Hi,
I am building a system for off-grid.
Florida, lots of Sun!
The electronics part is easy.
The inverter is a Schneider Electric Conext XW Pro 6848.
Four Panasonic VBHN340SA17 340 Watt Mono PV panels, to start with.
The battery bank is the puzzle. I need to design and purchase a 48VDC system.
I have been reading posts here and other places that lead me to conclude I should avoid
Lithium batteries for non-technical reasons.
Lack of quality control, vendor Ah capacity claims not delivered, BMS quality, etc.
Is there any source for quality Lithium batteries from a reliable vendor?
Possibly I am just freaked out by all the problems I have read about.
Would like to keep it simple.
I can purchase Trojan and Rolls FLA batteries locally.
Have a giant son that can lift them for me.
After reading the excellent Victron “Wiring Unlimited” document from the link in the FAQ’s, I can see that
cabling many 6v or 12v batteries to obtain 48v would be less than ideal.
The inverter can operate with a Battery bank range of 440 – 10000 Ah.
The Victron document suggests using 2vdc batteries in this situation.
I would need 24 of them in a simple series connect.
Looking forward to any and all advice and comments!
I am building a system for off-grid.
Florida, lots of Sun!
The electronics part is easy.
The inverter is a Schneider Electric Conext XW Pro 6848.
Four Panasonic VBHN340SA17 340 Watt Mono PV panels, to start with.
The battery bank is the puzzle. I need to design and purchase a 48VDC system.
I have been reading posts here and other places that lead me to conclude I should avoid
Lithium batteries for non-technical reasons.
Lack of quality control, vendor Ah capacity claims not delivered, BMS quality, etc.
Is there any source for quality Lithium batteries from a reliable vendor?
Possibly I am just freaked out by all the problems I have read about.
Would like to keep it simple.
I can purchase Trojan and Rolls FLA batteries locally.
Have a giant son that can lift them for me.
After reading the excellent Victron “Wiring Unlimited” document from the link in the FAQ’s, I can see that
cabling many 6v or 12v batteries to obtain 48v would be less than ideal.
The inverter can operate with a Battery bank range of 440 – 10000 Ah.
The Victron document suggests using 2vdc batteries in this situation.
I would need 24 of them in a simple series connect.
Looking forward to any and all advice and comments!