my usage. I bought an ebay Grid Tie Inverter but it stopped working after a couple days, and it complained about DC voltage being too low with a single panel and too high with two in series despite being rated for this class of panels.
The panels I bought are Suntech STP210-18/Ub-1 with the following specs:
Imp 7.95A
Isc 8.33A
Vmp 26.4V
Voc 33.6V
Can anyone recommend an inexpensive grid-tie inverter in the 600 - 800 watt range that will work with these panels?
I have two on my RV roof that are working great with an Amazon MPPT controller to keep the batteries charged and going to put another 3 up for an off-grid chicken coop monitoring & control system.
Thanks!