So the property in question is on about 300 acres in Northwest Maine. The house is currently wired for 240V but power was never brought into the structure due to the 2/3 mile long driveway and the cost CMP used to charge to run a private line.
We have decided to do an off grid system rather than spend the $36,000 to bring power into the house. We have power to the barn but, the barn is over 1/8 of a mile away from the house.We do plan to trench to the house and run 120 V to the battery area in the house to run chargers should the solar system fail. the room for the batteries will be in a 10 foot deep basement. The room will be full spray foam insulated &will not be a big room. It will have its own propane heater that will come on should temperature get low enough. We plan to use a server rack batteries most likely. I already kiled a Winston cell bank running a cold weather experiment.
thinking about using 10 or so Q cell 360 W panels & a victron Quattro inverter and leaving the house 120V?
looking for advice on reasonably priced ground mount solar rack solar rack?
have not yet decided on battery voltage but I have spools of 4/0 marine wire so that's not an issue
the solar rack will be quite a ways from the house so I want to run the the array at a fairly high-voltage to minimize the wire diameter coming into the house
any tips on this would be very appreciated
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We have decided to do an off grid system rather than spend the $36,000 to bring power into the house. We have power to the barn but, the barn is over 1/8 of a mile away from the house.We do plan to trench to the house and run 120 V to the battery area in the house to run chargers should the solar system fail. the room for the batteries will be in a 10 foot deep basement. The room will be full spray foam insulated &will not be a big room. It will have its own propane heater that will come on should temperature get low enough. We plan to use a server rack batteries most likely. I already kiled a Winston cell bank running a cold weather experiment.
thinking about using 10 or so Q cell 360 W panels & a victron Quattro inverter and leaving the house 120V?
looking for advice on reasonably priced ground mount solar rack solar rack?
have not yet decided on battery voltage but I have spools of 4/0 marine wire so that's not an issue
the solar rack will be quite a ways from the house so I want to run the the array at a fairly high-voltage to minimize the wire diameter coming into the house
any tips on this would be very appreciated
I
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