Hi everyone,
Me and my brother are building a new cabin which is mile back in the woods on a logging road with no ability to get power run to it. location is Leeper PA. Which I show gets about 2 3/4 hours of average sun in the winter. Our current cabin is on the last legs of its life and maintenance was getting to be more costly than building an new camp. Plus becoming more a pain for senior citizens (grin). About 8 yrs ago I put a 100 watt relogy panel, inverter, battery to run lights. This has been great but we still run generator anytime we need water. fill buckets to flush toilet which the woman folk are not happy about. 2 key things we want is running water and a fridge. Also may want to consider a minisplit system in the future so ability to expand is likely needed.
I would like to be able to figure out what I need to order in one to two months for the new cabin. We just finish framing and closing in the cabin. Metal roof and siding to keep maintence to minimum. The panels will mount on a 30x12 roof in the back facing south. If that not big enough we would add panels on the west.
We plan to heat with wood burning furnace. Water heater will be propane. Below is what I have for load estimate. Main loads are all new so I can not measure.
I live 10 hours away from the cabin so reliability is a must.
I'm kind of a jack of all trades, I've been a general contractor and a software developer and recently retired.
Been reading and really get hung up on AC coupled versus DC coupled. Also we close the cabin down and winterize it Jan/Feb/March.
Any thoughts and question to get me thinking on the right track would be very welcomed.
Terry
Me and my brother are building a new cabin which is mile back in the woods on a logging road with no ability to get power run to it. location is Leeper PA. Which I show gets about 2 3/4 hours of average sun in the winter. Our current cabin is on the last legs of its life and maintenance was getting to be more costly than building an new camp. Plus becoming more a pain for senior citizens (grin). About 8 yrs ago I put a 100 watt relogy panel, inverter, battery to run lights. This has been great but we still run generator anytime we need water. fill buckets to flush toilet which the woman folk are not happy about. 2 key things we want is running water and a fridge. Also may want to consider a minisplit system in the future so ability to expand is likely needed.
I would like to be able to figure out what I need to order in one to two months for the new cabin. We just finish framing and closing in the cabin. Metal roof and siding to keep maintence to minimum. The panels will mount on a 30x12 roof in the back facing south. If that not big enough we would add panels on the west.
We plan to heat with wood burning furnace. Water heater will be propane. Below is what I have for load estimate. Main loads are all new so I can not measure.
I live 10 hours away from the cabin so reliability is a must.
I'm kind of a jack of all trades, I've been a general contractor and a software developer and recently retired.
Been reading and really get hung up on AC coupled versus DC coupled. Also we close the cabin down and winterize it Jan/Feb/March.
Any thoughts and question to get me thinking on the right track would be very welcomed.
Terry