My North Georgia Solar Project

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I have had this system up and running for a year now. These are the 200 Watt panels purchased from Fred480V on eBay. I purchased the batteries from our local power company for scrap pricing. I dug two holes and sunk the 4" pipes with concrete and mounted the panels. Finally I hired a contractor to do the trenching and buried the wiring in 3/4" pvc about two foot in the ground. Using some spare enclosures and parts from our business it was all finished out with safety as a number 1 priority.

 

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The load is a deep freezer, a large upright refrigerator, fans, lights TV's, security cameras and battery charging. The system runs 24/7 with a seldom use of the Kohler battery charger on extended cloudy days. The voltage is pretty constant in the day 13.2-13.9 and in the mornings before the sun comes out it is down to 12.4-12.6. Depending on conditions it averages about 3-6KW per day.

This van was the first project I did and it has 600 Watts on the roof. It is fully self contained (electrically) running a refrigerator, lights TV Stereo, fans etc., 24/7. It is a camping van, so even when at the camp site deep in the woods, there is still enough power to run the system. After I had the van painted, I decided to move the batteries to the outside of the van, using a swing arm hitch and mounting spare tire on the back of the battery box.