Hello,
We are purchasing a property that has over 6000 watts of solar and a dedicated insulated shed for everything. It is an older system that includes a large 1000ah 24 volt Forklift battery. I am reading through all of the manuals. Everything works but it is an older setup. Shed has a exhaust fan but no heat or AC. If anyone has a similar setup I would love to hear your experiences with it.
My first consideration would be to swap out the monster lead acid battery for lithium. I believe 600 ah worth would be plenty for what we are using. 400 ah might even be fine and we would probably start with that. I can't decide if it makes sense to buy some 24 volt 200ah LifePo4 batteries or go with the rack mounted stuff. What are the pros and cons? Then replace other parts as needed when/if they fail.
Here are some photos:
3 solar controllers - each handles 10 - 230 watt panels than can be switched to charge lithium batteries
2 inverters but I believe only one is in use on the building. With the other as a backup
Building has a breaker box and has been wired for power with outlets and some basic lighting.
We plan on installing a 110 v solar mini-split but may have that use its own set of new panels.
This was professionally installed years ago. I have the company information if I ever need to reach out to them.
Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!
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