Minimoose
New Member
Was just wondering about running a little space heater on my system. On medium it is 750 watts. I have 4 100Ah AGM batteries wired in parallel and a 3000 watt inverter with 600 watts of panels.(40 amp mppt controller too) Am I thinking right that I'm going to need to up that to 1200 watts of panels to keep up? I'm just bored and the battery bank is just sitting there for emergencies any ways. On a good day I get about 30-35 amps coming in through the controller with a load on the inverter.
So if I'm pulling 750 watts plus inverter losses it would be more like 860 watts correct? 7 amps at 120 volts. So wouldn't I need about 1000 watts coming in? I was just thinking it would be free heat from things I already have even if it's only a few hours a day.
So if I'm pulling 750 watts plus inverter losses it would be more like 860 watts correct? 7 amps at 120 volts. So wouldn't I need about 1000 watts coming in? I was just thinking it would be free heat from things I already have even if it's only a few hours a day.