All, am inviting your opinion:
My design is for an 800watt off-grid as follows:
(usage- run 110V wood working tools, sm compressor, sanders, charge cordless tools, vacuum, etc.)
4 200W mono panels, 2 pair in series (NewPowa)
3 or 4 100Ah LiFePo4 batts (ExpertPower)
Vote: Either 60 or 80 amp solar controller?
Vote: Either EPever Tracer, or Outback FlexMax? Or other?
I would consider a 60A controller adequate given the above, but kinda unsure.
Am unable to expand the number of panels due to space limits, so 4 panels is it.
If I found space, I would add a 2nd and separate system.
Outback is spendier and offers Lithium support, whereas Tracers are popular but somewhat prone to quality or support issues, and some question whether they actually support Lithium or not. (I am not a fan of programming "User" configs, am not that familiar with batteries.)
I only want to invest in 1 controller, and prefer USA support -- so what would you do in this case?
Thanks for your input.
Ps: this began as Will's 400W blueprint, grew to a hybrid 600W system, and matured as the Road King 800 (kinda).
I'm blaming graph paper as the cause of this growth.
My design is for an 800watt off-grid as follows:
(usage- run 110V wood working tools, sm compressor, sanders, charge cordless tools, vacuum, etc.)
4 200W mono panels, 2 pair in series (NewPowa)
3 or 4 100Ah LiFePo4 batts (ExpertPower)
Vote: Either 60 or 80 amp solar controller?
Vote: Either EPever Tracer, or Outback FlexMax? Or other?
I would consider a 60A controller adequate given the above, but kinda unsure.
Am unable to expand the number of panels due to space limits, so 4 panels is it.
If I found space, I would add a 2nd and separate system.
Outback is spendier and offers Lithium support, whereas Tracers are popular but somewhat prone to quality or support issues, and some question whether they actually support Lithium or not. (I am not a fan of programming "User" configs, am not that familiar with batteries.)
I only want to invest in 1 controller, and prefer USA support -- so what would you do in this case?
Thanks for your input.
Ps: this began as Will's 400W blueprint, grew to a hybrid 600W system, and matured as the Road King 800 (kinda).
I'm blaming graph paper as the cause of this growth.