solar question
hello, currently I am using 550w 12v rangy panels (4x 100w and 1x 150, with 1x more 150w coming). I completely rebuilt my RV, and it currently has no true electric. the solar panels go through my ye...
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Mako Kupo wrote:
hello, currently I am using 550w 12v rangy panels (4x 100w and 1x 150, with 1x more 150w coming). I completely rebuilt my RV, and it currently has no true electric. the solar panels go through my yeti 1400, and it has done well enough. I now need to put in REAL appliances though, and it will not be enough power. so my question is this:
I am buying progressive dynamics 240/120v 90amp converter with built in fuse panel and everything. the batteries will be charged by driving the motorhome, and solar. do I need a dedicated inverter for the solar, or can it all work though this 120/240 - 12v converter?
https://www.amazon.com/Progressive-Dynamics-PD4590K18LV-Converter-Charge/dp/B002OR41YS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1519400250&sr=8-2&keywords=progressive+dynamics+90+amp
If you have no "true electric" why do you need a converter?
A CONVERTER takes incoming 120 VAC electricity and CONVERTS it to a low (12-14) DC voltage.
To need a converter, you would need first, an outside source of AC voltage. (generator or public utility). and secondly a DC battery or appliance in need of power.
Your post says you are charging your batteries by solar or running the motorhome's alternator. So what do you need a converter for?
Are you still intending to have 120 Vac appliances or television/lighting in place? Your prior post make it appear not. You seem to be trying to manufacture electricity by converting back and forth between AC and DC with the converter and inverter.
Understand, any time you change a dynamic in energy or power, be it from spinning a turbine with water and gravity or heating water to create steam, a portion of the power used to change the state of the energy is lost. There is no perpetual motion machine.
