WoodyDronesOn
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Hi All
Must say thanks to all contributors for the massive amount of information here:
I have looked through a lot of posts on here and also the resources and I now believe that I am closer to an answer to my questions, but still have a few niggling doubts and concerns over the cable sizes provided in the KIT and fuse sizes required.
I brought this kit from Eco-Worthy UK and it arrived in a few days, I have asked their tech department online and got a fast response, I answered a few questions and now nothing from them after I replied in emails, but I may be getting blocked in spam so I have tried again with the online help!
System I brought:
The kit I have varies only in that when I brought it, they supplied it with 4 x 50ah batteries, and this kit is now supplied with 2 x 100ah batteries.
As I am wiring 8 panels together in sets of two to create a 24v system, I believe I need 1 x 20amp MC4 Inline Fuse on each two-panel array The lsc of each panel is 9.89a so I believe that 9.89a x 1.56 gives 15.4284a so round up to 20amp or round down to 15amp as it is close?
I am concerned the cables to the controller are all 12AWG, is this sufficient when the 8 panels are together the combined lsc would be 4 x 9.89a (39.56a), or am I misunderstanding the principles here, I think the 12AWG has a capacity of 30amps?
Likewise, the Battery fuse to the Inverter is a bit unclear and not defined in the instructions and when I look into the information available in the resources section, I get a required fuse rating of 171amps from a 24v 3000w inverter with no allowance for the surge of 6000w, the efficiency is circa 91% is this correct?
Looking at the cables supplied in the kit to connect batteries and the amperage charts they seem to be well undersized, but I should have thought that the kit should be suitable to safely deal with the power from the batteries to the supplied inverter? I don't want a meltdown the moment I switch the inverter on and use it with some high-power loads
Any advice would be appreciated as I want to make it as safe as possible.
Many Thanks
Woody
Must say thanks to all contributors for the massive amount of information here:
I have looked through a lot of posts on here and also the resources and I now believe that I am closer to an answer to my questions, but still have a few niggling doubts and concerns over the cable sizes provided in the KIT and fuse sizes required.
I brought this kit from Eco-Worthy UK and it arrived in a few days, I have asked their tech department online and got a fast response, I answered a few questions and now nothing from them after I replied in emails, but I may be getting blocked in spam so I have tried again with the online help!
System I brought:
1360W 24V (8x170W) Complete Off Grid Solar Kit with 3kW Inverter + 2.4kWh Lithium | ECO-WORTHY
If efficiency, reliability and affordable are high on your wish list, ECO-WORTHY 1360W 24V expandable Solar Kit is an ideal choice. This system could generate approximately 5.4kWh per day. ECO-WORTHY 170 Watt 12V Mono solar panel is fully weather proof and professionally made with high quality...
uk.eco-worthy.com
The kit I have varies only in that when I brought it, they supplied it with 4 x 50ah batteries, and this kit is now supplied with 2 x 100ah batteries.
As I am wiring 8 panels together in sets of two to create a 24v system, I believe I need 1 x 20amp MC4 Inline Fuse on each two-panel array The lsc of each panel is 9.89a so I believe that 9.89a x 1.56 gives 15.4284a so round up to 20amp or round down to 15amp as it is close?
I am concerned the cables to the controller are all 12AWG, is this sufficient when the 8 panels are together the combined lsc would be 4 x 9.89a (39.56a), or am I misunderstanding the principles here, I think the 12AWG has a capacity of 30amps?
Likewise, the Battery fuse to the Inverter is a bit unclear and not defined in the instructions and when I look into the information available in the resources section, I get a required fuse rating of 171amps from a 24v 3000w inverter with no allowance for the surge of 6000w, the efficiency is circa 91% is this correct?
Looking at the cables supplied in the kit to connect batteries and the amperage charts they seem to be well undersized, but I should have thought that the kit should be suitable to safely deal with the power from the batteries to the supplied inverter? I don't want a meltdown the moment I switch the inverter on and use it with some high-power loads
Any advice would be appreciated as I want to make it as safe as possible.
Many Thanks
Woody