A strong thunderstorm blew through Charlotte yesterday afternoon… utility power went out at 3pm… the 7pm repair soon became unknown restoration time… my kid came down, and asked for something to power the fan… no ac, his room is upstairs, and it is in the 90’s… I gave him a small power bank at first, when it died, I assembled my nature power solar generator with a lithium pack in it… that should power his room for a day or so…
I connected one of my 1500W sigineer inverter chargers to a set of 3 deep cycle batteries… kept it powered all night, this morning they were at 11.9, so I shut it off and schlubbed them out to the suburban to recharge with the 300WATT array I have on the roof… quickly.
I had a pair of 6V golf cart batteries in there topped off, so I lugged them over to the fridge, and it is back on.
The patio 375W panel doesn’t get much sun when the trees are green, so it will take a long time to recover my 160Ah homemade LFP pack I depleted keeping my internet and a fan up all night… it wasn’t fully charged before the power went out.
My little rockpals kits kept phones and such going all night.
All this I likely wouldn’t have if not for this forum… now… I need a setup that can sustain my electric water heater and air conditioner… at a condo… unlikely. One can dream though, right?
I connected one of my 1500W sigineer inverter chargers to a set of 3 deep cycle batteries… kept it powered all night, this morning they were at 11.9, so I shut it off and schlubbed them out to the suburban to recharge with the 300WATT array I have on the roof… quickly.
I had a pair of 6V golf cart batteries in there topped off, so I lugged them over to the fridge, and it is back on.
The patio 375W panel doesn’t get much sun when the trees are green, so it will take a long time to recover my 160Ah homemade LFP pack I depleted keeping my internet and a fan up all night… it wasn’t fully charged before the power went out.
My little rockpals kits kept phones and such going all night.
All this I likely wouldn’t have if not for this forum… now… I need a setup that can sustain my electric water heater and air conditioner… at a condo… unlikely. One can dream though, right?