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NI-FE 1000ah 12V with 5kw of panels running 4kw Reverse Cycle AC for heating house

Thanks for a comprehensive tutorial

No worries, yes I have been meaning to do an update. We are just coming out of winter and are now going into summer.

There hasn't really been anything to report because they have been doing their job fantastically.

I will however be packing up my setup and putting it into storage as I will be taking delivery of my full electric caravan in February (originally November) and hitting the road. The specs on this van are off the chart and maybe I'll go into those in another thread. But to give you an idea it will have the equivalent of a tesla power-wall (but fully submersible) with 2.5-3kw of solar on the roof! And yes its lithium-Iron, I'm not against lithium it has its place, but static solar storage just isn't one of them IMO. Once I'm done with my trip (and find some land along the way) I'll pull my NI-FE setup out of storage and upgrade it to 48v to run my entire house. I may need to build my house first however which I can also run off my van (32A 240V single phase) as needed.

Oh and thats if I don't get rounded-up and put in the concentrat..... happy fun place, yes its getting serious here folks.

Month
Source (kWh)
Load (kWh)
Batt Out (kWh)
Voltage
Cycles
ROI
Avg Load (kWh)
Avg Source (kWh)
October​
305.35​
242.03​
74.79​
16.66 - 11.08​
13.03​
$83.74​
7.81​
9.85​
November​
243.15​
133.45​
43.22​
16.67 - 11.86​
11.41​
$45.93​
4.45​
8.11​
December​
134.1​
72.09​
21.76​
16.66 - 12.59​
7.14​
$24.62​
3​
5.59​
January​
183.45​
115.98​
30.62​
16.08 - 12.48​
10.14​
$39.59​
3.74​
5.92​
February​
133.34​
86.01​
25.78​
16.07 - 11.18​
8.2​
$29.22​
3.07​
4.76​
March​
146.95​
88.07​
22.63​
16.07 - 12.48​
10.02​
$29.98​
2.84​
4.74​
April​
224.61​
155.91​
75.68​
16.63 - 12.31​
12.09​
$54.21​
5.2​
7.49​
May​
296.85​
253.33​
120.08​
16.62 - 10.33​
16.24​
$88.96​
8.17​
9.58​
June​
267.99​
213.7​
99.46​
16.59 - 12.16​
14.04​
$74.67​
7.12​
8.93​
July​
266.85​
196.36​
81.89​
16.57 - 10.41​
13.84​
$67.58​
6.33​
8.61​
August​
295.59​
197.84​
68.08​
16.45 - 11.06​
11.1​
$68.18​
8.24​
12.32​


Totals
Source 6091.74kWh, Load 4835.44kWh

Battery Voltage Range
Min 9.64V, Max 16.96V

Battery Cycles
333.92

Return On Investment
$1617.92
 
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