I am now looking to rig up a system for my home in the mountains.
I need it mainly to charge phones, laptop and lighting. I won't be using a fridge or AC. But I will be working with power tools occasionally. All my power tools are below 800watts. I bought them so in order to be able to use with a small 800watt gasoline generator. And I may need a small water pump in the future. My place is facing south but I have mountains in to the east and west so I lose an hour of sunlight in the morning and another hour in the evening. I want to be able to connect the gas generator to the system to charge the battery when solar panels are not enough on overcast winter days. My generator has a 12v output. It produces 8 amperes. Should it be alright to connect it to the input of the charge regulator?
So this is what I ended up deciding to buy. I want to know if I am overlooking or exagerrating something.
Inverter: Pure sine 12v 1000w
Charge regulator: 50ah PVM
Panels: 2 X 270watt polycrystalline panels.
Battery: 200ah
I need it mainly to charge phones, laptop and lighting. I won't be using a fridge or AC. But I will be working with power tools occasionally. All my power tools are below 800watts. I bought them so in order to be able to use with a small 800watt gasoline generator. And I may need a small water pump in the future. My place is facing south but I have mountains in to the east and west so I lose an hour of sunlight in the morning and another hour in the evening. I want to be able to connect the gas generator to the system to charge the battery when solar panels are not enough on overcast winter days. My generator has a 12v output. It produces 8 amperes. Should it be alright to connect it to the input of the charge regulator?
So this is what I ended up deciding to buy. I want to know if I am overlooking or exagerrating something.
Inverter: Pure sine 12v 1000w
Charge regulator: 50ah PVM
Panels: 2 X 270watt polycrystalline panels.
Battery: 200ah