I'm not exactly a beginner but this area is new to me. I am now traveling 10 months a year and will be home in Nicaragua for 2 one month visits per year. I had a 10KW LFP system in my waytoodamnbig house, now sold, and building a very small dwelling of 12 square meters. The lights and various chargers will be 12V but I have an old espresso maker that will be the last unnecessary item in my life. It is totally manual and has a 1000w heating coil which is used for 10 minutes two times before dawn.
This will be the only use for the inverter, purely resistive, as no fridge, TV, stereo, nothing else. Any advice on MSW brands is appreciated, as in advice. There is a very limited selection of solar gear here and no LFP batteries. I will have maybe 10 12v LED lights. I think a 50A gel battery might be sufficient?
I am now after a minimalist life. My prior system was very oversized for my needs and I now prefer to have little more than I can use while not discharging the battery more than 40%. Panels are cheap, sunlight is pretty much always and no shade so given there are very few MPPT controllers here I will use PWM. To be honest the thought of using MSW (ack!) Gel battery (ugh) and PWM (arrgh) is completely repellent. However for this limited use I think it might make sense.
I hope I have a clue and if not, someone will dissuade me from doing something stupid.
This will be the only use for the inverter, purely resistive, as no fridge, TV, stereo, nothing else. Any advice on MSW brands is appreciated, as in advice. There is a very limited selection of solar gear here and no LFP batteries. I will have maybe 10 12v LED lights. I think a 50A gel battery might be sufficient?
I am now after a minimalist life. My prior system was very oversized for my needs and I now prefer to have little more than I can use while not discharging the battery more than 40%. Panels are cheap, sunlight is pretty much always and no shade so given there are very few MPPT controllers here I will use PWM. To be honest the thought of using MSW (ack!) Gel battery (ugh) and PWM (arrgh) is completely repellent. However for this limited use I think it might make sense.
I hope I have a clue and if not, someone will dissuade me from doing something stupid.