Hi Everyone & Thank you in advance for any input. Please understand that I am a newbie and if I get terminology wrong I do apologize. Please be gentle!
I currently have a small setup that I have played around with for a year or so. I recently had a 60x40 pole barn built and I would like to at least have part of it (lighting / garage door opener / couple freezers or fridge and maybe a bit more) running on solar. I will probably eventually tie it to the grid to run some more energy hungry tools and such.
As far as supplies:
- I have a 60A solar charger which I think should suffice.
- I have 2x125w panels and i plan to get at least 2 maybe 4 more
- I currently have 1 LIPO4 100AH battery
- I have a 3000w / 6000w Peak inverter (PS1004-NP GoWise)
Right now I have 3 questions but would appreciate any additional thoughts as well:
1) I want to have a breaker box setup. I assume my current convert is not going to work for that application. Assuming I want to eventually be at a 50AMP system what Inverter would you recommend?
2) How many additional batteries would you go with?
3) I think I want to mount the panels on a post next to the barn. Reason is I am in MI and want to be able to easily get to them to wipe off snow during the winter.
I will update my main post here as recommendations come in.
Update 1: Assume goal is a 15KWH per day setup
Thank you in advance for your input!
I currently have a small setup that I have played around with for a year or so. I recently had a 60x40 pole barn built and I would like to at least have part of it (lighting / garage door opener / couple freezers or fridge and maybe a bit more) running on solar. I will probably eventually tie it to the grid to run some more energy hungry tools and such.
As far as supplies:
- I have a 60A solar charger which I think should suffice.
- I have 2x125w panels and i plan to get at least 2 maybe 4 more
- I currently have 1 LIPO4 100AH battery
- I have a 3000w / 6000w Peak inverter (PS1004-NP GoWise)
Right now I have 3 questions but would appreciate any additional thoughts as well:
1) I want to have a breaker box setup. I assume my current convert is not going to work for that application. Assuming I want to eventually be at a 50AMP system what Inverter would you recommend?
2) How many additional batteries would you go with?
3) I think I want to mount the panels on a post next to the barn. Reason is I am in MI and want to be able to easily get to them to wipe off snow during the winter.
I will update my main post here as recommendations come in.
Update 1: Assume goal is a 15KWH per day setup
Thank you in advance for your input!
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